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Chargement... Heresy: A History of Defending the Truthpar Alister McGrath
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. In Heresy, leading religion expert and church historian Alister McGrath reveals the surprising history of heresy and rival forms of Christianity, arguing that the church must continue to defend what is true about Jesus. He explains that remaining faithful to Jesus’s mission and message is still the mandate of the church despite increasingly popular cries that traditional dogma is outdated and restricts individual freedom. In this book McGrath sets out to define and explore the concept of heresy non-polemically, as "a form of Christian belief that, more by accident than design, ultimately ends up subverting, destabilizing, or even destroying the core of Christian faith" (pp. 11-12). He does a good job of refuting the (outdated but persistent!) Walter Bauer thesis that the line between orthodoxy and heresy is arbitrarily drawn by the politically powerful. As such, this is a good book for someone looking for an introduction to the topic -- it is reasonably accessible -- though in that case I think reading parts One and Three would really suffice. McGrath closes with an odd, brief chapter on Islam and how the Qur'anic views of Jesus and the Trinity were likely influenced by heretical Christians in the Arabian Peninsula, and what this could mean for Muslim-Christian dialogue today (my own thought: not a great deal, since we already knew this, plus the orthodox Christian views of these matters are still closer to the ancient distortions than to the Islamic views). aucune critique | ajouter une critique
In Heresy, leading religion expert and church historian Alister McGrath reveals the surprising history of heresy and rival forms of Christianity, arguing that the church must continue to defend what is true about Jesus. He explains that remaining faithful to Jesus's mission and message is still the mandate of the church despite increasingly popular cries that traditional dogma is outdated and restricts individual freedom. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Através da história da religião, Alister McGrath expõe a surpreendente trajetória da heresia ao longo do tempo. McGrath explica, também, porque as heresias nunca foram erradicadas – elas podem desaparecer em determinada época, mas reaparecer com roupagem diferente, em outra. Por outro lado, o autor apresenta uma ortodoxia poderosa, compassiva, e profundamente atrativa, que equipará a igreja para que possa enfrentar as heresias atuais, em suas mais diferentes formas.
"Agradeço a Deus por Alister McGrath. Você fará o mesmo, ao terminar de ler este livro. Texto e foco são claros, convincentes e compreensíveis. Não guarde essa leitura só para você. Compre outros exemplares e ofereça-os a outras pessoas." Rick Warren, autor do prefácio
"Alister McGrath nos ajuda a entender o que é heresia e o porquê dela exercer tamanha atração sobre a mente humana. Também encontramos discussões e insights sobre a motivação que conduz as pessoas a adotarem heresias como crença, estilo de vida e conduta." Dallas Willard, professor da Escola de Filosofia do Sul da Califórnia
"Este livro não é somente um decorrer da história de antigas controvérsias, mas também uma atual e necessária correção para a interpretação de que as heresias são simples pensamentos que se libertaram de uma estreita e fechada ortodoxia. O leitor compreenderá melhor as antigas heresias e adquirirá uma renovada apreciação pela ortodoxia cristã." Justo González, autor de Retorno à história do pensamento cristão