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Book SynopsisTaking the Long View argues in a series of engagingly written essays that remembering the past is essential for men and women who want to function effectively in the present. Without some knowledge of their own past neither individuals nor institutions know where they have been or where they are going. The book illustrates its thesis with tough-minded examples from the Church''s life and thought, ranging from more abstract problems like the theoretical role of historical criticism to such painfully concrete issues as the commandment of Jesus to forgive unforgivable wrongs.
Trade ReviewDavid Steinmetz is one of our most distinguished Reformation historians, with an enviable track record of explaining the complexities of the period with elegant clarity. ... This colelction of essays, mostly light-footnoted, is directed to an American Protestant churchgoing audience, but will much profit many beyond that constituency, including undergraduates beginning to study the period. * Diarmaid MacCulloch, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
Table of Contents01 - The Superiority of Pre-critical Exegesis 02 - Miss Marple Reads the Bible 03 - Inclusive Language and the Trinity 04 - Creator God 05 - Mary Reconsidered 06 - The Catholic Luther 07 - Starting Over: Reformation and Conversion 08 - Forgiving the Unforgivable Wrong 09 - The Domestication of Prophecy 10 - The Learned Ministry Revisited 11 - Marriage, Celibacy, and Ordination 12 - Christ and the Eucharist 13 - World Christianity under New Management 14 - Religion in the Public Square 15 - The Necessity of the Past 16 - Taking the Long View 17 - Concluding Notes for a Pilgrim People 18 - Appendix - Footnotes to an Old Complaint
