The True Image [Paperback]

Philip Edgcumbe Hughes (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579102859
• ISBN-13: 978-1579102852
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,144,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, but could have been edited better!, September 17, 2005

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This review is from: The True Image (Paperback)

This book is recommended for anyone interested in Christology or unsure about the person of Christ. It gives a comprehensive view of Christian doctrine on this topic down through the ages, as well as on other issues directly related to it, e.g., the Kingdom of Heaven, the immortality of the soul, human nature etc. The book covers all viewpoints - heterodox as well as orthodox, giving a good overview of Christological and related doctrinal controversies in church history right up to the modern day. It is certainly sweeping and covers a lot of ground, which makes for intense but informative reding at times. The text is referenced excellently, with footnotes. The only criticism of this book is that it cries out for a ruthless editor! The author, whilst effective at communicating his point for the most part, tends to be repetitive and also to either labour a point or to get there in a roundabout way. Whole paragraphs could have been shortened to a few lines and superfluous text cut. However, don't let this put you off - it's not that this book lacks anything in and of itself, rather that in places it has more than is needed!