On Giants' Shoulders: Introducing Great Theologians - From Luther to Barth

by Michael Reeves

Is 'newer' really 'better'? We often assume so, but if we do treat the past as inferior we will ignore the legacy of history, and thus will find ourselves stranded on the tiny desert island of our own moment in time. In particular, this applies to Christian theology, which should be thought, and lived, corporately by the church down through the ages. The remedy to 'chronological snobbery' is, as C. S. Lewis put it, 'to keep the clean sea breeze of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844744957
• ISBN13: 9781844744954
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: IVP
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.