A Brief History of Heaven
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- Evangelicalism & the Future of ChristianityAlister E. McGrathOver the past three years, a number of evangelical scholars, including Mark Noll and David Wells, have been examining the health of the evangelical mind. Here McGrath studies the diagnoses of Noll Continue reading »
- Science & Religion: An IntroductionAlister E. McGrathMcGrath's argument in this book is schematic. He begins with three turning points in the history of science: the Copernican and Galilean controversies, the mechanistic universe of Newton and the Continue reading »
- In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a CultureAlister E. McGrathThe peculiar history of the King James Bible highlights the power of marginal notations to destabilize a nation and command the anxious attention of a monarch. McGrath, professor of historical Continue reading »
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF HEAVENAlister E. McGrathChristians throughout history have imagined heaven in many diverse ways: a celestial city (sometimes called the "New Jerusalem"); a kingdom where God resides on a throne; a perpetual feast Continue reading »
- THE TWILIGHT OF ATHEISM: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern WorldAlister E. McGrathOxford University's McGrath has distinguished himself not just as an historical theologian, but as a generous and witty writer who brings life to topics that would turn to dust in others' Continue reading »
- The JourneyAlister E. McGrathMcGrath (Oxford University professor of historical theology and author of A Journey Through Suffering and To Know and Serve God) offers an extended journey metaphor to help Christians deepen their Continue reading »
- THE REENCHANTMENT OF NATURE: The Denial of Religion and the Ecological CrisisAlister E. McGrathMcGrath, professor of historical theology at Oxford and prolific author (this is his 15th title since early 2001, and another is due in October) could easily write a fine book on religion and Continue reading »
- CreationAlister E. McGrath""There is a genuine intellectual excitement to wrestling with God,"" writes Oxford University theologian McGrath in this first volume of a series on truth and the Christian imagination. (Future Continue reading »
- Christianity’s Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution—A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-FirstAlister E. McGrathThis is McGrath’s third book title borrowed from his atheist bête noir Richard Dawkins. But don’t let the titular borrowings fool you: this is an original and important book. Continue reading »
- KNOWING CHRISTAlister E. McGrathOxford theologian McGrath, whose recent In the Beginning chronicled the history of the King James Bible, offers here a personal look at his own spiritual Continue reading »
- Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find FaithAlister E. McGrathIn this easy-to-read book, McGrath (The Dawkins Delusion), a former atheist and president of the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics, offers a guide to help readers develop their own approach to Continue reading »
- The Unknown God: Searching for Spiritual FulfillmentAlister E. McGrathThrough a series of brief meditations, McGrath (The Genesis of Doctrine) takes a look at people's longing to find happiness and to fill the emptiness in their lives. He notes in his opening Continue reading »