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William C. Placher compiles significant passages written by the most important Christian thinkers through the early sixteenth century. An important resource for theological study, the book contains excerpts preceded by the author's illuminating introductions so that the book can stand alone as a coherent history. It can also be used to supplement a narrative work such as William Placher's own A History of Christian Theology: an Introduction. Rather than institutional history, the book focuses on ideas presented from an ecumenical perspective.
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Wayne Anderson
reviewed From Its Beginnings to the Eve of the Reformation, Vol. 1 on June 16, 2017
From Its Beginnings to the Eve of the Reformation, Vol. 1
"If we do not learn from the past we are doomed to repeat it." Good or bad decisions, history is important for us to know and his is the line of thinking that we as a people must have when it comes to history, be it ecclesiastical, national, familial, or cultural. History is important and when we look at why our forefathers wrote, experiences and rebelled against, we see why out world looks like it does today. When one studies ecclesiastical history this is even more true.
In Westminster John Knox Press's new book Readings in the History of Christian Theology (Vol. 2) Revised Edition edited by William C. Placher and Derek R. Nelson the history of the Church is examined though the lense of the written works of prominent scholars and thinkers from the reformation to the present.
This one volume examines just shy of 100 important theological works from the church fathers up to but not including the Reformation. When all of these collected works are examined as a unit they represent an important time at the beginning of the Church. When examined as individual works these documents represent a particular branch of Christianity in it's proper cultural context.
Unfortunately due to the immense size of all of these works, for size concerns, each work is edited and much of the discourses are gone. This is a premise problem with the book. A short volume of important original sources must be long if it contains all of the work. While the editors did a commendable job at editing the sources, yet the central tenants of each work remain intact. I therefore would caution those who might think that a work contained in this volume is the full text rather and a highly abridged version, abet done with impeccable precision and intent.
This book was provided to me free of charge from Westminster John Knox Publishing in exchange for an unbiased, honest review.
Readings in the History of Christian Theology (Vol. 1) Revised Edition
© 2015
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Publishing
Page Count: 220 Pages
ISBN: 978-0664239336
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