Frances M. Young

About the Author

Frances M. Young was Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology in the University of Birmingham, UK. She began teaching in 1971, and is the author of many books and articles. She is known particularly for Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture (1997), as well as Pace to Face (1990), an show more account of life with her profoundly disabled son, Arthur. In retirement she continues to write and to lead worship as a Methodist minister. show less

Includes the names: Frances Young, Frances M. Young, Young M., Frances, Frances Margaret Young, Frances M. Young. Margaret M., Frances M. (Frances Margaret) Young, ed.

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Works by Frances M. Young

The Making of the Creeds (1991) 166 copies

Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture (1997) 126 copies

The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature (2004) 100 copies

The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine (2005) 87 copies

Brokenness and Blessing: Towards a Biblical Spirituality (2007) 80 copies

The Theology of the Pastoral Letters (New Testament Theology) (1994) 62 copies

God's Presence: A Contemporary Recapitulation of Early Christianity (2013) 57 copies

Virtuoso Theology: The Bible and Interpretation (1990) 47 copies

Meaning and Truth in 2 Corinthians (1987) 47 copies

Sacrifice and the death of Christ (1975) 37 copies

Face to Face (1985) 32 copies

Can these dry bones live? (1982) 19 copies

Arthur's Call: A Journey of Faith in the Face of Severe Learning Disability (2014) 18 copies

Construing the cross : type, sign, symbol, word, action (2015) 16 copies

The Use of Sacrificial Ideas in Greek-Christian Writers from the New Testament to John Chrysostom (1979) 10 copies

Dare We Speak of God in Public? (1995) 8 copies

Scripture, the Genesis of Doctrine: Doctrine and Scripture in Early Christianity, vol 1. (2023) 8 copies

The Wisdom of the Apostolic Fathers (The Wisdom of series) (1999) 6 copies

Encounter with Mystery: Reflections on l'Arche and Living with Disability (1997) 5 copies

Exegesis and theology in early Christianity (2012) 3 copies

Inspiring Service: Interfaith Remarks With Elder Jeffrey R. Holland at Oxford (2019) — Contributor — 3 copies

By Frances M. Young - From Nicaea to Chalcedon: A Guide to the Literature and Its Backg (1983-11-16) [Hardcover] 1 copy

Use of Sacrificial Ideas in Greek Christian Writers from the New Testament to John Chrysostom 1 copy

What ever happened to good old "women's work"?: a history of change in the Episcopal Church 1 copy

Papers presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2003. Historica ;… (2006) — Editor — 1 copy

An almanac for church school superintendents 1 copy

Presbyteral ministry in the Catholic tradition, or, Why shouldn't women be priests? (1994) 1 copy

Face to Face by Frances Young (1994-06-01) 1 copy

All of You are one in Christ Jesus 1 copy

Thankfulness unites: the history of the United Thank Offering 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation (1998) — Contributor, some editions — 264 copies

The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels (2006) — Contributor — 107 copies

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies (2008) — Contributor — 88 copies

The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought (2000) — Contributor — 75 copies

Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians (1999) — Contributor — 34 copies

The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 1, From the Beginnings to 600 (2013) — Contributor — 31 copies

Christ: the sacramental word (1996) — Contributor — 23 copies

Christology, Hermeneutics, and Hebrews: Profiles from the History of Interpretation (2012) — Contributor — 18 copies

The Vocation of Theology Today: A Festschrift for David Ford (2013) — Contributor — 7 copies

Within the love of God : essays on the doctrine of God in honour of Paul S. Fiddes (2014) — Contributor — 7 copies

Crossing the boundaries : essays in Biblical interpretation in honour of Michael D. Goulder (1994) — Contributor — 5 copies

Papers presented at the Fifteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2007. Archaelogica,… (2010) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Young, Frances Margaret
Birthdate: 1939
Gender: female
Nationality: UK
Places of residence: Birmingham, England, UK
Education: University of Cambridge
Occupations: Methodist minister
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Origins to Constantine by Margaret Mary Mitchell

Most comprehensive account in English about first three centuries of Christianity. Written from scientific point of view with plenty of references to the literature from the era. Best read with these sources at a hand for fuller experience.

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Origins to Constantine by Margaret Mary Mitchell

Most comprehensive account in English about first three centuries of Christianity. Written from scientific point of view with plenty of references to the literature from the era. Best read with these sources at a hand for fuller experience.

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muurism | 1 other review | Jan 1, 2024 |

God's presence : a contemporary recapitulation of… by Frances M. Young

This is a profoundly moving book. Now, in retirement, Frances Young is trying to bring together three major themes in her life. One is her career as a theologian and teacher specialising in patristic theology. Another is as mother and carer of Arthur, severely handicaped from birth. The third is as an Methodist minister, preaching to and interacting with modern congregations. As she considers important areas of doctrine, she tries to bring all three threads into a single yarn that works together.… (more)

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MarthaJeanne | 1 other review | Feb 9, 2019 |

Brokenness and Blessing: Towards a Biblical… by Frances M. Young

Frances Young is a patristic scholar, a mother of an adult child who is profoundly disabled and a Methodist preacher. In this book she draws together these three different horizons as she locates her own experience of brokenness, locating it within the framework of the Biblical story in conversation with the Fathers of the early Church. I appreciate her honesty as she shares her own journey and her struggles with her own brokenness and the ways she draws on the wisdom of the Christian tradition (though not-uncritically). Well worth reading.… (more)

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