|
Showing 1 - 7 of
7 matches in All Departments
First published in 1972, this volume shows the potency, and the
limitations of Nonconformity in shaping the beginning of modern
Britain. It draws upon a wide range of sources including the
writings and discussions of Nonconformists themselves, their
critics, and contemporary commentators. The extracts and the
extensive introduction set Nonconformity in the broader context of
social and political history, and address the 'life' of the free
Churches: their conflicts, internal and externals, their
organization and spread, and their theology. The collection
demonstrates the variety and diversity of Nonconformity as well as
the controversies and debates of the period. This book will be an
excellent reference for students of History, English and Theology,
and will provide a starting point for those who wish to explore
Nonconformist history.
Many books have been written about nineteenth-century Oxford
theology, but what was happening in Cambridge? This book provides
the first continuous account of what might be called 'the Cambridge
theological tradition', by discussing its leading figures from
Richard Watson and William Paley, through Herbert Marsh and Julius
Hare, to the trio of Lightfoot, Westcott and Hort. It also includes
a chapter on nonconformists such as Robertson Smith, P.T. Forsyth
and T.R. Glover. The analysis is organised around the defences that
were offered for the credibility of Christianity in response to
hostile and friendly critics. In this period the study of theology
was not yet divided into its modern self-contained areas. A
critical approach to scripture was taken for granted, and its
implications for ecclesiology, the understanding of salvation and
the social implications of the Gospel were teased out (in Hort's
phrase) through enquiry and controversy as a way to discover truth.
Cambridge both engaged with German theology and responded
positively to the nineteenth-century 'crisis of faith'.
First published in 1972, this volume shows the potency, and the
limitations of Nonconformity in shaping the beginning of modern
Britain. It draws upon a wide range of sources including the
writings and discussions of Nonconformists themselves, their
critics, and contemporary commentators. The extracts and the
extensive introduction set Nonconformity in the broader context of
social and political history, and address the 'life' of the free
Churches: their conflicts, internal and externals, their
organization and spread, and their theology. The collection
demonstrates the variety and diversity of Nonconformity as well as
the controversies and debates of the period. This book will be an
excellent reference for students of History, English and Theology,
and will provide a starting point for those who wish to explore
Nonconformist history.
Many books have been written about nineteenth-century Oxford
theology, but what was happening in Cambridge? This book provides
the first continuous account of what might be called 'the Cambridge
theological tradition', by discussing its leading figures from
Richard Watson and William Paley, through Herbert Marsh and Julius
Hare, to the trio of Lightfoot, Westcott and Hort. It also includes
a chapter on nonconformists such as Robertson Smith, P.T. Forsyth
and T.R. Glover. The analysis is organised around the defences that
were offered for the credibility of Christianity in response to
hostile and friendly critics. In this period the study of theology
was not yet divided into its modern self-contained areas. A
critical approach to scripture was taken for granted, and its
implications for ecclesiology, the understanding of salvation and
the social implications of the Gospel were teased out (in Hort's
phrase) through enquiry and controversy as a way to discover truth.
Cambridge both engaged with German theology and responded
positively to the nineteenth-century 'crisis of faith'.
'Perceptive and carefully judged' John H.Y. Briggs The theology and
practice of baptism have not received the attention they deserve.
How important is faith? What does baptismal regeneration mean? Is
baptism a bond of unity between Christians? This book discusses the
theology of baptism and popular belief and practice in England and
Wales from the Evangelical Revival to the publication of the World
Council of Churches' consensus statement on Baptism, Eucharist and
Ministry (1982). David Thompson is Fellow and President of
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and Reader in Modern Church History
in the University of Cambridge.
|
You may like...
Barbie
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling
Blu-ray disc
R266
Discovery Miles 2 660
|