Theology: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Ford, David F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192853848 ISBN 13: 9780192853844

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book offers a concise and original introduction to the whole of the theological discipline. Writing with a focus on Christianity, David Ford provides a trenchant and balanced discussion of the study of faith and religion. He describes the development of the field of theology, and explores such issues as knowledge, community, worship, salvation, God, prayer, and evil. Ford also weaves the idea of the quest for wisdom into the entire fabric of his discussion, and concludes with a look ahead to the theology of the next century. Theology: A Very Short Introduction tackles the questions raised by and about religion in a thought-provoking and engaging manner.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

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About the Author

David Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. His books include Jubilate: Theology in Praise (with Daniel W. Hardy), Meaning and Truth in 2 Corinthians (with Frances M. Young), The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology in the Twentieth Century
(ed.), The Shape of Living, and Self and Salvation: Being Transformed.

Review

`It is written in an extremely accesible, interesting and fresh style and this combined with its 'safely' othodox but balanced tone will make it a useful aid to assisting a range of people.'
Ray Gaston, Theology November/December 1999

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192853848
• ISBN 13: 9780192853844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208