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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786918703321

Autore

Evans G. R (Gillian Rosemary)

Titolo

Anselm / / G.R. Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2001]

©1998

ISBN

1-4411-5732-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Collana

Outstanding Christian thinkers

Disciplina

270.4092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : Geoffrey Chapman ; Wilton, CT. : Morehouse-Barlow, 1989.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Editorial foreword; Preface; Anselm''s works; Abbreviations; 1 Anselm''s life, Anselm''s world; 2 The man of prayer; 3 Doing theology; 4 The being of God; 5 Trinity; 6 The introduction of sin and evil; 7 Why God became man; 8 ''A most famous question''; 9 Sacraments: the Church and salvation; Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

St Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) was one of the greatest Christian writers of medieval Europe.  Although best known as the inventor of the famous ''ontological argument'' for God''s existence, his writings cover all the chief aspects of Christian doctrine and have been a major influence on western theology.  Equal to Anselm''s theology are his spiritual writings, which are alive with an understanding of the gentleness and mercy of a God who comes to meet humanity in its suffering and striving.  In this exceptional and authoritative study, Dr. Evans explores the full range of Anselm''s work,