Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700)

by Jaroslav Pelikan

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press

, 1991

Overview

Jaroslav Pelikan begins this volume with the crisis of orthodoxy that confronted all Christian denominations by the beginning of the eighteenth century and continues through the twentieth century in its particular concerns with ecumenism. The modern period in the history of Christian doctrine, Pelikan demonstrates, may be defined as the time when doctrines that had been assumed more than debated for most of Christian history were themselves called into question: the idea of revelation, the uniqueness of Christ, the authority of Scripture, the expectation of life after death, even the very transcendence of God.

Product Details

• Title: Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700)
• Author: Jaroslav Pelikan
• Series: The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine
• Volume: 5
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Print Publication Date: 1991
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 361
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal › History--19th century; Theology, Doctrinal › History--20th century; Theology, Doctrinal › History--18th century
• ISBNs: 0226653781, 0226653803, 9780226653785, 9780226653808
• Resource ID: LLS:CHRSTNTRDCTRN05
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:21:15Z

About Jaroslav Pelikan

Jaroslav Pelikan (1923–2006) (PhD, University of Chicago) was a historian of Christianity, theology, and medieval intellectualism. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago. Throughout his life he held numerous intellectual leadership positions. He was dean of Yale Graduate School from 1973 to 1978, president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, editor of the religious section of Encyclopedia Britannica, a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, and founder of the Council of Scholars at the Library of Congress. He was Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University, where he served on the faculty from 1962 to 1996. Pelikan wrote over 30 books, including Mary Through the Centuries, Jesus Through the Centuries, Whose Bible Is It?, and The Vindication of Tradition.