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Article: The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought
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- Anglican Theological Review
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- October 1, 2002
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The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought. Edited by Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason, and Hugh Pyper, with Ingrid Lawrie and Cecily Bennett. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxix + 777 pp. 40.00 (cloth); $75.00 (cloth).
At first glance this seems to be an impossible (if not imposing) title for any work. How could this be done in the space of one-admittedly largevolume? You are in good company with your doubts, initially shared by the senior editor, Adrian Hastings, on being offered the task of editing such a work. In his hands this task has resulted in an amazingly comprehensive yet concise companion to contemporary Christian thought, broadly conceived to provide a view ...