Hist Of Christianity

Author : Paul Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451688511

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History of Christianity by Paul Johnson Pdf

First 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 A. Noll
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0802806511

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A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada by Mark A. Noll Pdf

Author Mark Noll presents the unfolding drama of American Christianity with accuracy and skill, from the first European settlements to ecumenism in the late 20th Century. This work has become a standard in the field of North American religious history.

Author : Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1065 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780141021898

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A History of Christianity by Diarmaid MacCulloch Pdf

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

Author : Charles Freeman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300125818

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A New History of Early Christianity by Charles Freeman Pdf

"Tracing the astonishing transformation that the early Christian church underwent - from sporadic niches of Christian communities surviving in the wake of a horrific crucifixion to sanctioned alliance with the state - Charles Freeman shows how freedom of thought was curtailed by the development of the concept of faith. The imposition of 'correct belief' and an institutional framework that enforced orthodoxy were both consolidating and stifling. Uncovering the church's relationships with Judaism, Gnosticism, Greek philosophy and Greco-Roman society, Freeman offers dramatic new accounts of Paul, the resurrection, and the church fathers and emperors."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Adrian Hastings
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802848753

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A World History of Christianity by Adrian Hastings Pdf

This superb volume provides the first genuinely global one-volume history of the rise and development of the Christian faith. An international team of specialists takes seriously the geographical diversity of the Christian story, discussing the impact of Christianity not only in the West but also in Latin America, Africa, India, the Orient and Australasia.

Author : Owen Chadwick
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1998-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0312187238

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A History of Christianity by Owen Chadwick Pdf

Presents a history of the Christian faith, from its beginning as a Jewish sect to the impact of twentieth-century issues such as birth control, Muslim fundamentalism, and Nazi racism.

Author : Margaret M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0521812399

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Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine by Margaret M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie Pdf

Author : Diana Butler Bass
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061448706

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A People's History of Christianity by Diana Butler Bass Pdf

For too long, the history of Christianity has been told as the triumph of orthodox doctrine imposed through power and hierarchy. In A People's History of Christianity, historian and religion expert Diana Butler Bass reveals an alternate history that includes a deep social ethic and far-reaching inclusivity: "the other side of the story" is not a modern phenomenon, but has always been practiced within the church. Butler Bass persuasively argues that corrective—even subversive—beliefs and practices have always been hallmarks of Christianity and are necessary to nourish communities of faith. In the same spirit as Howard Zinn's groundbreaking work The People's History of the United States, Butler Bass's A People's History of Christianity brings to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism. A People's History of Christianity authenticates the vital, emerging Christian movements of our time, providing the historical evidence that celebrates these movements as thoroughly Christian and faithful to the mission and message of Jesus.

Author : Mark A. Noll
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467456913

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A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada by Mark A. Noll Pdf

A best-selling text thoroughly updated, including new chapters on the last 30 years "An excellent study that will help historians appreciate the importance of Christianity in the history of the United States and Canada." – The Journal of American History “Scholars and general readers alike will gain unique insights into the multifaceted character of Christianity in its New World environment. Nothing short of brilliant.” – Harry S. Stout, Yale University “A new standard for textbooks on the history of North American Christianity.” – James Turner, University of Notre Dame Mark Noll’s A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada has been firmly established as the standard text on the Christian experience in North America. Now Noll has thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded his classic text to incorporate new materials and important themes, events, leaders, and changes of the last thirty years. Once again readers will benefit from his insights on the United States and Canada in this superb narrative survey of Christian churches, institutions, and cultural engagements from the colonial period through 2018.

Author : Kenneth Scott Latourette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Church history
ISBN : UOM:39015013013415

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“A” History of Expansion of Christianity by Kenneth Scott Latourette Pdf

Author : Clyde Leonard Manschreck
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039837625

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A History of Christianity in the World by Clyde Leonard Manschreck Pdf

A chronological history of Christianity from the early church to the present, indicating the forces and ideas that shaped the past and are shaping the present.

Author : Mark Vernon
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789041958

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A Secret History of Christianity by Mark Vernon Pdf

Christianity is in crisis in the West. The Inkling friend of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield, analysed why. He developed an account of our spiritual predicament that is radical and illuminating. Barfield realized that the human experience of life shifts fundamentally over periods of cultural time. Our perception of nature, the cosmos and the divine changes dramatically across history. Mark Vernon uses this startling insight to tell the inner story of 3000 years of Christianity, beginning from the earliest Biblical times. Drawing, too, on the latest scholarship and spiritual questions of our day, he presents a gripping account of how Christianity constellated a new perception of what it is to be human. For 1500 years, this sense of things informed many lives, though it fell into crisis with the Reformation, scientific revolution and Enlightenment. But the story does not stop there. Barfield realised that there is meaning in the disenchantment and alienation experienced by many people today. It is part of a process that is remaking our sense of participation in the life of nature, the cosmos and the divine. It's a new stage in the evolution of human consciousness.

Author : George Herring
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814737002

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Introduction to the History of Christianity by George Herring Pdf

Christianity is the world’s largest religion, and has had a profound impact on the course of civilization. Introduction to the History of Christianity is a beautifully crafted and clearly written introduction to Christianity over its 2000 year history. The broad underlying theme of the book is the interaction between Christianity and the secular world, exploring how one has shaped and been shaped by the other. The volume does not attempt to cover the whole of Christian history in detail. It focuses on three key chronological periods pivotal in the development of Christianity: Christ and Caesar, Christianity circa 300–500; Expansion and Order, Latin Christendom, circa 1050–1250; and Grace and Authority, Western Christianity, circa 1450–1650, as well as a concluding section on Christianity in the modern world, providing illustrative snapshots of the tradition over the course of its long development. In addition, the volume includes maps, timelines, quotations from primary source material, a glossary, and a further reading section. No staid, laborious introduction to its subject, Introduction to the History of Christianity offers an inviting and informative overview of this rich religious tradition.

Author : John McManners
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0192854399

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The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity by John McManners Pdf

A general history of Christianity to 1800 in chronological order.

Author : J.M. Robertson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732672042

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A Short History of Christianity by J.M. Robertson Pdf

Reproduction of the original: A Short History of Christianity by J.M. Robertson