The Rise of Historical Consciousness Among the Christian Churches - Paperback

by Kenneth L. Parker (Editor), Erick H. Moser (Editor)

These essays emerged from papers presented under the auspices of the American Academy of Religion. This volume contributes to scholarship that explores Christianity's role in modernity, the ongoing implications of historical controversies, and the importance of history in Christian theology.

Author Biography

Kenneth L. Parker is associate professor of theological studies at Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri. His research interests include John Henry Newman, the nature of historical theology, and the papal infallibility debates of the nineteenth century. Parker has published Tradition and Pluralism: Essays in Honor of William Shea (UPA, 2009), also part of the Studies in Religion and the Social Order series. Erick H. Moser is a Ph.D. candidate in historical theology at Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri. Moser is presently pursuing dissertation research on the life and contributions of Jean Daniélou, specifically focusing on his engagement with French intellectual and cultural currents during the first half of the twentieth century.