Documents of the Christian Church

by Henry Bettenson (Editor), Chris Maunder (Editor)

Overview

This selection of writings from the most important moments in the history of Christianity has become established as a classic reference work, providing insights into 2000 years of Christian theological and political debate. While retaining the original material selected by Henry Bettenson, Chris Maunder has added a substantial section of more recent writings. These illustrate the Second Vatican Council; the theologies of liberation; Church and State from 'Thatcher's Britain' to Communist Eastern Europe; Black, feminist, and ecological theology; ecumenism; and inter-faith dialogue. The emphasis on moral debate in the contemporary churches is reflected in selections discussing questions about homosexuality, divorce, AIDS, and in-vitro fertilization, amongst other issues. This further expanded fourth edition brings the anthology up-to-date with a new section looking at issues facing the twenty-first century churches. This includes extracts exploring the churches' responses to questions of social justice, international politics, trade and debt, environmental change, and technological development. New material also covers the global growth of Christianity, the progress of Christian unity, and mission in multi-faith and postmodern societies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191501517
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	09/29/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Chris Maunder is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at the University College of Ripon and York St John.

Table of Contents

The Church and the World; Creeds; The Earliest Testimony to the Gospels; The Person and Work of Christ; The Problem of the Relation of the Divinity and the Humanity in Christ; Pelagianism, The Nature of Man, Sin, and Grace; The Church, the Ministry, and the Sacraments; The Authority of the Holy See; Doctrine and Development. The Vincentian Canon; Christian Inscriptions; PART II; From Chalcedon to the Breach between East and West; The Empire and the Papacy; Monasticism and the Friars; The Church and Heresy; The Conciliar Movement; Scholasticism; The Church in England until the Reformation; The Reformation on the Continent; The Reformation in England; The Roman Catholic Church from the Counter-Reformation to the 2nd Vatican Council; The British Churches in the 17th Century; The British Churches in the 18th and 19th Centuries; The Roman Catholic Church at the 2nd Vatican Council; The 20th-Cent. World Churches: Justice, Peace and the Environment;...[cont'd]