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Title The concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian church / [edited by] E.A. Livingstone
Edition Revised second edition
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 655 pages)
Series Oxford paperback reference
Oxford paperback reference.
Contents Preface -- Abbreviations -- Christian church -- Chronological list of popes and antipopes -- Index
Summary Based on the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Over 5,000 entries provide full coverage of theology, patristic scholarship, churches and denominations, the church calendar and organization, and the Bible, as well as entries on theologians, philosophers, painters, musicians, and writers of religious works. This second edition has been fully updated to reflect recent changes in the church. It includes increased coverage of the church in Latin America, Eastern Churches, issues on moral theology, and developments stemming from the Second Vatican Council, Black Churches, Christian attitudes to Jews, feminist theology, Holiness Movement, liberation theology, and ordination of women.--From publisher description
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Subject Theology -- Dictionaries.
Genre/Form Ebook
Form Electronic book
Author Livingstone, Elizabeth A.
Oxford University Press.
ISBN 0191727210
019861442X (print)
9780191727214
9780198614425 (print)
Other Titles Dictionary of the Christian Church