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"Moynahan traces the extraordinary journey that Christianity has made from its start as a small and vulnerable sect - "They were crucified or set on fire," Tacitus wrote of Christians, in Nero's Rome, "so that when darkness came they burned like torches in the night"--To the world's greatest congregation of almost two billion baptized souls. The Faith opens with the story of Jesus himself, the Resurrection, and the spreading of the Gospels. It shows...

The authors, one Catholic and one Protestant, present an illustrated history of 2000 years of Christianity.

Church historians have long known and appreciated Christianity's global history. Until recently, however, introductory textbooks on the history of Christianity focused almost exclusively on Europe and North America. Robert Bruce Mullins's A Short World History of Christianity, by contrast, offers a panoramic picture of the history of Christianity in its Western and non-Western expressions. It tells the story of the early church in the Greek East as...

Drawing on a range of European chronicles and charter collections, this text discusses the launching of the First Crusade, the practical experience of the crusaders and the interpretations placed upon this experience by contemporary commentators.

Why are there so many different churches? Tracing the family tree of the modern church back to the early Christian centuries, The Extended Family explains how and why the various Christian denominations arose. It outlines the distinctive beliefs, traditions, practices, and values of the many church families in modern Britain, what they have in common, and where they have either disagreed or agreed to differ. It also examines the vital question: whether...

This wide-ranging and authoritative survey begins with the life of Jesus and sweeps over a millennium to explore Christianity as it has taken roots in societies and cultures across five continents. From Jerusalem to Byzantium, from medieval Catholicism to the sixteenth century's Reformations, from the Americas to Africa and Asia, David L. Edwards provides not only the historical but the social, political, and philosophical context of each period....

Maps and essays explore the status of Christianity today, looking at major traditions, Christianity in different continents and regions, Christianity by peoples and language groups, missionary work, and evangelism.

Examines the early Christian community, Gnosticism, the Catholic Church, the influence of the Roman Empire, the Crusades, the Reformation, and modern Christianity.

Chronicles the history of Christianity from the Middle Ages, through the rupture of the church in the Reformation, to the modern world.