Author : Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1065 pages
File Size : 37,91 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0141021896
From a prize-winning author, this book charts the course of Christianity from ancient history onwards.
Author : Paul Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451688512
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 : 45,89 MB
Release : 1992-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802806512
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 : Williston Walker
Publisher :
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 45,80 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Church history
ISBN :
Author : Jonathan Hill
Publisher : Lion Hudson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Church history
ISBN : 9780310262701
Filled with full-color photos and illustrations, this volume covers the complete history of the Christian faith. Contributors cover the full sweep of Christian history from the time of Jesus, through the church fathers and European history, and spreading throughout the globe on up to today.
Author : Clyde Leonard Manschreck
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN :
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 : Owen Chadwick
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 25,32 MB
Release : 1998-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780312187231
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 : Gary DeMar
Publisher : American Vision
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 11,46 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 0915815710
"From the founding of the colonies to the declaration of the Supreme Court, America's heritage is built upon the principles of the Christian religion. And yet the secularists are dismantling this foundation brick by brick, attempting to deny the very core of our national life. Gary DeMar presents well-documented facts which will change your perspective about what it means to be a Christian in America; the truth about America's Christian past as it relates to supreme court justices, and presidents; the Christian character of colonial charters, state constitutions, and the US Constitution; the Christian foundation of colleges, the Christian character of Washington, D.C.; the origin of Thanksgiving and so much more."--Publisher's description
Author : Charles Freeman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 31,8 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 030012581X
"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 : Carter Lindberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 140514887X
Charting 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.
