Christian Literature An Anthology

Name: Christian Literature An Anthology
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ISBN: 9780631216063

ISBN-10: 0631216065

ISBN-13: 9780631216063

Edition: 2001

Authors: Alister E. McGrath

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This anthology of Christian literature gathers together writings drawn from 2000 years of Christian history. Assuming no prior knowledge of Christian theology or history, it offers students in one volume, a rich and diverse selection of material. The work offers substantial introductions to each text under discussion, along with study questions to assist interaction with texts. 'Study Panels' embedded in the text offer easy access to critical information about the writers and their texts. The pieces included fall into three broad categories: works of literature specifically written to serve the needs of Christians - such as prayers, devotional works, and sermons; works of literature,…

Book details

List price: $81.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/30/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 816
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.60" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 3.168
Language: English



Preface


How to Use This Work


The Structure of the Work



The Patristic Period c.100-600


Introduction


Clement of Rome


The Martyrdom of Polycarp


Irenaeus of Lyons (c.130-c.200)


Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullian (c.160-c.225)


Eusebius of Caesarea (c.260-340)


Athanasius of Alexandria (c.296-373)


Ephramium the Syrian (303-73)


Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315-87)


Gregory of Nyssa (c.330-c.395)


The Peregrinnation of Egeria (c.384)


Augustine of Hippo (354-430)



English and Irish Sources c.600-1050


Introduction.Caedmon's Hymn (c.670)


Bede (c.673-735)


The Deer's Cry (c.700)


The Dream of the Rood


The Junius Code


The Exeter Book Riddles


The Blicking Homilist


Aelfric


Wulfstan



The Middle Ages, 1050-1500


Introduction


Anselm of Canterbury


Peter Abelard


Ancrene Wisse: Guide for an Anchoress


Thomas Aquinas


Hugh of Balma


Dante Aligheri


The Cloud of Unknowing


William Langland.Geoffrey Chaucer


Julian of Norwich


The York Mystery Plays


Thomas a Kempis


William Dunbar



Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1700


Introduction


Erasmus of Rotterdam


Martin Luther


Ignacious Loyola


John Calvin


John Foxe


Edmund Spenser


The King James Version of the Bible


Sir Walter Raleigh


Lancelot Andrewes


John Donne


George Herbert


Sir Thomas Browne


John Milton


Henry Vaughan


Andrew Marvell


Blaise Pascal


John Bunyan


The Book of Common Prayer



The Modern Period 1700-2000


Introduction


Joseph Addison


Daniel Defoe


Joseph Butler


Jonathan Edwards


John Wesley


C Wesley


John Newton


William Paley


William Wordsworth


Samuel Taylor Coleridge


John Keble


Ralph Waldo Emerson


Anthony Trollope


Benjamin Jowett


George Eliot


Fyodor Mikhailivich Dostoevsky


Matthew Arnold


Thomas Hardy


Gerald Manley Hopkins


Gilbert Keith Chesterton


T. S. Eliot


Dorothy L. Sayers


C. S. Lewis


Graham Greene


Martin Luther King


David Lodge


Garrison Keillor


A Glossary of Terms


Sources of Extracts


For Further Reading


Acknowledgments


Index