Robert F Rea

Why Church History Matters

An Invitation to Love and Learn from Our Past

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Produktbeschreibung

Does it matter how Christians in other times and places thought? For many contemporary Christians, questions about the role and value of church history can be difficult to tackle. Veteran teacher Bob Rea addresses these barriers, skillfully explaining not only why church history matters, but the difference it makes for life and ministry.

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Produktdetails

• No Series Linked
• Verlag: IVP Academic
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780830828197
• ISBN-10: 0830828192
• Artikelnr.: 40188000

Autorenporträt

Robert F. Rea (PhD, St. Louis University) is professor of church history at Lincoln Christian University in Lincoln, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: How We Understand the Tradition
1. What Is the Tradition?
2. How Have We Understood Tradition Historically?
3. How Do We Understand the Tradition Today?
Part Two: Expanding Circles of Inquiry
4. Who Am I? History and Christian Identity
5. A Great Cloud of Witnesses: Christian Community across the Centuries
6. Accountability Partners: Sharing Accountability with Historic Christians
7. Mentors and Friends: Historic Christians Broaden Our Horizons and Fill Gaps in Our Understanding
Part Three: Tradition Serving the Church
8. Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: Christian Exegesis across the Centuries
9. Tradition and Ministry
Celebrate the Body of Christ
Recommended Resources for Ministry
Notes
Name and Subject Index
Scripture Index