A Short History of Christian Thought

"Linwood Urban has written an excellent book which could be an excellent text for a more advanced undergraduate course. Urban writes with disarming clarity; he has taken the jargon of the theological vernacular and has put it into words we can both understand and use."--Ray McManaman, Lewis University "Quite well done! It is clear and precise."--Timothy McCarthy, St. Mary's College "A strong volume! Its creativity lies in combining historical and systematic frameworks for understanding the tradition. In addition, it not only tells the story but explains what lies behind the various developments in a style accessible to students."--Ellen Charry, Southern Methodist University "Excellent! Brief but thorough treatment of a range of still critical and problematic issues. A valuable resource for students of Christian thought."--Michael Lukens, St. Norbert College "Quite well done!"--Philip Rolnick, Greensboro College "Linwood Urban has written an excellent book which could be an excellent text for a more advanced undergraduate course. Urban writes with disarming clarity; he has taken the jargon of the theological vernacular and has put it into words we can both understand and use."--Ray McManaman, Lewis University "Quite well done! It is clear and precise."--Timothy McCarthy, St. Mary's College "A strong volume! Its creativity lies in combining historical and systematic frameworks for understanding the tradition. In addition, it not only tells the story but explains what lies behind the various developments in a style accessible to students."--Ellen Charry, Southern Methodist University "Excellent! Brief but thorough treatment of a range of still critical and problematic issues. A valuable resource for students of Christian thought."--Michael Lukens, St. Norbert College "Quite well done!"--Philip Rolnick, Greensboro College "An excellent reference book!"--Marianne Ferguson, Buffalo State College "A fine introduction to a difficult and complex subject! It should serve the beginning student well as an orientation in the field. Advanced readers will also profit from Linwood's assessments of modern trends."--Bradley Nassif, Barat College "Enlightened reading for the Christian West, loosing so much of the Christian faith as it was intended by the Early Church."--Fr. George H. Shalhoub, Madonna University "An excellent treatment of Christian thought from the early church to post-modernism."--Neil Jones, Stillman College "The new edition increases the value of an already excellent text. Useful for a one-semester course on the history of Christian thought."--Howard Burkle, Grinnell College "Very well balanced between Protestant and Catholic points of view, and between early church histories and post-18th century rationalism."--Paul Lockey, University of St. Thomas "I like the arrangement of topical sections as they occurred in history. The text is reasonable in size, and it is quite readable for serious undergraduates."--Stacy Patty, Lubbock Christian University "An excellent text for survey courses in Christian thought which take a thematic approach but are also concerned with historical context."--Peter Gathjc, Kalamazoo College "My class found this to be a very helpful introduction to the major themes of Christian theology. Particlarly good were those parts which described the 18th and 19th century backgrounds for 20th century theology."--Anders Tune, Metropolitan College