Christianity: An Introduction

by Alister E. McGrath

Now available in a fully-revised and updated new edition, this popular textbook by one of the world�s leading theologians offers a lively, jargon-free introduction to Christianity.

A glossary, related websites, and other resources from Dr. McGrath are available online at

Genres: Religion, Christianity, Theology, Christian, Textbooks

320 pages, Paperback

First published December 21, 2005

About the author

Alister Edgar McGrath is a Northern Irish theologian, priest, intellectual historian, scientist, and Christian apologist. He currently holds the Andreas Idreos Professorship in Science and Religion in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, and is Professor of Divinity at Gresham College. He was previously Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education at King's College London and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Oxford, and was principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, until 2005. He is an Anglican priest and is ordained within the Church of England.

Aside from being a faculty member at Oxford, McGrath has also taught at Cambridge University and is a Teaching Fellow at Regent College. McGrath holds three doctorates from the University of Oxford, a DPhil in Molecular Biophysics, a Doctor of Divinity in Theology and a Doctor of Letters in Intellectual History.

McGrath is noted for his work in historical theology, systematic theology, and the relationship between science and religion, as well as his writings on apologetics. He is also known for his opposition to New Atheism and antireligionism and his advocacy of theological critical realism. Among his best-known books are The Twilight of Atheism, The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine, Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life, and A Scientific Theology. He is also the author of a number of popular textbooks on theology.

Reviews

[Gavril]

Not the worst as college textbooks on Christianity go, but the author's pandering and sugarcoating of certain topics (such as the roles of women and Jews in Church history) is so over-the-top that it offends both radical feminists and reactionary traditionalists.

[mercy]

Scattershot presentation of topics, all poorly motivated. This is more an abridged encyclopedia than an introduction.