Credo: Historical And Theological Guide to Creeds And Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition - Couverture souple

Pelikan, Jaroslav

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0300109741 ISBN 13 : 9780300109740

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2005

Synopsis

One of the world's leading scholars offers unique insights into the history and significance of Christian creeds

Eminent theologian Jaroslav Pelikan has been translating, editing, and studying the Christian creeds and confessions of faith for sixty years. This book is the historical and theological distillation of that work. In Credo, Pelikan addresses essential questions about the Christian tradition: the origins of creeds; their function; their political role; how they relate to Christian institutions, worship, and service; and how they help to explain the major divisions of the Christian church and of Christian history.

Credo standsas an independent reference work devoted to the subject of what creeds and confessions are and what their role in history has been. It is also the first of the four volumes of Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition, edited by Pelikan and Valerie Hotchkiss.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jaroslav Pelikan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and the first John W. Kluge Scholar at the Library of Congress. During his distinguished career he has received dozens of honors and awards, including 42 honorary degrees. He is the author of nearly forty books and the editor of scores of others.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300109741
• ISBN 13: 9780300109740
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 672
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• Personne responsable: non disponible