Instead of introducing students to Christian theology through its doctrines, this text introduces it through discussion of church practices and of the experience of everyday Christian life.
About the Author
Ellen T. Charry is Margaret W. Harmon Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Previously, she served on the faculty of Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Her most recent book is By the Renewing of Your Minds: The Pastoral Function of Christian Doctrine (1997).
Features
Pursues theological inquiry as a spiritual as well as an intellectual discipline.
Focuses on Christian practices over the centuries rather than on doctrines and their interrelations.
Offers a completely new approach for those coming to the discipline for the first time.
Brings together in one volume classic and contemporary discussions of Christian practices.
