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Heresy : a history of defending the truth / Alister McGrath. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : HarperOne, (c)2009.Edition: first editionDescription: vi, 282 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780060822149
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT1315
  • BT1315.M478.H474 2009
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Contents:
What is heresy? Faith, creeds, and the Christian Gospel ; The origins of the idea of heresy -- The roots of heresy. Diversity : the background of early heresy ; The early development of heresy ; Is there an "essence" of heresy? -- The classic heresies of Christianity. Early classic heresies : Ebionitism, Docetism, Valentinism ; Later classic heresies : Arianism, Donatism, Pelagianism -- The enduring impact of heresy. Cultural and intellectual motivations for heresy ; Orthodoxy, heresy, and power ; Heresy and the Islamic view of Christianity ; The future of heresy.
Subject: In Heresy, McGrath explains why no heresy has ever been eradicated. Rival beliefs only go underground and resurface in different forms. --from publisher description
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BT1315.3.M35 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001480983

Our love affair with heresy -- What is heresy? Faith, creeds, and the Christian Gospel ; The origins of the idea of heresy -- The roots of heresy. Diversity : the background of early heresy ; The early development of heresy ; Is there an "essence" of heresy? -- The classic heresies of Christianity. Early classic heresies : Ebionitism, Docetism, Valentinism ; Later classic heresies : Arianism, Donatism, Pelagianism -- The enduring impact of heresy. Cultural and intellectual motivations for heresy ; Orthodoxy, heresy, and power ; Heresy and the Islamic view of Christianity ; The future of heresy.

In Heresy, McGrath explains why no heresy has ever been eradicated. Rival beliefs only go underground and resurface in different forms. --from publisher description

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