| Description |
xxv, 936 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The religious situation of our time |
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Küng, Hans, 1928-2021.
Religiöse Situation der Zeit. English.
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| Contents |
s. The Essence and Perversion of Christianity. 1. The ideal picture. 2. The hostile picture. 3. The real picture: a twofold dialectic -- II. 'Christianity' in Dispute. 1. The essence of Christianity -- can it be identified by philosophers? 2. The essence of Christianity -- can it be reconstructed by historians? 3. 'Christianity' -- called by its name -- I. Basic Form and Original Motif. 1. What is common to the foundation documents of Christianity. 2. What holds Christian history together -- II. The Central Structural Elements. 1. Belief in the one God. 2. Discipleship of Christ. 3. The activity of the Holy Spirit. 4. What makes a person a Christian? -- I. The Jewish Apocalyptic Paradigm of Earliest Christianity. 1. The need for a basic orientation. 2. The earliest community. 3. The Christian centre -- with an abiding Jewish stamp. 4. The foundation of a church? 5. The first great conflicts. 6. What Jewish Christians believe. 7. The fate of Jewish Christianity. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [799]-913) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Christianity.
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Christianity -- Essence, genius, nature.
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Church history.
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| Added Title |
Christentum. English
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| ISBN |
0826408079 |
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