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Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C. S. Lewis
Overview
Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corruption and decay in the church. They seem to assume that the church apostatized from true Christianity after it gained cultural influence in the time of Constantine, and the faith was only later recovered by the sixteenth-century Reformers or even the eighteenth-century revivalists. As a result, the riches and wisdom of the medieval period have remained largely inaccessible to modern Protestants.Church historian Chris Armstrong helps readers see beyond modern caricatures of the medieval church to the animating Christian spirit of that age. He believes today's church could learn a number of lessons from medieval faith, such as how the gospel speaks to ordinary, embodied human life in this world. Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians explores key ideas, figures, and movements from the Middle Ages in conversation with C. S. Lewis and other thinkers, helping contemporary Christians discover authentic faith and renewal in a forgotten age.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781587433788 |
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Publisher: | Baker Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 05/17/2016 |
Pages: | 272 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
Chris R. Armstrong (PhD, Duke University) is the founding director of Opus: The Art of Work, an institute on faith and vocation at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Formerly professor of church history at Bethel Seminary, he is also senior editor of Christian History.
Table of Contents
Contents1: My Angle of Approach2: C. S. LewisA Modern Medieval Man3. Getting Rooted: Tradition as Source of Truth4. Getting Thoughtful: The Medieval Passion for Theological Knowledge5. Getting Moral: The Ethical Fabric of Medieval Faith6. Getting Merciful: Why Medievals Invented the Hospital7. Getting Earthy: God's Second BookThe Natural World8. Getting Passionate: Medieval Faith as a Religion of the Heart9. Getting Human: How the Incarnation Lifts Up Our Humanness10. Getting It Together: Responding to Our Medieval Heritage and Reflecting on the Ascetic and Monastic Paths