Heresy : a history of defending the truth

Author(s)

• McGrath, Alister E.

Bibliographic Information

Heresy : a history of defending the truth

Alister McGrath

HarperOne, c2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-270) and index

Contents of Works

• Our love affair with heresy
• What is heresy? Faith, creeds, and the Christian Gospel ; The origins of the idea of heresy
• The roots of heresy. Diversity : the background of early heresy ; The early development of heresy ; Is there an "essence" of heresy?
• The classic heresies of Christianity. Early classic heresies : Ebionitism, Docetism, Valentinism ; Later classic heresies : Arianism, Donatism, Pelagianism
• The enduring impact of heresy. Cultural and intellectual motivations for heresy ; Orthodoxy, heresy, and power ; Heresy and the Islamic view of Christianity ; The future of heresy

Details

• NCID: BB01381716
• ISBN:
  • 9780060822149
• LCCN: 2009004883
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, NY
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 282 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BT1315.3
  • DC22 : 273
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Christian heresies
  • LCSH : Apologetics