Bryan M. Litfin
Auteur van Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction
Over de Auteur
Bryan Litfin has a ThM in historical theology from Dallas Seminary and a PhD in ancient Christianity from the University of Virginia. He is the author of several books and scholarly articles the early church, as well as six published or forthcoming novels (three of which are sent in the ancient toon meer church era). Bryan lives with his wife and two children in Wheaton, Illinois, where he is the Head of Strategy and Advancement at Clapham School, a classical Christian school. For more about him, see his website at Bryanlitfin.com. toon minder
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Werken van Bryan M. Litfin
Early Christian Martyr Stories: An Evangelical Introduction with New Translations (2014) 51 exemplaren
NT176 The Gospel Message in the Early Church 31 exemplaren
The Rule of Faith in Augustine 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
Evangelicals and the Early Church: Recovery, Reform, Renewal (Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies) (2011) — Medewerker — 11 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Litfin, Bryan M.
- Officiële naam
- Litfin, Bryan M.
- Geboortedatum
- 1970
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Opleiding
- Dallas Theological Seminary (MA historical theology)
University of Virginia (PhD ancient Church history) - Beroepen
- professor
- Relaties
- Carolyn Litfin (wife)
- Organisaties
- Moody Bible Institute
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- Ook door
- 1
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- 1,218
- Populariteit
- #21,082
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 165
- ISBNs
- 45
- Talen
- 2
Part of this is supposedly explained by demon-controlled bad guys trying to purge Christianity. (There was a New Testament around a generation ago.) It just strains credulity. I hear stories in the real world of POWs becoming Christians because they started to read the Bible pages being used as toilet paper, for goodness sake. I think the author either needed to go much further and destroy almost all traces of the ancient world, or just give up and admit that a decent number of copies of the most-published-book-of-all-time (both testaments!) have made it through.
I generally enjoyed the story, but the worldbuilding context just isn't quite cutting it for me.… (meer)