An Essential Resource for Students of Church History
First published as The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Third Edition this unique, one-volume reference work puts information on all aspects of the Christian church at the reader's fingertips. Its extensive cross-referenced A-Z entries offer unmatched coverage of a wide-ranging spectrum of topics, in language that is at once scholarly and accessible.
A roster of acknowledged experts in their fields penned the Dictionary of the Christian Church's entries. These authors, representing Christian traditions from around the world, offer informed, even-handed treatment of the many subjects addressed in the DCC.
Whether one is seeking information on the Bible, religious orders, theologians or philosophers, archaeology or spirituality, the Dictionary of the Christian Church is the resource to consult. No library should be without this affordable edition of an authoritative work.
* Entries penned by nearly 500 scholars from a cross section of Christian and other religious traditions are featured
* Ideal for clergy, seminarians students, and anyone interested in topics pertaining to the church
* Entries are cross-referenced to ease data retrieval
A paperback reprint of the Third Edition of the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, at a greatly reduced price. The indispensable one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church, is the claim the publisher makes for this tome -- and the claim is right: in this case it is no mere marketing cliche. This volume combines the best attributes of historical, biblical, patristic, liturgical, and theological dictionaries in one massive but useful source. Its 6,000 entries are supplemented by extensive bibliographies, and the list of literally hundreds of contributors is itself a sort of dictionary of twentieth-century Christian scholarship in many fields, including writers who have adorned the pages of this catalog for years: Kallistos Ware, Simon Tugwell, Alister McGrath, Ephrem Lash, Sebastian Brock, Jaroslav Pelikan, Andrew Louth, This new Fourth Edition is significantly larger than the Third (1997), and reflects increased attention paid to patristics, Eastern Orthodoxy, non-European developments, and modern theological influences (e.g. ecumenism, relations with non-Christian religions, feminism, etc.). More than a reference work, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is an education -- answering questions, raising others, answering these in turn, in an endlessly enlightening progression. (And to those of you who think scholarly reference has to be arid, we invite you to look at the little entry ''Maximus the Cynic'': all the stylistic ingredients are included for a suspense novel featuring Gregory of Nazianzus and Ambrose of Milan). 1786 pp.
A paperback reprint of the Third Edition of the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, at a greatly reduced price. The indispensable one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church, is the claim the publisher makes for this tome -- and the claim is right: in this case it is no mere marketing cliche. This volume combines the best attributes of historical, biblical, patristic, liturgical, and theological dictionaries in one massive but useful source. Its 6,000 entries are supplemented by extensive bibliographies, and the list of literally hundreds of contributors is itself a sort of dictionary of twentieth-century Christian scholarship in many fields, including writers who have adorned the pages of this catalog for years: Kallistos Ware, Simon Tugwell, Alister McGrath, Ephrem Lash, Sebastian Brock, Jaroslav Pelikan, Andrew Louth, This new Fourth Edition is significantly larger than the Third (1997), and reflects increased attention paid to patristics, Eastern Orthodoxy, non-European developments, and modern theological influences (e.g. ecumenism, relations with non-Christian religions, feminism, etc.). More than a reference work, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is an education -- answering questions, raising others, answering these in turn, in an endlessly enlightening progression. (And to those of you who think scholarly reference has to be arid, we invite you to look at the little entry ''Maximus the Cynic'': all the stylistic ingredients are included for a suspense novel featuring Gregory of Nazianzus and Ambrose of Milan). 1786 pp.
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