The Early Christian Book (CUA Studies in Early Christianity)
Title | The Early Christian Book (CUA Studies in Early Christianity) PDF eBook |
Author | William E. Klingshirn |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0813214866 |
Written by experts in the field, the essays in this volume examine the early Christian book from a wide range of disciplines: religion, art history, history, Near Eastern studies, and classics.
A New History of Early Christianity
Title | A New History of Early Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Freeman |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | 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.
The First One Hundred Years of Christianity
Title | The First One Hundred Years of Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Udo Schnelle |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 650 |
Release | 2020-06-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493422421 |
Beginning as a marginal group in Galilee, the movement initiated by Jesus of Nazareth became a world religion within 100 years. Why, among various religious movements, did Christianity succeed? This major work by internationally renowned scholar Udo Schnelle traces the historical, cultural, and theological influences and developments of the early years of the Christian movement. It shows how Christianity provided an intellectual framework, a literature, and socialization among converts that led to its enduring influence. Senior New Testament scholar James Thompson offers a clear, fluent English translation of the successful German edition.
The Early Days of Christianity
Title | The Early Days of Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Frederic William Farrar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1882 |
Genre | Church history |
ISBN |
History of Christianity
Title | History of Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Johnson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 816 |
Release | 2012-03-27 |
Genre | 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.
Introducing Early Christianity
Title | Introducing Early Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Guy |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2011-09-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830839429 |
Laurie Guy provides an illuminating, broad-brush survey of the early church in its first four centuries. Readers get to witness the emergence of Great Tradition Christianity as themes unfold over time regarding women, persecution and martyrdom, asceticism and monasticism, eucharist and baptism, doctrine and the ecumenical councils.
The First Thousand Years
Title | The First Thousand Years PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Louis Wilken |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2012-11-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0300118848 |
Describes the first 1,000 years of Christian history, from the early practices and beliefs through the conversion of Constantine as well as documenting its growth to communities in Ethiopia, Armenia, Central Asia, India and China.