In this book, author has compiled essays by ten creative French- and English-speaking African theologians, thinkers who are moving beyond prescribing what should be done to actually doing it..
The Christian Church has gone through many crises of faith. But two in particular overshadow all the rest, for in them the issue at stake is that which sets Christianity apart from other religions …
Closely argued and finely nuanced, The Disciples' Jesus explores texts from Mark 8: 27-30 (the questioning of Peter at Caesarea Philippi); John 11: 17-27 (the encounter of Jesus with Mary and Marth…
Quest for the historical Jesus analyzes this important trend. it begings by surveying the "Old Quest" of such theologians as Reimarus and Strauss and the "No Quest" of Barth and Bultmann. Then it f…
For over century the search for the historical Jesus has been carried on with the tools historical research. Most recently it has involved the work of Rudolf Bultmann and the question of whether it…
Was Jesus of Nazareth a real person? Did all of the events described in the gospels really happen? How was the world Jesus lived in different from our own? In The Historical Jesus For Dummies, you'…
The possibility of finding reliable information about the life of the historical Jesus has fascinated the imagination of generations of scholars from as early as the seventeenth Century. Opinion on…
In this groundbreaking work that made his reputation as a theologian, Albert Schweitzer traces the search for the historical person of Jesus (apart from the Christ of faith) and puts forward his ow…
This book excels as a constructive biblical and theological treatment of the relationship between faith and history. Its chapters are succinct summaries of such strategic topic as secularization, t…
In research there are two obstacles to our understanding of Jesus. The one is the opinion that the context of earthly events has been interrupted by the resurrection of Jesus, and by this alone. Th…