History of Christianity

History of Christianity
Author: Paul Johnson
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2012-03-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451688511

Download History of Christianity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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.

A History of Christianity

A History of Christianity
Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publsiher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 1522
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780141021898

Download A History of Christianity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Christianity, one of the world’s great religions, has had an incalculable impact on human history. This book, now the most comprehensive and up to date single volume work in English, describes not only the main ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organisation and spirituality, but how it has changed politics, sex, and human society. Diarmaid MacCulloch ranges from Palestine in the first century to India in the third, from Damascus to China in the seventh century and from San Francisco to Korea in the twentieth. He is one of the most widely travelled of Christian historians and conveys a sense of place as arrestingly as he does the power of ideas. He presents the development of Christian history differently from any of his predecessors. He shows how, after a semblance of unity in its earliest centuries, the Christian church divided during the next 1400 years into three increasingly distanced parts, of which the western Church was by no means always the most important: he observes that at the end of the first eight centuries of Christian history, Baghdad might have seemed a more likely capital for worldwide Christianity than Rome. This is the first truly global history of Christianity.

A New History of Early Christianity

A New History of Early Christianity
Author: Charles Freeman
Publsiher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780300125818

Download A New History of Early Christianity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

"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.

A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada

A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada
Author: Mark A. Noll
Publsiher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 922
Release: 2019-10-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781467456913

Download A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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.

A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada

A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada
Author: Mark A. Noll
Publsiher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 596
Release: 1992-08-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0802806511

Download A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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.

Introduction to the History of Christianity

Introduction to the History of Christianity
Author: George Herring
Publsiher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2006-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780814737002

Download Introduction to the History of Christianity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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.

A Brief History of Christianity

A Brief History of Christianity
Author: Carter Lindberg
Publsiher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2009-02-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781405148870

Download A Brief History of Christianity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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.

Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 1 Origins to Constantine

Cambridge History of Christianity  Volume 1  Origins to Constantine
Author: Margaret M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 796
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 0521812399

Download Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 1 Origins to Constantine Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle