The purpose of this book is to bring within a single volume a representative selection of extracts from the writings of the Early Christian fathers; covering the main areas of Christian thought. The extracts; for the most part newly translated by the editors; are arranged by topic under the following headings: God; Trinity; Christ; Holy Spirit; Sin and Grace; Tradition and Scripture; Church; Sacraments; Christian Living; Church and Society; and Final Goal. Care has been taken to reflect the full range of writing on these themes - exposition and commentary; homily; epistle and polemic - and the extracts are of sufficient length to show the distinctive flavour of each individual writer. Annotation has been kept to a minimum; but each main section has a short introduction which places the extracts in their particular context within the development of Christian thought.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Yes! The Only Race IS The Human RaceBy MooreNoLessAbsolutely excellent and flawless. Nina Jablonski's "Living Color" should forever put to rest any arrogance; ignorance or self-serving arguments that breathe air into racism; racists of all colors; or any subtle justifications supporting or tolerating it. This should be a standard text in every college and junior-senior year of high school that wants to genuinely educate and enlighten its students about humanity. Dr. Jablonski has authored an indisputable book on the obvious irrelevance of race and so-called racial differences; with great photos; illustrations and clear details. This book greatly enhances her "Skin Deep" lectures and documentaries on YouTube. Nevertheless; until much of human nature and racially socialized people discards this human weakness; we'll have to occasionally suffer from every knuckle-dragging knucklehead that believes they have an ounce of superiority or entitlement over other humans. Even in this 21st century; we're still on a disastrous race-based journey to the bottom --- no matter how we disguise it through rhetoric; politics; politricks; policies; religion or one's own sense of (false) entitlement over other people. After reading Living Color; I concluded that any form of racism practiced or tolerated by anyone is actually the expression and clear evidence of one's own inferiority.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great readBy Saga ZuluI enjoyed it. It was educational and the informative. I will definitely look into her other books. But it is always good to find the science that supports what you knew to be true.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Wonderfully Lucid; Scholarly; Humane Analysis of a Deeply Political TopicBy John T. HarwoodIt is a very rare phenomenon for a major scholar like Nina Jablonski to write both for an academic audience (see her 2006 book; Skin: A Natural History) and a general audience a few years later. The challenges are enormous: how to summarize vast amounts of research that move across many disciples (evolutionary biology; human anatomy and physiology; paleontology; anthropology; nutrition; psychology; and culture -- to name just a few) without trivializing the insights of specialists OR numbing the mind of non-specialist readers. Anyone who wants to understand why skin color has acquired the meanings we give it should read both books; but I suspect that most readers will find the more recent book entirely sufficient.But "Living Color" is far;far more than sufficient: it is provocative without being polemical. Jablonski marshalls an astonishing academic literature that sheds light on the historical development of skin color -- why and how it developed -- and then illuminates the various ways that culture have attributed meaning to visual difference. So deeply was the instinct not just to "see" but to "evaluate" that the travel literature from early European explorers confirmed prejudices that they had brought to their voyages. "Color" thus became an integral feature of colonization. Being "color blind" was never an option.But everyone already knows this; right? What was new for me was how "color" was as a signifier within the same color group -- not just between groups. I didn't know about the differences between genders either. The adjectives that we have learned to name races are just that -- and very imprecise at that. (I am old enough to remember a Crayola named "flesh.") Who knew that Vitamin D plays such an important role in human development and health? I didn't. Where would I learn about the impact of "tanning salons" for cultures that value a particular hue or "skin whitening" for cultures that seek to avoid it?The book is lavishly illustrated and carefully indexed -- a rarity in books written for a general audience. It even has a first-rate bibliography. I cannot imagine a more helpful or humane introduction. The author is erudite but wears her learning lightly. The use of side boxes is a bonus for clarifying complex issues; and there is not a single illustration that I would omit. I do wish; however; that the publisher had reprinted all of the plates found in the 2006 volume in this book -- they are relevant here as well.Serious readers? Read both books; but if you have time for only one; I strongly recommend "Living Color."
