Why Study the Past?: The Quest for the Historical Church - Couverture souple

Williams, Dr. Rowan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0232525498 ISBN 13 : 9780232525496

Editeur : Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

The old saying about being condemned to repeat the history we don't know applies to Church history as much as to anything else. But we are often at a loss to know how to approach it. Much of what passed once for Church history was propagandist; and much of the best now written is brilliantly done but apparently detached from the Church's present needs. We need a theological approach to Church history but not one that is just partisan. In seeking to explore this need, Rowan Williams offers some reflection on how we think about the past in general - a complex issue in today's culture. Emerging from this is a sense of the importance of Church history as something that deepens our present thinking and obliges us to think with more varied and resourceful analogies about our present problems.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The old saying about being condemned to repeat the history we don't know applies to Church history as much as to anything else. But we are often at a a loss to know how to approach it. Much of what passed once for Church history was propagandist; and much of the best now written is brilliantly done but apparently detached from the Church's present needs. We need a theological approach to Church history but not one that is just partisan. In seeking to explore this need, Rowan Williams offers some reflection on how we think about the past in general - a complex issue in today s culture. Emerging from this is a sense of the importance of Church history as something that deepens our present thinking and obliges us to think with more varied and resourceful analogies about our present problems. **Also available as NEW reissues by Rowan Williams from DLT Books: Resurrection; Anglican Identities; The Wound of Knowledge; Open to Judgement**

Biographie de l'auteur

Rowan Williams was Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, and is now Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He has written 5 books for DLT.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0232525498
• ISBN 13: 9780232525496
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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