"The story of Christian theology does not begin at the beginning. . . .Theology is the church's reflection on the salvation brought by Christ and on the gospel of that salvation proclaimed and explained by the first-century apostles." Here is a concise and informative guide to the history of Christian theology. This condensation of Roger Olson's widely acclaimed The Story of Christian Theology surveys the events, teachings and challenges to the Christian faith down through the ages. In five acts we are ushered from the second to the twenty-first century following all the twists and turns, wrinkles and rivalries that lay along that wonderful and humble way of Christian faith seeking understanding, articulation and explanation. Crafted for students, pastors and other busy people, this pocket history of theology provides a clear and informed guide to the central tenets of Christian faith and the internal threats and external challenges it has faced and continues to confront even today.
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Roger E. Olson (Ph.D., Rice University) is professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is the author of The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform, The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity & Diversity (both InterVarsity Press) and The Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology (Westminster John Knox). He is also coauthor of 20th-Century Theology: God & the World in a Transitional Age and Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God (both with Stanley J. Grenz, InterVarsity Press), and of The Trinity (with Christopher A. Hall, Eerdmans).
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By Dubious Disciple "Lee Harmon" (White Bear Lake, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pocket History of Theology (The Ivp Pocket Reference) (Paperback)
For anyone wanting a quick overview of Christian theology through the last two millennia, this condensation of Roger Olson's The Story of Christian Theology hits all the high points. Beginning with the early second century, you'll meet church fathers and apologists Ignatius, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Clement, Tertullian, Origin and Cyprian. On into the turbulent centuries following, you'll learn about the council of Nicaea (and the Nicene creed), the council of Constantinople, of Ephesus and of Chalcedon as controversy in the church escalates. You'll meet St. Augustine, of course, and learn about the division of the church (what we now call the Orthodox church and the Catholic church, when neither are listening; the "Orthodox" hardly consider themselves less Catholic, and the "Catholics" hardly consider themselves less Orthodox).
As we move into the 16th century, division only continues. Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin are highly influential reformers, and a more extreme version surfaces with the Radical Reformers (often labeled Anabaptists, rejecters of infant baptism). Along comes the English reformation and the Catholic counter-reformation. Deism hopes to reconcile with modern science. And on into the 20th century, with the birth of fundamentalism. This book is dry, but highly informative. An awful lot is packed into 100 pages. Today, Christian theology is as diverse as ever, and the story of Christianity continues after this book concludes. I find myself reviewing books by Jewish Christians who interpret the life of Jesus within Hebrew roots, liberal Christians who reject anything miraculous, even Pagan Christians. I guess Jesus has something for everyone!
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This little book was a quick read at a little over 100 pages. I particularly enjoyed the attention given to the formulation of early Christian doctrine and the development of Orthodoxy. With all the dogmas out there and everyone claiming that thiers is authentic it can be hard to know who's telling the truth. The authors point out that before the council of Nicea church unity was hard to come by, however the fundamnetal doctrines such as the diety of Christ and the nature of the atonement were never in question. The council of Nicea unified the bishops and marginalized the fringes of the faith by identifying heresies such as the Gnostics and Modalists. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone interested in understanding the roots of modern theology.
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This is an abridged version of a larger work. Quick read. Gives a good high-level overview of history. Made me interested in getting the unabridged version to learn even more.
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