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Authors: Alister E. McGrath
ISBN-13: 9781405153584, ISBN-10: 140515358X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: October 2006
Edition: 33rd Edition

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Author Biography: Alister E. McGrath

Alister E McGrath is Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University. He is the author of numerous bestselling books. His previous publications with Blackwell Publishers include: Christian Literature: An Anthology (2000), Christian Spirituality (1999) Reformation Thought 3rd edition (1999), Historical Theology (1998), Science and Religion (1998), and An Introduction to Christianity (1997), amongst many others.

Book Synopsis

This Reader brings together 324 seminal texts of Christian theology, drawn from more than 200 different sources throughout the two thousand years of Christian history.


  • Follows the same structure as its companion volume, Christian Theology: An Introduction, or it can easily be used as a freestanding resource.

  • Contains more classical and multicultural readings to supplement the wide-ranging collection of the first edition.

  • Features updated study panels, introductions to every reading, bibliographies, a substantially revised and expanded glossary and study questions, as well as full cross-referencing.

  • Includes a new section on 'Theological Resources on the Internet'.

  • Won a Christianity Today book award in its first edition.

More details on the third edition of The Christian Theology Reader can be found on the following website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/mcgrath

Table of Contents

List of Study Panels
Preface
Approaching the Readings
How to Use this Book
Acknowledgments
1Getting Started: Preliminaries2
2The Sources of Theology40
3The Doctrine of God90
4The Person of Christ134
5Salvation in Christ174
6Human Nature, Sin, and Grace210
7The Church258
8The Sacraments288
9Christianity and Other Religions318
10Last Things352
Details of Theologians375
Details of Conciliar, Creedal, and Confessional Material390
A Glossary of Theological Terms392
Suggestions for Further Reading408
Theological Timeline415
Index420

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