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1	Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist A discussion about how each age created Jesus in its own image, discovering in his life and teachings the answers to fundamental questions of human life and destiny. It studies the images of Jesus cherished by successive ages, suggesting that the depictions are key to understanding each era. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Whose Bible Is It?: A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist Both an enduring work of scholarship and a fascinating read, this grand history of the good book is written by the premiere historian of theology of our time. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.66! \| first editions
3	Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist Jaroslav Pelikan has been translating, editing and studying the Christian creeds and confessions of faith for 60 years. This book is the historical and theological distillation of that work. In "Credo", Pelikan addresses essential questions about the Christian tradition: the origins of creeds; their function; their political role; how they relate ... see all copies from £13.87! new only from £15.62!
4	Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist The Virgin Mary has been an inspiration to more people than any other woman who ever lived. For Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims, for artists, musicians, and writers, and for women and men everywhere she has shown many faces and personified a variety of virtues. In this book, a scholar who is the author of numerous books - including the ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.48! \| first editions
5	The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition: 100-600 more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist In this five-volume opus--now available in its entirety in paperback--Pelikan traces the development of Christian doctrine from the first century to the twentieth. "Pelikan's "The Christian Tradition" [is] a series for which they must have coined words like 'magisterial'."--Martin Marty, "Commonweal" see all copies from £10.35! new only from £11.78! \| first editions
6	Jefferson Bible CL more books like this by Thomas Jefferson, Forrest Church (Illustrator), Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist Early in the nineteenth century, as part of his lifelong religious quest, Thomas Jefferson cut, rearranged, and pasted together the passages from the Christian gospels that he believed to be true. The result, "The Jefferson Bible", is a fascinating religious document as well as an insight into the mind of one of America's greatest presidents. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.94!
7	Christianity and Classical Culture: The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter with Hellenism more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist Provides an account of the lives and writings of the Cappadocians, showing how they managed to be Greek and Christian at the same time. Pelikan concentrates on four Cappadocians: Gregory of Nazianzus; Basil of Caesarea; Gregory of Nyssa; and Macrina, sister and teacher of the latter two. see all copies from £9.14! new only from £13.38! \| first editions
8	The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuries more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist This volume is adapted from Jaroslav Pelikan's classic work "Jesus Through the Centuries". Pelikan has condensed the original text and enhanced the book with 150 illustrations, most in colour, that give a further dimension to his thoughts. His commentary that accompanies the illustrations provides information on the art, architecture, individuals, ... see all copies from £9.19! new only from £16.17! \| first editions
9	The Spirit of Eastern Christendom: 600-1700 more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist The line that separated Eastern Christendom from Western on the medieval map is similar to the "iron curtain" of recent times. Linguistic barriers, political divisions, and liturgical differences combined to isolate the two cultures from each other. Except for such episodes as the schism between East and West or the Crusades, the development of ... see all copies from £10.43! new only from £99.82!
10	The Growth of Medieval Theology: 600-1300 more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist This book is based on a most meticulous examination of medieval authorities and the growth of medieval theology is essentially told in their own words. What is more important, however, than the astounding number of primary sources the author has consulted or his sovereign familiarity with modern studies on his subject, is his ability to discern ... see all copies from £8.47! new only from £9.35! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Idea of the University: A Reexamination more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist The crisis in university education has been the subject of vigorous debate. In this book, the author reflects on the character and aims of the university, assessing its guiding principles, its practical functions, and its role in society. Jaroslav Pelikan provides a perspective on the university today by re-examining it in light of Cardinal John ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £16.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	God and Philosophy: Second Edition by Etienne Gilson, Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this classic work, the eminent Catholic philosopher Etienne Gilson deals with one of the most important and perplexing metaphysical problems: the relation between our notion of God and demonstrations of his existence. Gilson examines Greek, Christian, and modern philosophy as well as the thinking that has grown out of our age of science in this ... see all copies from £5.14! new only from £5.14!
13	The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Introduction by) add to wishlist This world treasury is a collection of some of the greatest and most profound pieces of religious, contemplative and inspirational writings of our time. The contributors represent a range of perspectives from the early 19th century to the present day. They include such figures as Albert Camus, Friedrich Nietzche, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Fyodor ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £8.25! \| first editions
14 view cover	Luthers Works more books like this by Martin Luther, Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (Editor), Helmut T Lehmann (Editor) add to wishlist Martin Luther's message of faith has never been more accessible and comprehensive. For the first time, all 55 volumes of the Luther corpus are available on CD-ROM. Convenient and fully searchable, this resource is indispensable for preachers and readers of Luther. Note-taking, bookmarking, and highlighting features abound. see all copies from £9.15! new only from £125.39! \| first editions
15	The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist In this five-volume opus--now available in its entirety in paperback--Pelikan traces the development of Christian doctrine from the first century to the twentieth. "Pelikan's "The Christian Tradition" [is] a series for which they must have coined words like 'magisterial'."--Martin Marty, "Commonweal" see all copies from £13.70! first editions
16	The Melody of Theology: A Philosophical Dictionary more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist "I found Pelikan's thinking fascinating, elegant, informative, scholarly, anddeeply personal and attractive . . . his book provides a course in nearly thewhole of Christian faith and history--in"--Robert Pacific Theological Review. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £21.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Religion and the Founding of the American Republic more books like this by James H Hutson, Sara Day, Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (Foreword by) add to wishlist A balanced and lively look at the role of religion between colonization and the 1840s. see all copies from £13.24! new only from £15.24! \| first editions
18 view cover	Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture: Since 1700 more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist This volume begins with the crises of orthodoxy that confronted all Christian denominations by the beginning of the eighteenth century and continues through the twentieth century in its particular concerns with ecumenism. see all copies from £12.15! new only from £14.42!
19 view cover	The Vindication of Tradition: The 1983 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist In this carefully reasoned book, noted historian and theologian Jaroslav Pelikan offers a moving and spirited defense of the importance of tradition.'A soul-stirring self-analysis, no less than a distillation of the life-work of the living historian best qualified to provide solutions to those 'Tradition versus Bible-Only' controversies that have ... see all copies from £10.09! new only from £10.39!
20 view cover	Divine Rhetoric: The Sermon on the Mount as Message and as Model in Augustine, Chrysostom, and Luther more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist Of the many themes that Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity had in common, for all their profound differences, none was more influential than their love of language. It was the Greek and Roman rhetorical theorists who called the attention of later generations to the importance of speech and language. Likewise, when the author of the Fourth ... see all copies from £10.92! new only from £10.92!
21 view cover	The Encyclopedia of Christianity more books like this by Erwin Fahlbusch (Editor), Geoffrey W Bromiley, Ph.D., D.Litt. (Editor), Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (Foreword by) add to wishlist This multifaceted and up-to-date encyclopedia is sure to be of interest to pastors and church workers of all confessions, equally so to students, scholars, and researchers around the world who are interested in any aspect of Christianity or religion in general. The first volume contains 465 articles that address a comprehensive list of topics. see all copies from £13.73! new only from £41.75!
22	Luther's Works, Volume 1 (Genesis Chapters 1-5) more books like this by George V Schick, Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Martin Luther add to wishlist see all copies from £24.94! new only from £27.52!
23 view cover	Faust the Theologian more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist Reflecting on Goethe's statement that he was a pantheist in science, a polytheist in art and a monotheist in ethics, Pelikan analyzes Goethe's character "Faust" and his development as a theologian. Pelikan is the author of "The Christian Tradition" and "Through the Centuries". see all copies from £5.92! new only from £7.79! \| first editions
24	Bach Among Theologians more books like this by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan add to wishlist see all copies from £18.31!
25 view cover	Development of Christian Doctrine: Some Historical Prolegomena more books like this by Jaroslav Pelikan add to wishlist "This attractive volume, with its liberal and open approach to historical theology, will commend itself to the theologian and ecclesiastical historian alike, in whatever camp he may find himself ...it is an open, forthright discussion that lays bare much of the sensitive areas which still form an obstacle to ultimate union."-Theological Studies. see all copies from £9.29! new only from £12.85! \| first editions

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