Contributor
Placher, William C. (William Carl), 1948-2008, editor.
Edition Statement:Revised edition / William C. Placher and Derek R. Nelson, editors.
Imprint:Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2015.
Descriptionxii, 176 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:Includes index.
Note:First edition was published 1988 by The Westminster Press.
Note:Apologists, the School of Alexandria, and Tertullian -- The Trinitarian and Christological controversies -- Eastern theology after Chalcedon -- Augustine -- The Early Middle Ages -- The High Middle Ages -- The Late Middle Ages.
Note:1. GNOSTICISM AND ITS OPPONENTS. The Gospel of Thomas ; The Second Treatise of the Great Seth ; Letter to the Trallians / Ignatius of Antioch ; Letter to the Romans / Ignatius of Antioch ; Against Heresies / Irenaeus ; Church History / Eusebius ; The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles ; Against Heresies / Irenaeus -- 2. APOLOGISTS, THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA, AND TERTULLIAN. First Apology / Justin Martyr ; Exhortation to the Heathen / Clement of Alexandria ; On First Principles / Origen ; On Prescription against Heretics / Tertullian ; Apology /Tertullian ; On the Flesh of Christ / Tertullian ; Life of Macrina / Gregory of Nyssa -- 3. THE TRINITARIAN AND CHRISTOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES. On the Incarnation of the Word / Athanasius ; Letter to Eusebius of Nicomedia / Arius ; The Nicene Creed ; First Discourse against the Arians / Athanasius ; Letters /Basil of Caesarea ; The Third Theological Oration / Gregory of Nazianzus ; On "Not Three Gods" / Gregory of Nyssa ; On the Union in Christ of the Body with the Godhead / Apollinaris of Laodicea ; On the Nicene Creed / Theodore of Mopsuestia ; First Sermon against the Theotokos / Nestorius ; First Letter to Nestorius / Cyril of Alexandria ; The Tome of Leo / Pope Leo I ; The Definition of 'Chalcedon -- 4. EASTERN THEOLOGY AFTER CHALCEDON. Letter to the Emperor / Pope Agatho ; The Trial of Maximus / Maximus the Confessor ; Mystical Theology / Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ; The Orthodox Faith / John of Damascus ; First Refutation of the Iconoclasts / Theodore the Studite ; Encyclical Letter to the Archiepiscopal Sees of the East / Patriarch Photius of Constantinople ; Letter to Archbishop Hincmar of Reims and the Bishops of the Western Empire / Pope Nicholas I ; The Discourses / Symeon the New Theologian ; The Triads / Gregory Palamas -- 5. AUGUSTINE. The Confessions / Augustine ; On Free Will / Augustine ; In Answer to the Letters of Petilian, the Donatist / Augustine ; Concerning the Correction of the Donatists / Augustine ; On the Grace of Christ / Augustine ; The City of God / Augustine -- 6. THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES. Letter to the Emperor Anastasius / Pope Gelasius I ; Tractatus IV / Pope Gelasius I ; Against Vigilantius / Jerome ; The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary / Jerome ; The Life of Antony / Athanasius ; The Penitential of Finnian / Finnian of Clonard ; The Third Conference of Abbot Chaeremon / John Cassian ; Reply to the Three Letters / Florus of Lyons(?) ; On the Division of Nature / John Scotus Eriugena ; The Lord's Body and Blood / Paschasius Radbertus ; Christ's Body and Blood / Ratramnus of Corbie -- 7. THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES. Proslogion / Anselm of Canterbury ; Why God Became Man / Anselm of Canterbury ; Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans / Peter Abelard ; The Canticle of Brother Sun / Francis of Assisi ; The Testament / Francis of Assisi ; Retracing the Arts to Theology / Bonaventure ; Summa Theologiae / Thomas Aquinas ; Book of Divine Works / Hildegard of Bingen ; On Ecclesiastical Power / Giles of Rome ; De Monarchia / Dante Alighieri -- 8. THE LATE MIDDLE AGES. Philosophical Writings / William of Ockham ; Sermons / Meister Eckhart ; Revelation of the Nativity / Bridget of Sweden ; Revelations of Divine Love / Julian of Norwich ; Lectures on the Wisdom of Solomon / Robert Holcot ; The Cause of God against the Pelagians / Thomas Bradwardine ; On the Pastoral Office / John Wycliffe ; Ways of Uniting and Reforming the Church / Dietrich of Niem ; On Simony / John Hus ; The Praise of Folly / Desiderius Erasmus.
Note:William Placher and Derek Nelson compile significant passages written by the most important Christian thinkers, from the Reformers of the sixteenth century through the major participants in the contemporary theological conversation. Illustrating the major theologians, controversies, and schools of thought, Readings in the History of Christian Theology is an essential companion to the study of church history and historical theology. Excerpts are preceded by the editors' introductions, allowing the book to stand alone as a coherent history. This revised edition expands the work's scope, drawing throughout on more female voices and expanding to include the most important twenty-first-century theological contributions. This valuable resource brings together the writings of major theologians from the church's history for a new generation of students.
