The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology

by John Anthony McGuckin

Overview

This is a unique reference resource for study of the theological ideas developed in the early church period. Patristic theology is the theology of Christian writers up to the ninth century which became formative for succeeding centuries of Christianity. This handbook provides easy access to these leading theological understandings.

The Westminster Handbook to Christian Theology series provides a set of resources for the study of historic and contemporary theological movements and Christian theologians. These books are intended to help students and scholars find concise and accurate treatments of important theological terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664223960
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	05/21/2004
Series:	Westminster Handbooks to Christian Theology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

John Anthony McGuckin is Anne Marie and Bent Emil Nielsen Professor in Late Antique and Byzantine Christian History at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University. A Priest of the Orthodox Church, he was formerly Reader in Patristic and Byzantine Theology at the University of Leeds, England. He is the author of numerous books of historical theology and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain.