Alister McGrath

Heresy

A History of Defending the Truth

Talking Points

Alister E. McGrath is a longtime Oxford University professor, and is regarded as a leading scholar of the history of Christianity. He has a large following here in the U.S. and commands large audiences of motivated readers. McGrath can speak with authority and passion about heresy, which consistently intrigues, angers, and inspires those inside and outside the church.

Description

Our ongoing fascination with alternative pictures of Christianity is on public display every time a never-before seen gospel text is revealed, archaeological discoveries about Jesus make front page news, and a new work of fiction challenges the very foundations of the church. In recent years the distinction between heresy and orthodoxy has come under fire by those eager to reject the formal boundaries of sanctioned beliefs about Jesus.