History of Theology: The Patristic Period [Hardcover]

Angelo Di Berardino (Editor), Basil Studer (Editor), Matthew J. O'Connell (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997 | ISBN-10: 0814659152 | ISBN-13: 978-0814659151 | Edition: annotated edition

At last, a thorough, balanced, and readable history of medieval theology for nonspecialist readers! This is that book we so often ask for and so seldom get: written by a scholar for everyone to read. Giulio D'Onofrio uses his deep and broad-ranging knowledge of the thought of the scholars (Christian, Jewish, and Muslim) of the Middle Ages to describe in a thoroughly readable style the development of ideas from the beginnings of what can rightly be called Western culture to the Renaissance and the eve of the Reformation. No longer can medieval theology be regarded as merely Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure with appendages fore and aft. This book is a page-turner, as readers are continually invited to join scholars and mystics of another age in the perennial pursuit of "faith seeking understanding.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

About the Author

Giulio D'Onofrio teaches the history of medieval philosophy at the University of Salerno, Italy, and also teaches the history of medieval philosophy, Latin, and the exegesis of philosophical texts at the Pontifical Lateran University. He is the editor of Volume III, The Renaissance, in this series. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 632 pages
• Publisher: Michael Glazier; annotated edition edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814659152
• ISBN-13: 978-0814659151
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.8 inches
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