The Christian Tradition: a History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 4 Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300-1700) |
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| Author:
| Pelikan, Jaroslav |
| Series title: | The Christian Tradition: a History of the Development of Christian Doctrine Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-65377-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1985 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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This penultimate volume in Pelikan's acclaimed history of Christian doctrine--winner with Volume 3 of the Medieval Academy's prestigious Haskins Medal--encompasses the Reformation and the developments that led to it. "Only in America, and in this case from a Lutheran scholar, could we expect an examination so lacking in parti pris, a survey so perceptive, so free--and, one must say, the result of so much immense labor, so rewardingly presented."--John M. Todd,
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More DescriptionThis penultimate volume in Pelikan's acclaimed history of Christian doctrine--winner with Volume 3 of the Medieval Academy's prestigious Haskins Medal--encompasses the Reformation and the developments that led to it.
"Only in America, and in this case from a Lutheran scholar, could we expect an examination so lacking in parti pris, a survey so perceptive, so free--and, one must say, the result of so much immense labor, so rewardingly presented."--John M. Todd, New York Times Book Review
"Never wasting a word or losing a plot line, Pelikan builds on an array of sources that few in our era have the linguistic skill, genius or ambition to master."--Martin E. Marty, America
"The use of both primary materials and secondary sources is impressive, and yet it is not too formidable for the intelligent layman."--William S. Barker, Eternity