Heresies and How to Avoid Them: Why It Matters What Christians Believe

by Ben Quash / Michael Ward


(See larger photo)	Retail: $16.95 Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches Binding: Paper Pages: 160 Pub Date: 2007 ISBN: 9781598560138 ISBN-13: 9781598560138 Item Number: 560138 Categories: Church History Specifications


Product Description What don’t Christians believe? Is Jesus really divine? Is Jesus really human? Can God suffer? Can people be saved by their own efforts? The early Church puzzled over these questions, ruling in some beliefs and ruling out others. Heresies and How to Avoid Them explains the principal ancient heresies and shows why contemporary Christians still need to know about them. These famous detours in Christian believing seemed plausible and attractive to many people in the past, and most can still be found in modern-day guises. By learning what it is that Christians don’t believe—and why—believers today can gain a deeper, truer understanding of their faith. “This is a deeply refreshing book, full of exciting ideas. It manages both to be generous to the heretics and also to show the beauty of orthodoxy. It is theologically profound while being immensely readable.” —Timothy Radcliffe, Former Master of the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans) “This is broad-band, big-picture theology, brightly clear and easy to read—not in the least bit 'dogmatic' in the contemporary, negative sense of that word.” —The Very Revd Dr Paul Zahl, President and Dean of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, Pennsylvania
Reviews Within this book, edited by Ben Quash and Michael Ward, and featuring a foreward by Stanley Hauerwas, one will find twelve short essays divided into two categories: heresies concerning the person of Christ and heresies concerning the Church and Christian living. . . . Each essay is well written and provides evidence of solid research, and should prove useful within an ecclesiastical or catechetical setting.” —Catholic Historical Review
Author Bios
The Rev. Dr Ben Quash is Dean and Fellow of Peterhouse and is the author of Theology and the Drama of History (CUP, 2005).
The Rev. Dr Michael Ward is Chaplain of Peterhouse and author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis (OUP, 2007.
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