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Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By Linda Woodhead

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2005
ISBN
9780192803221, 0192803220
Open Library ID
OL7383297M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4254867 bytes)
Series
A Very Short Introduction
Pages
182\182
Topic
Religion Orthodoxy
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36
Религиоведение;Религиоведение христианства

Description

By identifying Woodhead's choice use of language and criticism, any discerning reader will find the authors motive evident: to undermine the credibility of the Bible, early church and Christian dogma and replace it with her own interpretation. In short, Woodhead tries to crawl inside Christianity, skew its documentation of history and theology in an "objective" manner, and advocate some form of utopian universalism as the Christian message (a very noble message, and one which Christianity would line up with to a degree, but one which is far from the essence of orthodox Christianity). I would recommend a less biased book to anyone looking for an introduction to Christianity.

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