Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C. S. Lewis by Armstrong, Chris R - 2016-05-17

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2016. paperback. Very Good . 6x0x9. Paperback. Black cover with gold text, decoration and spine. Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corruption and decay in the church. They seem to assume that the church apostatized from true Christianity after it gained cultural influence in the time of Constantine, and the faith was only later recovered by the sixteenth-century Reformers or even the eighteenth-century revivalists. As a result, the riches and wisdom of the medieval period have remained largely inaccessible to modern Protestants. Church historian Chris Armstrong helps readers see beyond modern caricatures of the medieval church to the animating Christian spirit of that age. He believes today's church could learn a number of lessons from medieval faith, such as how the gospel speaks to ordinary, embodied human life in this world. Medieval Wisdom for Modern… Read More

Brazos Press, 2016. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and free of writing or marks..

Brazos Pr, 2016. Paperback. New. 264 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Introduces the spiritual riches of the medieval church to contemporary Christians, exploring key ideas, figures, and movements in conversation with C. S. Lewis and others.

Paperback / softback. New. Introduces the spiritual riches of the medieval church to contemporary Christians, exploring key ideas, figures, and movements in conversation with C. S. Lewis and others.

pp. 240 . Papeback. New.

Brazos Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor