Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective: Collected Studies (Studies in Christian History and Thought)

Wright, David F

ISBN 10: 1842274643 / ISBN 13: 9781842274644

Published by Paternoster, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective: Collected Studies (Studies in Christian History and Thought)
• Publisher: Paternoster
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842274643
• ISBN 13: 9781842274644
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

These important and incisive essays, spanning more than two decades of research and engagement, probe facets and episodes of infant baptisms fortunes over twenty centuries. The story of paedo baptism is traced from its shadowy beginnings as a variant of faith baptism, through inflated Reformation defenses as it monopolized baptismal thought and practice, to biblical and ecumenical re-evaluations and hopeful contemporary rapprochements across divisive waters.

About the Author

David F. Wright (1937-2008) was professor of patristic and Reformation Christianity at New College, University of Edinburgh. He wrote a number of books on both historical and theological topics including Infant Baptism In Historical Perspective (Studies In Christian History And Thought)