Everett Ferguson

Broschiertes Buch

Early Church and Today volume 2

Beschreibung

The Early Church and Today is a collection of scholarly articles by an acclaimed specialist in early Christianity written for a broad audience. The topics taken from the New Testament and other early Christian literature are relevant for the church today. The articles are grouped in the following categories: Volume 1, church and ministry; Volume 2, Christian living, biblical interpretation, the restoration motif, religious liberty, and the book of Acts of the Apostles. Sections include: - "Ministry of the Word in the First Two Centuries" - "The Authority and Tenure of Elders" - "Women in the Post-Apostolic Church" - "Baptismal Motifs in the Ancient Church" - "Baptism in the Patristic Period" - "When You Come Together: Epi to auto in Early Christian Literature" - "Congregational Singing in the Early Church" - "Jewish Religious Music in the First Century - Temple, Synagogue, House, and Sect" - "Christian Living in a Pagan Society" - "The Meaning and Significance of the Restitution Motif"

Autor

Everett Ferguson is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Abilene Christian University. He was editor of The Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (2nd edition 1997) and is author of many works including Early Christians Speak (2 volumes 1999, 2002); Backgrounds of Early Christianity (3rd ed., 2003); Inheriting Wisdom: Readings for Today from Ancient Christian Writers (2004); Church History, vol. 1: From Christ to Pre-Reformation (2005); and Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries (2009). Ferguson received the "Distinguished Service Award" from the North American Patristics Society (2008) and the "Vestigia Award for Excellence in Early Christian Studies and Service to the Church" from the Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies (2020).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Leafwood Publishers & ACU Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780891125846
• ISBN-10: 0891125841
• Artikelnr.: 44679864