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Hardcover: 893 pages
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company December 1998
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0802824137
ISBN-13: 978-0802824134
Product Dimensions:
10.4 x 8.7 x 3 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
This third volume of the Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Christianity series continues to provide extensive, detailed entries on the major movements, documents, denominations and people within the Western Christian tradition. From "Jacob" to "Oxford Movement," the entries are presented alphabetically. Some entries are not surprising--both Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr., are here, as well as Soren Kierkegaard, Reinhold Niebuhr and Origen, as well as several biblical books. Others are more surprising: there are entries on the Kimbanguist Church (a fast-growing prophetic Christian movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and "laicization" (a kind of official defrocking of a Roman Catholic priest). Of special interest are the entries on the various nations where Christianity has established a foothold. The basic emphasis throughout the encyclopedia is on Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, with about 15 pages devoted to Orthodoxy.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal
The much-lauded Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon (3d ed.) is being published in a five-volume expanded English translation expected to be completed over the next five years. The German editors have worked with the editors of the English edition to add significant content for American and British audiences, and this first volume sets the standard for reference works of this kind. While starting from a Protestant foundation, the encyclopedia is remarkably free of bias and covers all branches of Christianity with sufficient depth. The articles capture nuances while maintaining clarity. The work also covers every country of the world in country-specific and regional articles, other major religions, new religious movements, and Christian denominations and sects. The work is meticulously organized, with clear cross references to related articles. Because Christianity interacts with sociology, psychology, ethics, and politics, such articles as "Anxiety," "Birth Control," "Colonialism," and "Conservatism" also appear. The scope, scholarship, and clarity of the work should make it the modern replacement for such classic reference works as The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (1908) and the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: An Extension of the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (1955), which focused on Protestantism and frequently exhibited a polemical edge. One minor caveat is that the new encyclopedia's German origin and the translation's intended American-British audience result in some articles dealing only with Germany, England, and the United States. Eessential; this is possibly the best encyclopedic reference on Christianity.?William P. Collins, Library of Congress
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Encyclopedia Of Christianity, Vol. 4 (Hardcover)
This encyclopedia is a monumental reference work that addresses the broad interest in Christianity and religion around the world today. Comprehensive, up to date, reflecting the highest standards in scholarship yet intended for a wide range of readers, it describes the Christian faith and community in their myriad forms today and throughout the 2,000 years of Christian history. It also looks outward beyond Christianity, considering other world religions and philosophies as it paints the overall religious and socio-cultural picture in which the Christian church now finds itself in the new millennium. Written by leading scholars from many countries and cultural backgrounds, the more than 1,700 articles depict Christianity in its global context. Separate articles for every continent and for over 170 countries examine both the history and the current situation of the Christian faith worldwide. The book portrays Christianity in its widest ecumenical context. Major articles detail Christianity's rich spiritual and theological diversity in order to inform readers about religious traditions and perspectives beyond their own ecclesiastical frameworks. In its portrayal of Christianity, this encyclopedia also takes into account the current socio-cultural context, including other world religions, secular philosophies, cultural trends, and modern political and economic forces. Covering such current topics as abortion, atheism, Islam, modernity, and psychoanalysis, these articles describe the multifarious settings in which the Christian church today must maintain a credible witness to the ancient gospel. Finally, the encyclopedia presents Christianity in its rich historical context, starting with the biblical tradition and showing how the apostolic tradition developed and how the church has sought throughout history to keep faith with its traditions while engaging the world around it. Volume 4 contains 299 articles constituting the alphabetical entries P-Sh-articles on significant topics ranging from Paul, process theology, and the Qur'an to religious liberty, salvation history, and scholasticism. Like each volume in the complete encyclopedia, this book incorporates many enhancements of and additions to the third revised edition of the German Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon: Internationale theologische Enzyklopädie, on which this encyclopedia is based. Among the features of this English work are the following: · articles on all but the smallest countries of the world, including former communist states that have gained their independence since 1989; · the latest, best statistical information, compiled by David B. Barrett, on the religious affiliation and ecclesiastical breakdown of each country and continent; · the addition of over seventy biographical articles on prominent figures throughout church history; and · many expanded or entirely new articles that address topics of particular interest to English-speaking readers. Unparalleled in scholarship and breadth of content, the Encyclopedia of Christianity will long serve as the standard reference work for the study of Christianity in the past and the present-and its trajectory into the twenty-first century.
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