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The essays in this volume give an account of how the agenda for theology and religious studies was set and reset throughout the twentieth century - by rapid and at times cataclysmic changes (wars, followed by social and academic upheavals in the 1960s), by new movements of thought, by a bounty of archaeological discoveries, and by unprecedented archival research. Further new trends of study and fresh approaches (existentialist, Marxian, postmodern) have in more recent years generated new quests and horizons for reflection and research. Theological enquiry in Great Britain was transformed in the late nineteenth century through the gradual acceptance of the methods and results of historical criticism. New agendas emerged in the various sub-disciplines of theology and religious studies. Some of the issues raised by biblical criticism, for example Christology and the ''quest of the historical Jesus'', were to remain topics of controversy throughout the twentieth century. In other important

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Theological and Religious Studies at the Founding of the British Academy ; The Old Testament ; The New Testament ; Early Judaism ; British Patristic Scholarship in the Twentieth Century ; The Medieval Church ; The Reformation ; The Long Eighteenth Century ; Theology in the Twentieth Century ; Philosophy of Religion in the Twentieth Century ; The Study of Religions

A Century of Theological and Religious Studies in Britain 19022002

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 1/15/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780197263051
      978-0197263051
      ISBN-10 0197263054
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The essays in this volume give an account of how the agenda for theology and religious studies was set and reset throughout the twentieth century - by rapid and at times cataclysmic changes (wars, followed by social and academic upheavals in the 1960s), by new movements of thought, by a bounty of archaeological discoveries, and by unprecedented archival research. Further new trends of study and fresh approaches (existentialist, Marxian, postmodern) have in more recent years generated new quests and horizons for reflection and research. Theological enquiry in Great Britain was transformed in the late nineteenth century through the gradual acceptance of the methods and results of historical criticism. New agendas emerged in the various sub-disciplines of theology and religious studies. Some of the issues raised by biblical criticism, for example Christology and the ''quest of the historical Jesus'', were to remain topics of controversy throughout the twentieth century. In other important

      Table of Contents
      Theological and Religious Studies at the Founding of the British Academy ; The Old Testament ; The New Testament ; Early Judaism ; British Patristic Scholarship in the Twentieth Century ; The Medieval Church ; The Reformation ; The Long Eighteenth Century ; Theology in the Twentieth Century ; Philosophy of Religion in the Twentieth Century ; The Study of Religions

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