Why Study the Past? (new edition): The Quest for the Historical Church - Couverture souple

Williams, Rowan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0232530327 ISBN 13 : 9780232530322

Editeur : Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Rowan Williams’ attempt to find a new theological approach to Church history which involves reflecting on how we think about the past in general

• Explains how Church history has also been condemned to repeat itself
• Shows 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

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

À propos 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: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0232530327
• ISBN 13: 9780232530322
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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