Great Christian Thinkers

In 70 brief portraits, first delivered as addresses to public audience of the faithful in Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI offers engaging, perceptive, and edifying sketches of some of the greatest thinkers and writers of Christianity, from its early period through the high Middle Ages.

Great Christian Thinkers not only introduces readers to 1,500 years of theology, controversy, and doctrinal developments. It also encourages and guides the reader into serious and creative reflection about Christian teachings that is one of faith’s chief imperatives.
*Part 1: Heirs of the Apostles
*Part 2: Great Teachers of the Ancient Church
*Part 3: Monks and Missionaries
*Part 4: Mystics, Mendicants, and Scholastics

Great Christian Thinkers is an open-minded look at the tradition and is written for Catholics and Protestants alike.