Christianity
Author: David Lawrence Edwards
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 680
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWide-ranging and authoritative, this book explores Christianity as it has taken root in societies across five continents.
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Author: David Lawrence Edwards
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 680
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWide-ranging and authoritative, this book explores Christianity as it has taken root in societies across five continents.
Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 1065
ISBN-13: 0141021896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom a prize-winning author, this book charts the course of Christianity from ancient history onwards.
Author: David Bentley Hart
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2013-06-06
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 1849169020
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Story of Christianity, acclaimed theologian David Bentley Hart provides a sweeping and informative portrait of a faith that has shaped the western world and beyond for over 2,000 years. From the persecutions of the early church to the papal-imperial conflicts of the Middle Ages, from the religious wars of 16th- and 17th-century Europe to the challenges of science and secularism in the modern era, and from the ancient Christian communities of Africa and Asia to the 'house churches' of contemporary China, The Story of Christianity triumphantly captures the complexity and diversity of Christian history.
Author: Geoffrey Edwards
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 673
ISBN-13: 0304704695
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"David Edwards provides a sensitive critique which is helpful to those with no specialist knowledge and satisfying to the theologically educated." --Church Growth Digest>
Author: Eddie L Hyatt
Publisher: Charisma Media
Published: 2015-09-04
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1599798077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDIVOverwhelming evidence reveals contemporary Christianity roots in Pentecost!/div
Author: Robert Louis Wilken
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012-11-27
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0300118848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes 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.
Author: Paula Fredriksen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0300164106
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
Author: Carter Lindberg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-02-04
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 140514887X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharting the rise and development of Christianity, Carter Lindberg has succeeded in writing a concise and compelling history of the world’s largest religion. He spans over 2,000 years of colorful incident to give an authoritative history of Christianity for both the general reader and the beginning student. Ranges from the missionary journeys of the apostles to the tele-evangelism of the twenty-first century. Demonstrates how the Christian community received and forged its identity from its development of the Bible to the present day. Covers topics fundamental to understanding the course of Western Christianity, including the growth of the papacy, heresy and schism, reformation and counter-reformation. Includes an introduction to the historiography of Christianity, a note on the problems of periodization, an appendix on theological terms, and a useful bibliography. An authoritative yet succinct history, written to appeal to a general audience as well as students of the history of Christianity. Written by internationally regarded theologian, Carter Lindberg, who is the author of numerous titles on theology and Church history.
Author: Paul Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-03-27
Total Pages: 816
ISBN-13: 1451688512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1976, Paul Johnson’s exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude—“a tour de force, one of the most ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity ever attempted and perhaps the most radical” (New York Review of Books). In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has. Johnson takes off in the year AD 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known ‘Jesus Sect’, A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources from around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity—and its trials and tribulations throughout history—has never before been contained in such a captivating work.
Author: Mark Chapman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2006-06-22
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0192806939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis short introduction provides an understanding of the diversity of Anglicanism by exploring its history, theology, and structure. It also reveals what it is that holds the Anglican Communion together despite the crises that threaten it.