Explores the crucial issue of the authority of the past in Christian theology, focusing especially on how doctrine serves to maintain continuity within the Christian tradition.
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Alister E. McGrath is professor of historical theology atOxford University and director of the Oxford Centre forEvanglism and Apologetics, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. Thedirector of the John Templeton Oxford Seminars on Scienceand Christianity, he holds doctorates from Oxford inmolecular biophysics and historical and systematictheology. He is the author of more than forty books, including The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall ofDisbelief in the Modern World, and In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed aNation, a Language, and a Culture."
Alister E. McGrath begins his book by critically engaging the views of George Lindbeck on doctrine before moving on to present a fresh understanding of the nature and function of Christian doctrine within the church. Particular attention is paid to the way in which doctrine acts as a demarcator between communities of faith, providing important insights into contemporary ecumenical debates.
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