Eric Osborn

Tertullian, First Theologian of the West

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tertullian was the first Western Christian to write theology, defending Christians against the hostility of the Roman state, as well as arguing against Marcion, Praxeas and theosophical fantasy. A complex thinker, Tertullian has, in the modern era, been rejected by both liberal Christianity and its secular critics. For a long time misquoted and misused, he now calls for sustained analysis and interpretation. This book offers a major reappraisal of his theology and its influence on the shape of the Western Christian tradition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9780521524957
• ISBN-10: 0521524954
• Artikelnr.: 22252362

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Simplicity and perfection: end and beginning
2. The puzzle: Athens and Jerusalem
3. The paradox: credible because inept
4. Strife of opposites and faith as recognition
5. Antithesis in one God: against Marcion
6. Trinity and christology: against praxeas
7. Prayer and the Bible
8. Mankind's two natures and a sordid church
9. Argument and humour: Hermogenes and the Valentinians
10. Promise of laughter, judgment of hell
11. Ethics of conflict
Conclusion
Bibliography
Indexes.