Dr. Alister McGrath - The Development and Definition of Christian Doctrine

Dr. Alister McGrath the Andreas Idreos Professorship in Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. We discuss his book "The Nature of Christian Doctrine : Its Origins, Development, and Function".
He has a channel were he shares some of the material from his coursework : ‪@alistermcgrathchristianthe1158‬

We mention C.S. Lewis, Paul Vanderklay ( ‪@PaulVanderKlay‬ ) , Justin Brierley, Richard Dawkins ( ‪@richarddawkins‬ ), Marcion, Justin Martyr, Novation, the development of the Trinity, Christology, Constantine, Athanasius, Alexander of Alexandria, Arius of Alexandria, Photinus of Galatia, Augustine of Hippo, and more.

Book Link : https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Christi...

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:22 - What is Doctrine and how does it develop?
00:12:40 - How does the Trinity and Christology come to center stage?
00:27:00 - How should we deal with Christian pluralism now?
00:40:30 - What does the future hold for doctrinal development?
00:42:30 - Concluding Remarks