A Brief History of Heresy
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loginThe extreme fundamentalism which has manifested itselfso disquietingly in other religions in recent years withdevastating global effect, has had its counterpartsthrough-out Christian history, in religious wars and the persecutionof individuals and groups of dissidents. This is a book about‘heresy’ in Christianity, where the issues are distinctivebecause it is of the essence of Christianity that there beagreement in a common faith. Or so everyone thought formany centuries. The modern opening up of that funda-mental assumption to active questioning makes a book likethis topical, and perhaps a useful aid to those engaged ininter-faith and ecumenical conversations as well as thoseconscious of living in a predominantly secular society whereChristians are one of a number of ‘faith communities’.
