The First Thousand Years

The First Thousand Years

Author: Robert Louis Wilken

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0300118848

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Describes the first 1,000 years of Christian history, from the early practices and beliefs through the conversion of Constantine as well as documenting its growth to communities in Ethiopia, Armenia, Central Asia, India and China.


A History of Christianity

A History of Christianity

Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 1065

ISBN-13: 0141021896

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From a prize-winning author, this book charts the course of Christianity from ancient history onwards.


Christianity

Christianity

Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-03-18

Total Pages: 1227

ISBN-13: 1101189991

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The New York Times bestseller and definitive history of Christianity for our time—from the award-winning author of The Reformation and Silence A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and encompasses the globe. It captures the major turning points in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confrontation in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. MacCulloch introduces us to monks and crusaders, heretics and reformers, popes and abolitionists, and discover Christianity's essential role in shaping human history and the intimate lives of men and women. And he uncovers the roots of the faith that galvanized America, charting the surprising beliefs of the founding fathers, the rise of the Evangelical movement and of Pentecostalism, and the recent crises within the Catholic Church. Bursting with original insights and a great pleasure to read, this monumental religious history will not soon be surpassed.


Christianity

Christianity

Author: Richard Harries

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780199244850

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Written by a team of top experts on the history of Christianity, this lucid and often witty book celebrates the highlights of two millennia of religious thought and practice. Each author describes Christianity's most fascinating contributions to the history of western civilization. Theresulting book is one of different approaches to the different periods, from the early Church right up to the twentieth century. The authors chose their highlights with care. The selection provides a framework of development giving new insights into what it means to be a twenty-first century Christian. Readers can enjoy any of these essays in its own right; individually each chapter shows the changes of development in thehistory of ideas: the very changes of atmosphere. This book gains its full effect, therefore, by being read in the round. As a finale, the Bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries, concludes with a thought for the future: How should Christianity proceed into the new millennium?


The Lost History of Christianity

The Lost History of Christianity

Author: John Philip Jenkins

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-06

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 0061980595

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“Jenkins is one of America’s top religious scholars.” —Forbes magazine The Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins offers a revolutionary view of the history of the Christian church. Subtitled “The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died,” it explores the extinction of the earliest, most influential Christian churches of China, India, and the Middle East, which held the closest historical links to Jesus and were the dominant expression of Christianity throughout its first millennium. The remarkable true story of the demise of the institution that shaped both Asia and Christianity as we know them today, The Lost History of Christianity is a controversial and important work of religious scholarship that sounds a warning that must be heeded.


Two Thousand Years

Two Thousand Years

Author: Peter Partner

Publisher: Andre Deutsch

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780233996660

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Chronicles the history of Christianity from the Middle Ages, through the rupture of the church in the Reformation, to the modern world.


The Christians, Their First Two Thousand Years

The Christians, Their First Two Thousand Years

Author: Ted Byfield

Publisher: CHRISTIAN HISTORY PROJECT

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780968987384

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The Christians is the history of Christianity, told chronologically, epoch by epoch, century by century, beginning at Pentecost and concluding with Christians as we find ourselves in the twenty-first century. It will consist of approximately twelve volumes, produced over a 10-year period at the beginning of the third Christian millennium. It is written and edited by Christians for Christians of all denominations. Its purpose is to tell the story of the Christian family, so that we may be knowledgeable of our origins, may well know and wisely profit from the experiences of our past both good and bad, and may find strength and inspiration to face the challenges of our era from the magnificent examples set for us by those who went before. - Back cover.


England's Thousand Best Churches

England's Thousand Best Churches

Author: Simon Jenkins

Publisher: Penguin Global

Published: 2012-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781846146640

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Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church, and lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here, he brings that museum to public attention.