History Catalogue 2006.qxp - Blackwell Publishing

AistoryofDante,Peter , Hawki nsA ty, i tual irSpi of story HiPLIPHI SHELDRAKE ,Aam,lsI of story Hias Dougl, esDaviRachel , DAVIDMuersFORD,ogi anTheol isti Chr rst Fiogy Theol cal i storHiSTERALI ,STERALI ,RELIGIOUS HISTORY40NEW IN 2006A Brief History ofDantePETER S. HAWKINSBoston UniversityIn A BRIEF HISTORY OF DANTE, Peter S.Hawkins brings the great Italian writerDante Alighieri to life. Drawing on over 30years’ experience of teaching and writingabout Dante, he introduces newcomers tothe poet and his masterpiece, theCommedia.Hawkins starts by offering a brief accountof the poet’s life and works thatdemonstrates the importance of Dante’spersonal story to his writing, and byoutlining the story of the Commedia.Hethen goes on to consider the prominenceDante gives to eros as part of spiritual life,and to probe his idiosyncraticinterpretation of Christian theology.Finally, he traces how, over the centuries,Dante has been portrayed variously as alover, a statesman, a Neo-Platonist, aproto-Protestant Reformer, a Romanticvisionary, a Byronic hero, a Pre-Raphaelite,the father of his country, a theologian inverse, and ‘altissimo poeta’, theconsummate poet.SERIES: BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION200 PAGES1-4051-3051-2 HB / 1-4051-3052-0 PB / JUNE 2006A Brief History ofryofSaints,ASaintsLawrencengham,LAWRENCECuniS. CUNNINGHAMUniversity of Notre Dame”A readable, insightful, sometimesamusing, and ecumenically sensitivehistory both of the role of saints and ofthe ways that Christian sainthood hasbeen conceived and promoted.”PHILIP SHELDRAKE, UNIVERSITY OF DURHAMSERIES: BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION192 PAGES1-4051-1401-0 HB / 1-4051-1402-9 PB / 2004NEWA Brief History ofA ty, aniisti Chrof story Hi efiBrChristianityCARTER,LINDBERGCARTER LINDBERGBoston University“This is a wonderful book: accessible,concise, clearly written, and thoroughlyabsorbing. Lindberg has chosen topresent the Christian tradition throughthe history of its principal ideas, butthese ideas are grounded in theflesh-and-blood reality of persons, theirstruggles for faith and for power, andthe social and political worlds theyinhabited.”CHRISTOPHER ELWOOD, LOUISVILLE PRESBYTERIANTHEOLOGICAL SEMINARYSERIES: BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION232 PAGES1-4051-1078-3 HB1-4051-1047-3 PB / OCTOBER 2005NEW IN 2006A Brief History ofefiBrSpiritualityPHILIP SHELDRAKEUniversity of DurhamThe history of Christian spirituality is arich and fascinating one. This briefintroduction charts the story of spiritualityfrom the beginning of Christianitythrough to the modern day. Although theframework is thematic, the book tracesspiritual traditions through historicalperiods and cultural shifts, offering a clearand accessible narrative.SERIES: BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION200 PAGES1-4051-1770-2 HB / 1-4051-1771-0 PBDECEMBER 2006A Brief History ofADeath, of story Hi efiBrDeathDOUGLAS J. DAVIESUniversity of Durham”The author reveals himself to be asensitive and humane guide, in a bookthat ought to fascinate anyoneinterested in the existential conundrumof human morality.”TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTSERIES: BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION208 PAGES1-4051-0182-2 HB / 1-4051-0183-0 PB / 2004A Brief History ofefiBrIslamTAMARA SONNTamara,SonThe College of William and Mary, Williamsburg“Tamara Sonn... is wonderfully clearin explaining some of the ideas andintellectual and spiritual forces thatshaped a faith-tradition now sharedby one fifth of the human family.”BBC HISTORY MAGAZINESERIES: BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION224 PAGES1-4051-0902-5 HB1-4051-0900-9 PB / 2004The,ans ogiModernTheolThe Modern Theologians, Third EditionEdited by DAVID F. FORD & RACHEL MUERSSERIES: THE GREAT THEOLOGIANS832 PAGES1-4051-0276-4 HB / 1-4051-0277-2 PB / JULY 2005The,ansThe First Christian TheologiansGREVANS,Edited by G.R. EVANSSERIES: THE GREAT THEOLOGIANS296 PAGES / 0-631-23187-0 PB / 2004Historical TheologyALISTER E. MCGRATHMCGRATHALSO OF INTEREST416 PAGES / 0-631-20844-5 PB / 1998Reformation Thought: An IntroductionThird EditiononThoughtiReformatALISTERMCGRATHE. MCGRATH344 PAGES0-631-21520-4 HB 1999 / 0-631-21521-2 PB 2000