Jaroslav Pelikan



Jaroslav Pelikan

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born December 17, 1923
died May 13, 2006
gender male
place of birth Akron, Ohio, United States
genre Religion & Spirituality, History

about this author

Jaroslav Pelikan was a graduate of Concordia Seminary (Lutheran-Missouri Synod) and an ordained Lutheran minister. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1946.

Pelikan was a prominent Yale scholar and historian of religion who wrote over 30 works, including the five-volume The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine (1971-1989). In the mid-1990s he was elected president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He passed away in 2006 at the age of 82.

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avg rating: 4.06 | 170 ratings | 33 distinct works
The Christian Tradition: A His... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) (The Christian Tradition: ... of the Development of Christian Doctrine)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 4.18 — 33 ratings — published 1975
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Jesus through the Centuries: H... Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture (Paperback)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 4.07 — 28 ratings — published 1999
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Whose Bible Is It? A History o... Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages (Hardcover)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 3.58 — 24 ratings — published 2005
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The Christian Tradition: A His... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700) (The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 4.35 — 17 ratings — published 1977
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The Christian Tradition: A His... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 3: The Growth of Medieval Theology (600-1300) (The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 4.50 — 12 ratings — published 1980
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Whose Bible Is It?: A Short Hi... Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures (Paperback)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 3.64 — 14 ratings — published 2006
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The Christian Tradition: A His... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 4: Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300-1700) (The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published 1985
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The Illustrated Jesus Through ... The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuries (Hardcover)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 1997
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The Christian Tradition: A His... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 5: Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700) (The Christian Tradition: ... of the Development of Christian Doctrine)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 1991
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Mary Through the Centuries: He... Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture (Paperback)
by Jaroslav Pelikan
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1998
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quotes by Jaroslav Pelikan

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"Tradition is the living faith of the dead,
traditionalism is the dead faith of the living."
Jaroslav Pelikan (The Vindication of Tradition: The 1983 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities)
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