The Domestication of Transcendence How Modern Thinking about God Went Wrong |
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| Author:
| Placher, William C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-664-25635-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1996 |
| Publisher: | Westminster John Knox Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $43.00 |
Book Description:
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William Placher looks at "classical" Christian theology (Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Martin Luther) and contrasts it with the Christian discourse about God that evolved in the seventeenth century. In particular, he deals with the notion of transcendence that gained prominence in this era and its impact on modern theology and modern thinking...
William Placher looks at "classical" Christian theology (Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Martin Luther) and contrasts it with the Christian discourse about God that evolved in the seventeenth century. In particular, he deals with the notion of transcendence that gained prominence in this era and its impact on modern theology and modern thinking...