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Justo L. González

Born

in Havana, Cuba

August 09, 1937

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Religion, History, Theology

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Justo L. González, author of the highly praised three-volume History of Christian Thought and other major works, attended United Seminary in Cuba, received his MA at Yale, and was the youngest person to be awarded a PhD in historical theology at Yale. He is one of the few first generation Latino theologians to come from a Protestant background. He helped to found the Association for Hispanic Theological Education and the Hispanic Theological Initiative. Dr González is now on the faculty of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 11,999 ratings · 1,201 reviews · 154 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation 4.24 avg rating — 5,019 ratings — published 1978 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day 4.15 avg rating — 3,133 ratings — published 1985 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Present Day 4.31 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 1994 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Church History: An Essential Guide 3.89 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective 4.39 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Christian Thought, Vol. 1: From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon 4.12 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes 4.30 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Christian Thought, Vol. 2: From Augustine to the Eve of the Reformation 4.07 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story Luke Tells: Luke's Unique Witness to the Gospel 4.32 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Apostles' Creed for Today 4.02 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Story of Christianity (2 books)
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A History of Christian Thought (3 books)
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Three Months (5 books)
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Conozca su Biblia (25 books)
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Justo L. González (Editor)

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“The notion that we read the New Testament exactly as the early Christians did, without any weight of tradition coloring our interpretation, is an illusion. It is also a dangerous illusion, for it tends to absolutize our interpretation, confusing it with the Word of God.”
― Justo L. González, The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation

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“History is not the pure past; history is a past interpreted from the present of the historian.”
― Justo L. González, The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation

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“One point is certain: In many Gnostic circles women had a prominence they did not have in society at large. Part of the reason for this was that, since it is the spirit and not the body that is important, the shape of one’s body has little to do with eternal realities. Also, in many of the genealogies of eons with which Gnostics explained the origin of the world, there were female as well as male eons. It is quite possible that it was partly in response to this feature in Gnosticism that orthodox Christianity began restricting the role of women in the church, for it is clear that in first-century Christianity women had roles in the church that the second century began to deny them.”
― Justo L. González, The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation

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