A History of The Christian Church (Part 35) Anselm, Part Two - Faith Seeking Understanding.

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Anselm of Canterbury Part Two.

References and Sources for This Episode:

Below are reliable academic and historical sources supporting the material used in this episode on Anselm of Canterbury.

Primary Sources (Anselm’s Writings)

Cur Deus Homo

Proslogion

Monologion

Compilation: Anselm of Canterbury, The Major Works, Oxford World’s Classics.

Church History & Theology

Justo L. González — The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1

Bruce L. Shelley — Church History in Plain Language

Nick Needham — 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power, Vol. 2: The Middle Ages

Alister McGrath — Historical Theology

Tony Lane — A Concise History of Christian Thought. (My original Course Textbook from 1995)

Scholarly Works on Anselm

R. W. Southern — Saint Anselm: A Portrait in a Landscape

Brian Davies & G. R. Evans — Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works

David F. Wells — God in the Wasteland (for evangelical discussion of atonement history)

For understanding Anselm’s satisfaction theory and later Protestant development:

John Stott — The Cross of Christ

Leon Morris — The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross

Gustav Aulén — Christus Victor (classic historical study of atonement theories)

Medieval Intellectual Context

Peter Abelard — Sic et Non

Bernard of Clairvaux — selected writings

Thomas Aquinas — Summa Theologiae.

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