The Historian and Believer

A milestone work in Christian

        theology--available again!

      "As a critic of the contemporary

        theological scene, Van Harvey has few, if any, competitors. This is nowhere

        clearer than in The Historian and the Believer . . . the classic

        discussion of its topic. Rich in insight and penetrating in argument,

        it is one book that belongs in the library of every theologian and seminarian."

        -- Schubert M. Ogden, author of Doing Theology Today

      Is it possible to be both

        a historian and a Christian? Van Harvey's classic The Historian and

        the Believer posed that question when it was first published.

      In this printing, the author

        has provided a new introduction in which he reflects on how he would reframe

        his original argument in order to bring out more fully the basic theological

        intention underlying his view that Christian faith cannot rest on dubious

        historical claims.

      From reviews of the first

        edition:

      "Probably the most interesting

        piece of American theological writing to appear this year." -- John

        Reumann, Union Seminary Quarterly Review