Athens or Jerusalem?

Auteur

L. A. Garrard was a retired professor of divinity at the University of Glasgow, where he was also a former president of Trinity College. After serving parishes in Port Glasgow and Angus, Scotland, for the next seven years, Galloway was appointed as professor of religious studies at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He returned home in 1960 to fill the post of senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow.

Texte du rabat

Athens or Jerusalem? (first published in 1965), based on the Minns Lectures of 1963, is unique as it gives a comprehensive survey of Christian thought and is designed to show that it is an amalgam of elements from both Athens and Jerusalem, and other sources as well.

Résumé
Athens or Jerusalem? (first published in 1965), based on the Minns Lectures of 1963, is unique as it gives a comprehensive survey of Christian thought and is designed to show that it is an amalgam of elements from both Athens and Jerusalem, and other sources as well.

Contenu

Introduction 1. The Unity and Diversity of the Bible 2. The Teaching of Jesus and the Teaching about Jesus 3. Athens or Jerusalem? The Impact of Hellenism 4. Athens Accepted 5. The Limits of Syncretism 6. Athens and Jerusalem