Sources of the Christian Self: A Cultural History of Christian Identity

Using Charles Taylor’s magisterial Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity as a springboard, this interdisciplinary book explores lived Christian identity through the ages.Beginning with such Old Testament figures as Abraham, Moses, and David and moving through the New Testament, the early church, the Middle Ages, and onward, the forty-two biographical chapters in Sources of the Christian Self illustrate how believers historically have defined their selfhood based on their relation to God/Jesus.Among the many historical subjects are Justin Martyr, Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Julian of Norwich, Dante, John Calvin, Teresa of Ávila, John Bunyan, Jonathan Edwards, Christina Rossetti, Blaise Pascal, Søren Kierkegaard, C. S. Lewis, and Flannery O’Connor-all of whom boldly lived out their Christian identities in their varied cultural contexts. In showing how Christian identity has evolved over time, Sources of the Christian Self offers deep insight into our own Christian selves today. CONTRIBUTORS:Markus BockmuehlKeith BodnerGerald P. BoersmaHans BoersmaRobert H. BorkPaul C. BurnsJulie CanlisVictor I. EzigboCraig M. GayYonghua GeChristopher HallRoss HastingsBruce HindmarshJames M. HoustonSharon Jebb SmithRobert A. KitchenMarian Kamell KovalishynPak-Wah LaiJay LangdaleBo Karen LeeJonathan Sing-cheung LiV. Phillips LongHoward LouthanElizabeth LudlowEleanor McCulloughStephen NeyRyan S. OlsonSteve L. PorterIain ProvanMurray RaeJonathan ReimerRonald T. RittgersSven SoderlundJanet Martin SoskiceMikael TellbeColin ThompsonBruce K. WaltkeSteven WattsRobyn Wrigley-CarrJens Zimmermann