Attempts to recover the spirit of the first Christians are almost as old as Christianity itself, but we focus here on those that arose in some way as a response to problems of the modern world.
the editorsRecommendations on modern amnesia from CH editorial staff and this issue’s authors
the authors and editorsWe asked some pastors and professors to reflect on what it means to recover from modern amnesia and how the ancient and medieval faith can inform the church of the future
Jason Byassee, Chris Armstrong, and Greg PetersRecent organizations that have attempted to be forces of renewal and Christian unity while maintaining a commitment to historic orthodoxy.
Jennifer Woodruff TaitMany different approaches to recover from modern amnesia
Jennifer A. BoardmanKathleen Norris thought she would make her name as a poet. Instead her greatest legacy came from her spiritual memoirs.
Jennifer Woodruff TaitThe Mercersburg Theology presented Reformed Christians with a link to the past—if they chose to use it
D. G. HartThe Lutheran tendency to defy denominational categories has been a strength as they seek renewal
Robert SalerEvangelicals and Catholics seek to work out theological statements both can agree upon
Christian History and Timothy GeorgePope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council for the express purpose of addressing the issues of modernity
the editorsAn excerpt from Oden's Ancient Christian Commentary
Thomas C. Oden and Christopher A. HallThe friendship of Richard Foster and Dallas Willard and the birth of Renovaré
Tina FoxModern thinkers who have turned to the early church weren’t the first to do so.
the editorsNineteenth- and twentieth-century renewal and cooperation
Jennifer Woodruff TaitBob Webber and the “ancient future” of American evangelicalism
Joel ScandrettAn attempt to understand a movement that has sought to combine the best aspects of evangelical and sacramental Christianity, grounded in the Bible and guided by the first few Christian centuries.
Jennifer Woodruff TaitTom Oden’s influential return to orthodox faith.
Christopher A. HallContaining today’s events, devotional, quote and stories