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A History of Christian Thought Volume III: From the Protestant Reformation to the Twentieth Century
González Justo L.
3.74 AVERAGE
3 reviews for:
A History of Christian Thought Volume III: From the Protestant Reformation to the Twentieth Century
González Justo L.
3.74 AVERAGE
Another read in preparation for Early Christianity this week. Gonzalez offers a solid survey of the development of Christian theology, especially in considering the influences of the surrounding peoples and their philosophies and religions, and Palestine's geographical place as the crossroads of anyone who wanted to blow through and haul some people off in chains.
Another masterful and comprehensive portrait of the currents of theology, philosophy, ecclesiology, and political thought in Christian history. This volume begins with the epoch-defining work of Augustine, and details the growing apart of theology and politics between the Christian West and East. It also highlights the low points of the dark ages after the Fall of Rome and then the fall of the Carolingian period, but also the fascinating theological developments of the 12th and 13th centuries, which eventually paved the way for the Reformation. I will confess though, that reading this volume made me sad. So much of the history of thought was contentious and angry, and the more and more intricate hair-splitting around nature, essence, person, being, realism, nominalism, transubstantiation, filoque, and so on led to a greater and greater distance from the person of Jesus of Nazareth. I found hope, however, especially in the mystics and the development of such groups as the Brethren of the Common Life, who focused on simplicity, inner life, common confession, and work.
Very good account of the first for centuries of the church. I especially appreciated Gonzalez’s focus on the Incarnation and Trinity in theological development