Christian Belief
£25.99
ISBN: 9781912552030
Publication date: November 23, 2018
Format: Paperback
Extent: 448 pages
Dimensions: 214mm(length) 140mm(width)
Imprint: Lion Scholar
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In this highly accessible guide a team of expert contributors provide an authoritative and comprehensive survey of Christian belief.
After an initial historical overview, six major chapters on Faith, God, Jesus, Salvation, the Church and Christian Hope assess in detail the breadth of Christian teaching and doctrine. Each chapter is interspersed with user-friendly boxed features that focus on key subjects such as Jesus and women and Christian ethics. Culminating with an anthology of extracts from major Christian thinkers, this book provides an ideal overview for scholars at all levels of study seeking to become acquainted with the sweep of Christian teaching.
Meet the author: Prof Alister McGrath DPhil

Alister E. McGrath (DPhil and DD, University of Oxford; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts) is professor of theology, ministry, and education, and head of the Centre for Theology, Religion, and Culture at King’s College, London. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including the award-winning The Passionate Intellect: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind. A former atheist, he is respectful yet critical of the new atheist movement and regularly engages in debate and dialogue with its leaders.
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