{"product_id":"christian-literature-an-anthology-hardback-9780631216056","title":"Christian Literature; An Anthology (Hardback) 9780631216056","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChristian Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlister E. McGrath (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631216056, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 September 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e816 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 4.8 cm, 1.497 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Pastors who want sermon illustrations to be more than vignettes, teachers who introduce Western literary, church or spiritual history, and readers who want new ideas for a book club will all find Alister McGrath's \u003ci\u003eChristian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e anthology accessible, helpful and affordable. McGrath really has done a commendable job in pulling together most of the best in a pedagological framework that is helpful to student and teacher alike.\" \u003ci\u003eRobbie Castleman, National Co-ordinator, The Religious \u0026amp; Theological Studies Fellowship\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I am profoundly grateful for this book, which sets out to introduce students to primary texts across a vast spectrum of literature. The basic layout of each chapter is clear and helpful and the 'Questions for Discussion' are sharp and should focus reading appropriately. In short, this is a very useful workhorse of a book, a way into the riches of literature and a careful guide to the difficult field of literature and theology.\" \u003ci\u003eDavid Jasper, Theology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The provision of clear and succinct introductory summaries of the historical and social context to which writers belonged should prove of considerable worth.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Expository Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This large anthology gathers a rich, varied and wisely selected sampling of texts drawn from writings spanning Christianity's two millennia. Helpful contextualising and interpretive introductions to each period and each text, along with study and discussion questions, render the collection reader friendly.\" \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis anthology of Christian literature gathers together writings drawn from 2000 years of Christian history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eHow to Use This Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Structure of the Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Patristic Period c.100-600:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClement of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Martyrdom of Polycarp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrenaeus of Lyons (c.130-c.200).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuintus Septimius Florens Tertullian (c.160-c.225).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEusebius of Caesarea (c.260-340).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAthanasius of Alexandria (c.296-373).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEphramium the Syrian (303-73).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCyril of Jerusalem (c. 315-87).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGregory of Nyssa (c.330-c.395).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Peregrinnation of Egeria (c.384).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAugustine of Hippo (354-430).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: English and Irish Sources c.600-1050:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaedmon's Hymn (c.670).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBede (c.673-735).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Deer's Cry (c.700).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dream of the Rood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Junius Code.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Exeter Book Riddles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Blicking Homilist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAelfric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWulfstan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Middle Ages, 1050-1500:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnselm of Canterbury.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Abelard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncrene Wisse: Guide for an Anchoress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Aquinas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHugh of Balma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDante Aligheri.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cloud of Unknowing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Langland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJulian of Norwich.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe York Mystery Plays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas à Kempis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Dunbar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1700:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErasmus of Rotterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Luther.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIgnacious Loyola.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Calvin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Foxe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdmund Spenser.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe King James Version of the Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSir Walter Raleigh.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLancelot Andrewes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Donne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Herbert.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSir Thomas Browne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Milton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Vaughan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndrew Marvell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlaise Pascal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Bunyan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Book of Common Prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: The Modern Period 1700-2000:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Addison.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel Defoe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Butler.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJonathan Edwards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Wesley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC Wesley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Newton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Paley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Wordsworth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamuel Taylor Coleridge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Keble.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthony Trollope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenjamin Jowett.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Eliot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFyodor Mikhailivich Dostoevsky.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatthew Arnold.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Hardy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerald Manley Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGilbert Keith Chesterton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eT. S. Eliot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDorothy L. Sayers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. S. Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGraham Greene.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Luther King.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Lodge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGarrison Keillor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Glossary of Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources of Extracts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52405550252312,"sku":"9780631216056","price":131.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631216056.jpg?v=1784136498","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/christian-literature-an-anthology-hardback-9780631216056","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}