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082			_bW721-R88
100			_aWilliams, Rowan
100			_eAuthor
245			_aWhy Study the Past?
245			_bThe Quest for the Historical Church
245			_cRowan Williams
260			_aU.S.A.
260			_bWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
260			_c2005
300			_a129tr.
300			_bpaperback, illustrations
300			_c22cm
520			_aThe well-worn saying about being condemned to repeat the history we do not know applies to church history as much as to any other kind. But how are Christians supposed to discern what lessons from history need to be learned? In this small but thoughtful volume, respected theologian and churchman Rowan Williams opens up a theological approach to history, an approach that is both nonpartisan and relevant to the church's present needs. As he reflects on how we consider the past in general, Williams suggests that how we consider church history in particular remains important not so much for winning arguments as for clarifying who we are as time-bound human beings. Good history is a moral affair, he advises, because it opens up a point of reference that is distinct from us yet not wholly alien. The past can then enable us to think with more varied and resourceful analogies about our identity in the often confusing present.
650			_aChurch history
650			_aChristianity -- Philosophy
856	4		_uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14233/3.jpg _yCover Image
911			_aTrương Trung Tín
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