History, Theology, and Faith

Description

"Terrence Tilley analyzes current approaches to the relationship between history and theology and then shows how they affect faith. He argues that there is no single pattern of relationships between the two disciplines and that multiple patterns should be recognized. When accurately understood and properly used, historical investigations, so often construed as undermining faith, do no such thing; indeed, they can actually increase or strengthen faith."--Jacket.

First Sentence

The methods and results of critical historical investigations have undermined religious, theological, and ecclesiastical claims since Nicholas of Cusa and Lorenzo Valla independently showed in the fifteenth century that the "Donation of Constantine" was a fraud.

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