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Christianity today [electronic resource] / George D. Chryssides.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion today (London, England)Publication details: London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 169 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781441101068 (electronic bk.)
  • 1441101063 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christianity today.DDC classification:
  • 230 22
LOC classification:
  • BR121.3 .C48 2010eb
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Contents:
The basics -- Sources of authority -- Science and Christianity -- Modern biblical interpretation -- Mission and ecumenism -- Ethics -- Women in Christianity -- Life and death -- The future.
Summary: This new introduction aims to present Christianity through the lens of contemporary issues.  . Illustrated throughout with examples and case studies taken from lived religion, each chapter looks at Christianity in a modern context, and modern issues relevant to the religion. After an initial chapter providing an overview of the faith, its history and basic theological tenets, George Chryssides moves through key contemporary themes: sources of authority in Christianity, science and Christianity, fundamentalism, mission and ecumenism, ethics, and women and Christianity. Concluding
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-161) and index.

The basics -- Sources of authority -- Science and Christianity -- Modern biblical interpretation -- Mission and ecumenism -- Ethics -- Women in Christianity -- Life and death -- The future.

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This new introduction aims to present Christianity through the lens of contemporary issues.  . Illustrated throughout with examples and case studies taken from lived religion, each chapter looks at Christianity in a modern context, and modern issues relevant to the religion. After an initial chapter providing an overview of the faith, its history and basic theological tenets, George Chryssides moves through key contemporary themes: sources of authority in Christianity, science and Christianity, fundamentalism, mission and ecumenism, ethics, and women and Christianity. Concluding

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