Broken Lights and Mended Lives : : Theology and Common Life in the Early Church /

Broken Lights and Mended Lives : : Theology and Common Life in the Early Church / / William Caferro.

A discussion by a broadly respected authority of the complicated relationship between theology and ordinary life in the early church. The first section of the book scrutinizes theology with a view to understanding its bearing upon Christian understandings of life (the theological “stories” of Irenae...

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Caferro, William,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [1990]
©1986
Year of Publication:1990
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • PART I: BROKEN LIGHTS
  • I. The Victory that Sums up God's Purposes
  • 2. The Leaven and the Lamb
  • 3. The Pilgrim and the Holy City
  • PART II: MENDED LIVES
  • 4. The Family
  • 5. Hospitality
  • 6. Alien Citizens: A Marvelous Paradox
  • 7. The City Set on a Hill
  • 8. The Collapse of the West
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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