Sources of the Christian Self: A Cultural History of Christian Identity

James M Houston

Sources of the Christian Self: A Cultural History of Christian Identity
Format
Paperback
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published
1 May 2018
Pages
722
ISBN
9780802882677

Sources of the Christian Self: A Cultural History of Christian Identity

James M Houston

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Using Charles Taylor’s magisterial Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity as a springboard, this interdisciplinary book explores lived Christian identity through the ages.

Beginning with such Old Testament figures as Abraham, Moses, and David and moving through the New Testament, the early church, the Middle Ages, and onward, the forty-two biographical chapters in Sources of the Christian Self illustrate how believers historically have defined their selfhood based on their relation to God/Jesus.

Among the many historical subjects are Justin Martyr, Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Julian of Norwich, Dante, John Calvin, Teresa of Avila, John Bunyan, Jonathan Edwards, Christina Rossetti, Blaise Pascal, Soren Kierkegaard, C. S. Lewis, and Flannery O'Connor–all of whom boldly lived out their Christian identities in their varied cultural contexts. In showing how Christian identity has evolved over time, Sources of the Christian Self offers deep insight into our own Christian selves today.

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