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Introduction to the history of Christianity /
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TextPublication details: Minneapolis, Fortress Press, ©2013Edition: Second editionDescription: 616 pages : color illustrations, color maps, portraits (some color) ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780800699697
- 0800699696
- History of Christianity
- 270 D747I 23
- BR145.3 .H57 2013
Contents:
Summary: "Combining the accuracy and readability of the first edition of this highly acclaimed text, Dowley has enhanced the second edition with new contributions from Pheme Perkins on 'The Thought-World of Early Christianity' and Richard Burridge on 'Jesus and the Gospels' as well as updated and revised contributions from Ward Gasque, Richard Pierard, John H.Y. Briggs, and more. With many new photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and timelines, the inviting new full-color format tells the dramatic, intriguing, and often surprising story of Christians in their 2000-year journey to the present day. This textbook can be purchased individually or as part of a course pack which includes the Study Companion. Authoritative content, comprehensive scope, arresting four-color illustration, and innovative learning aids, now in multiple formats for complete versatility. Also available as an Inkling Interactive Textbook: the full content of the textbook PLUS!"--Publisher description.Other editions: Original edition: History of Christianity.
pt. 1. Beginnings AD 1-325 -- 1. Jesus: his life, ministry, death and its consequences -- 2. The church begins: from Jerusalem to Rome -- 3. Establishing Christianity: challenges to the new faith -- 4. Spreading the good news: how and why Christianity expanded -- 5. Archaeology and earliest Christianity: what archaeologist can - and cannot - illuminate -- 6. What the first Christians believed: the faith is defined -- 7. How the first Christians worshipped --
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"Original edition published as A Lion handbook: The history of Christianity, 1977"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Beginnings AD 1-325 -- 1. Jesus: his life, ministry, death and its consequences -- 2. The church begins: from Jerusalem to Rome -- 3. Establishing Christianity: challenges to the new faith -- 4. Spreading the good news: how and why Christianity expanded -- 5. Archaeology and earliest Christianity: what archaeologist can - and cannot - illuminate -- 6. What the first Christians believed: the faith is defined -- 7. How the first Christians worshipped --
"Combining the accuracy and readability of the first edition of this highly acclaimed text, Dowley has enhanced the second edition with new contributions from Pheme Perkins on 'The Thought-World of Early Christianity' and Richard Burridge on 'Jesus and the Gospels' as well as updated and revised contributions from Ward Gasque, Richard Pierard, John H.Y. Briggs, and more. With many new photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and timelines, the inviting new full-color format tells the dramatic, intriguing, and often surprising story of Christians in their 2000-year journey to the present day. This textbook can be purchased individually or as part of a course pack which includes the Study Companion. Authoritative content, comprehensive scope, arresting four-color illustration, and innovative learning aids, now in multiple formats for complete versatility. Also available as an Inkling Interactive Textbook: the full content of the textbook PLUS!"--Publisher description.
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