Christian Theology: An Introduction

By Alister E. McGrath

Alister McGrath’s Christian Theology: An Introduction is one of the most internationally-acclaimed and popular Christian theology textbooks in use today. This 5th edition has been completely revised, and now features new and extended material, numerous additional illustrations, and companion resources, ensuring it retains its reputation as the ideal introduction to Christian theology.

• Fully updated 5th edition of the bestselling textbook, incorporating expanded material, numerous student features and new illustrations
• Features new sections on Copernicanism and Darwinism
• Includes extended discussions of Augustine’s doctrine of creation, Trinitarian theologies of religion, and the relation of Christianity to other faiths
• May be used as a stand-alone volume, or alongside the Christian Theology Reader, 4th edition for a complete overview of the subject
• Retains the chapter structure of the 4th edition, ensuring comparability with earlier editions and courses based on these
• Accompanied by a revised instructor’s website featuring expanded resources including study questions and answers; visit www.wiley.com/go/mcgrath for more details and to register for access

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Dec 3, 2010
• ISBN: 9781444397697

Alister E. McGrath

Alister E. McGrath is a historian, biochemist, and Christian theologian born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. McGrath, a longtime professor at Oxford University, now holds the Chair in Science and Religion at Oxford. He is the author of several books on theology and apologetics, including Christianity's Dangerous Idea and Mere Apologetics. He lives in Oxford, England and lectures regularly in the United States.

Reviews for Christian Theology

[drjane_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It does exactly what it says on the label! It introduces you to Christian theology.

[billmeister16 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a unique introduction to Christian theology which encompasses a massive amount of material with relative brevity, clarity, and cohesiveness in a primarily historical context.

[ablueidol · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A surprising good read! I read this over a week when at a Quaker holiday camp in Sussex England and after it found this joke even funnier!Jesus said, Whom do men say that I am?And his disciples answered and said, Some say you are John the Baptist returned from the dead; others say Elias, or other of the old prophets.And Jesus answered and said, But whom do you say that I am?Peter answered and said, "Thou art the Logos, existing in the Father as His rationality and then, by an act of His will, being generated, in consideration of the various functions by which God is related to his creation, but only on the fact that Scripture speaks of a Father, and a Son, and a Holy Spirit, each member of the Trinity being co-equal with every other member, and each acting inseparably with and interpenetrating every other member, with only an economic subordination within God, but causing no division which would make the substance no longer simple."And Jesus, answering, said, "What?"