New Narratives for Old - The Historical Method of Reading Early Christian Theology: Essays in Honor of Michel Rene Barnes

"This volume both defines and illustrates the methodology of historical theology, especially as it relates to the study of early Christianity, and situates historical theology among other methodological approaches to early Christianity, including confessional apologetics, constructive theology, and socio-cultural history. The volume begins with an introductory essay that orients readers to various approaches to early Christian literature, it moves to two technical essays that define the historical method of studying early Christian theology, and then it illustrates the practice of this method with more than twenty essays that cover a period stretching from the first century to the dawn of the seventh"--

Summary

Guilds and conferences have grown up around historical theology, yet no volume has ever been dedicated to the definition and illustration of the method undergirding historical theology. This volume both defines and illustrates the methodology of historical theology, especially as it relates to the study of early Christianity.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anthony Briggman (Editor), Ellen Scully (Editor)
• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780813235349
• ISBN: 978-0-8132-3534-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Cua Studies in Early Christianity
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity