The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology - Softcover

John Anthony McGuckin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664223966 ISBN 13: 9780664223960

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004

Synopsis

This is a unique reference resource for study of the theological ideas developed in the early church period. Patristic theology is the theology of Christian writers up to the ninth century which became formative for succeeding centuries of Christianity. This handbook provides easy access to these leading theological understandings.

The Westminster Handbook to Christian Theology series provides a set of resources for the study of historic and contemporary theological movements and Christian theologians. These books are intended to help students and scholars find concise and accurate treatments of important theological terms.

About this title

About the Author:

John Anthony McGuckin is Anne Marie and Bent Emil Nielsen Professor in Late Antique and Byzantine Christian History at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University. A Priest of the Orthodox Church, he was formerly Reader in Patristic and Byzantine Theology at the University of Leeds, England. He is the author of numerous books of historical theology and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0664223966
• ISBN 13: 9780664223960
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392