Reformation Thought - 5th Edition by Alister E McGrath (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> "This book is based on a course of lectures I gave to undergraduates at Oxford University during the 1980s and 1990s on the core ideas of the European Reformation of the sixteenth century from about 1500 to 1560. To this day, I still get letters from student who attended those lectures, explaining what they found so exciting about them, and the impact they had on their intellectual development. While the thought of the Reformation remains one of the most fascinating areas of study for historians, it also continues to be of central importance to anyone interested in the history of the Christian church or its religious ideas. This book follows the convention of including mainline Protestant, Catholic, and Anabaptist approaches to the questions under discussion during this 'Age of Reformation,' aiming for accuracy in scholarship, clarity in explanation, and charity in dealing with disputed questions. The Reformation embraced a number of quite distinct, yet overlapping, areas of human activity - the reform of both the morals and structures of church and society, shifts in economic and social thinking, the renewal of Christian spirituality, and the reform of Christian doctrine. It was a movement based upon a more or less coherent set of ideas, which were believed to be capable of functioning as the foundation of a program of reform and renewal"<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Reformation Thought <p><b>Praise for previous editions: </b><p>"Theologically informed, lucid, supremely accessible: no wonder McGrath's introduction to the Reformation has staying power!"<p>--Denis R. Janz, <i>Loyola University</i><p>"Vigorous, brisk, and highly stimulating. The reader will be thoroughly engaged from the outset, and considerably enlightened at the end."<p>--Dr. John Platt, <i>Oxford University</i><p>"[McGrath] is one of the best scholars and teachers of the Reformation... Teachers will rejoice in this wonderfully useful book."<p>--<i>Teaching History</i><p><i>Reformation Thought: An Introduction</i> is a clear, engaging, and accessible introduction to the European Reformation of the sixteenth century. Written for readers with little to no knowledge of Christian theology or history, this indispensable guide surveys the ideas of the prominent thought leaders of the period, as well as its many movements, including Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anabaptism, and the Catholic and English Reformations. The text offers readers a framework to interpret the events of the Reformation in full view of the intellectual landscape and socio-political issues that fueled its development.<p>Based on Alister McGrath's acclaimed lecture course at Oxford University, the fully updated fifth edition incorporates the latest academic research in historical theology. Revised and expanded chapters describe the cultural backdrop of the Reformation, discuss the Reformation's background in late Renaissance humanism and medieval scholasticism, and distill the findings of recent scholarship, including work on the history of the Christian doctrine of justification. A wealth of pedagogical features--including illustrations, updated bibliographies, a glossary, a chronology of political and historical ideas, and several appendices--supplement McGrath's clear explanations.<p>Written by a world-renowned theologian, <i>Reformation Thought: An Introduction, Fifth Edition</i> upholds its reputation as the ideal resource for university and seminary courses on Reformation thought and the widespread change it inspired in Christian belief and practice.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Alister E</b><b>. McGrath</b> is Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK. He is an acclaimed scholar, theologian, intellectual historian, lecturer, and author. He has written several bestselling books, and a number of popular textbooks on theology, including <i>The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation</i> and <i>Luther's Theology of the Cross</i>. </p>
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