The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation von Alister E. McGrath | ISBN 9780470776964

The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation

von Alister E. McGrath
Buchcover The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation | Alister E. McGrath | EAN 9780470776964 | ISBN 0-470-77696-X | ISBN 978-0-470-77696-4

The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation

von Alister E. McGrath
The sixteenth-century Reformation remains a fascinating andexciting area of study. The revised edition of this distinguishedvolume explores the intellectual origins of the Reformation andexamines the importance of ideas in the shaping of history.
* * Provides an updated and expanded version of the original, highly-acclaimed edition.
* Explores the complex intellectual roots of the Reformation, offering a sustained engagement with the ideas of humanism andscholasticism.
* Demonstrates how the intellectual origins of the Reformationwere heterogeneous, and examines the implications of this for ourunderstanding of the Reformation as a whole.
* Offers a defence of the entire enterprise of intellectualhistory, and a reaffirmation of the importance of ideas to thedevelopment of history.
* Written by Alister E. McGrath, one of today's best-knownChristian writers.