McGrath, Alister E.,  1953- <br/><br/>
Heresy :  a history of defending the truth / 
Alister McGrath. 
 - New York :  HarperOne,  c2009. 
 - vi, 282 p. ;  hbk ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-270) and index. 
<br/><br/>Our love affair with heresy -- What is heresy? Faith, creeds, and the Christian Gospel ; The origins of the idea of heresy -- The roots of heresy. Diversity : the background of early heresy ; The early development of heresy ; Is there an "essence" of heresy? -- The classic heresies of Christianity. Early classic heresies : Ebionitism, Docetism, Valentinism ; Later classic heresies : Arianism, Donatism, Pelagianism -- The enduring impact of heresy. Cultural and intellectual motivations for heresy ; Orthodoxy, heresy, and power ; Heresy and the Islamic view of Christianity ; The future of heresy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060822149 : 0060822147 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009004883 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian heresies.<br/>Apologetics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>273/MAC