Exploring Christian Heritage: A Reader in History and Theology (Second Edition) / Edition 2

by C. Douglas Weaver, Rady Roldán-Figueroa

Overview

Exploring Christian Heritage provides students and teachers with a rich and substantial introduction to the texts that have shaped the Christian faith. Including works by Augustine, Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Wesley, John Calvin, and Karl Barth, among others, this collection also highlights essential movements—from the second to the twenty-first centuries—often glossed over in primary source readers. From Pentecostalism and Baptists to feminism and religious liberty movements,  Exploring Christian Heritage succinctly joins together the most influential voices of Christian history and theology with those that have been forgotten and sometimes ignored.
 
Now in its second edition, voices ancient and modern have been added to deepen and widen the story of Christianity in varied forms. Exploring Christian Heritage, second edition also contains additional classroom resources, including new textual introductions and over ninety new quizzes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481306980
Publisher:	Baylor University Press
Publication date:	12/01/2017
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	468
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

C. Douglas Weaver is Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Religion and Professor of Baptist Studies at Baylor University.

Rady Roldan-Figueroa is Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Director of Research in the School of Theology at Boston University.

What People are Saying About This

The greatest strength of this excellent resource is the diversity of its sources. Not only are the standards included, but Exploring Christian Heritage provides a great variety of lesser known but necessary voices from the margin. The more voices, the better the history.

Lloyd Allen

The greatest strength of this excellent resource is the diversity of its sources. Not only are the standards included, but Exploring Christian Heritage provides a great variety of lesser known but necessary voices from the margin. The more voices, the better the history.

Loyd Allen

The greatest strength of this excellent resource is the diversity of its sources. Not only are the standards included, but it provides a great variety of lesser known but necessary voices from the margin.

W. Glenn Jonas

Exploring Christian Heritage meets a vital need for those who teach and study church history and theology. I highly recommend this book.

Anthony Chute

The long and varied history of the church presents a dilemma for professors and students alike; the former wish to display the riches of the Christian tradition while the latter want to get to the point. Exploring Christian Heritage ably accomplishes both tasks by presenting the key ideas in primary documents from a broad representation of leading thinkers. Outside of the classroom, this book provides pastors with a wealth of sermon illustrations and laypersons with a greater sense of belonging to the larger family of God.

Editorial Reviews

The editors have clearly poured their years of seasoned experience in the college and university classroom into this collection. Each source is accompanied by a brief introduction to its author and the excerpt. . . . This book is a particularly valuable resource for college instructors teaching Christian history or theology, but is also recommended for any student curious about the development of Christian ideas and faith.

Sheila Klopfern Baptist Quarterly

A remarkably interesting and engaging collection that demonstrates the height, width, and depth of the great Christian tradition. No doubt many young readers will find fresh conversation partners for their own journeys from among this amazing set of fellow sojourners.

Theological Book Review

...a remarkably interesting and engaging collection that demonstrates the height, width, and depth of the great Christian tradition. No doubt many young readers will find fresh conversation partners for their own journeys from among this amazing set of fellow sojourners.

Theological Book Review - Taylor Worley

"Exploring Christian Heritage meets a vital need for those who teach and study church history and theology. I highly recommend this book."

--W. Glenn Jonas, Charles B. Howard Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion, Campbell University

"The long and varied history of the church presents a dilemma for professors and students alike; the former wish to display the riches of the Christian tradition while the latter want to get to the point. Exploring Christian Heritage ably accomplishes both tasks by presenting the key ideas in primary documents from a broad representation of leading thinkers. Outside of the classroom, this book provides pastors with a wealth of sermon illustrations and laypersons with a greater sense of belonging to the larger family of God."

--Anthony Chute, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Church History, California Baptist University, Riverside, California

"The greatest strength of this excellent resource is the diversity of its sources. Not only are the standards included, but Exploring Christian Heritage provides a great variety of lesser known but necessary voices from the margin. The more voices, the better the history."

--Lloyd Allen, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University

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