Many Mansions: An Introduction to the Development and Diversity of Medieval Theology: 146 (Cistercian Studies, 146) - Hardcover

Bell, David N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879073462 ISBN 13: 9780879073466

Publisher: Cistercian Publications, 2000

Synopsis

An overview of how religious thinking developed in the thousand years between the end of the Roman Empire and the Reformation, Many Mansions goes beyond other textbooks by looking at developments in both the Latin West and the Greek East. In addition to providing an introduction for readers with no background in theology or history, Bellpoints out the reasons behind the growing divergence between the two great halves of Christendom.

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About the Author

David N. Bell is professor emeritus of religious studies at Memorial University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He retired as head of the Department of Religious Studies at the end of 2011. He has published some two dozen books, more than a hundred articles, and a great number of book reviews. His most recent book, published May 2014, is The Library of the Abbey of La Trappe: A Study of its History from the Twelfth Century to the French Revolution (Brepols).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879073462
• ISBN 13: 9780879073466
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384