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    Historical Theology: Audio Lectures: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine
    Historical Theology: Audio Lectures: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine
    Historical Theology: Audio Lectures: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine
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    Historical Theology: Audio Lectures: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine

    Written by Gregg Allison

    Narrated by Gregg R. Allison

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    About this audiobook

    The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Historical Theology: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.

    Historical Theology: Audio Lectures presents the key pillars of the contemporary church and the development of those doctrines as they evolved from the history of Christian thought.

    Most historical theology texts follow Christian beliefs in a strict chronological manner with the classic theological loci scattered throughout various time periods, movements, and controversies—making for good history but confusing theology.

    This companion to the classic bestseller Systematic Theology is unique among historical theologies. Gregg Allison sets out the history of Christian doctrine according to a topical-chronological arrangement—one theological element at a time instead of committing to a discussion of theological thought according to its historical appearance alone.

    This method allows you to:

    • Contemplate one tenet of Christianity at a time, along with its formulation in the early church—through the Middle Ages, Reformation, and post-Reformation era, and into the modern period.
    • Become familiar with the primary source material of Christian history's most important contributors, such as Cyprian, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Barth, and others.
    • Understand the development of evangelical doctrine with a focus on the centrality of the gospel.
    • Discern a sense of urgent need for greater doctrinal understanding in the whole church.

    Historical Theology: Audio Lectures is a superb resource for students and self-learners wanting to better understand how the church has come to believe what it believes today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan Academic
    Release dateAug 30, 2016
    ISBN9780310534624
    Historical Theology: Audio Lectures: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine
    Author

    Gregg Allison

    Gregg Allison (PhD) is Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky where he teaches systematic theology.  Previously he served on Cru staff at the University of Notre Dame and overseas in Italy and the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. He is a pastor of Sojourn Community Church, and is the theological strategist for Sojourn Network, a church planting network of about thirty churches. He is the author of Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine; Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church; and Roman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment.

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    • 3/5
      I could hardly finish the book after the chapter on creation. The author presents the historic doctrine of the church as six day creationism. Ronald Numbers had definitely refuted this view. I am unaware of ANY evidence of six day creationism in the early period. Irenaeus believed in something akin to day age theory. Origen believed Genesis 1 was allegory. Augustine contemplated several views over his life and landed on instantaneous creation. This book claims to represent the historic positions of the church, but then blatantly misteaches the Church's historic positions. This severely undermines the author's credibility in my mind.
    • 5/5
      Informative overview of the historical development of doctrines of the Christian Church.