The Story of Christianity: Volume 2
Title | The Story of Christianity: Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Justo L. Gonzalez |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 562 |
Release | 2010-12-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0061855898 |
Beginning with the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, this fully revised and updated second volume of The Story of Christianity continues the marvelous history of the world's largest religion. Award-winning historian Justo Gonzalez bring to life the people, dramatic events, and theological debates that have shaped Protestantism, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy. From the monk Martin Luther, who dared to stand up to a corrupt pope, to the surprising spread and growing vitality of today's church in Africa, Asia, and South America, The Story of Christianity offers a complete and up-to-date retelling of this amazing history. With new information on the important contributions of women to church history as well as the latest information on Christianity in developing countries, Gonzalez's richly textured study discusses the changes and directions of the church up to the twenty-first century. The Story of Christianity covers such recent occurrences as the fall of the Soviet Union and the return of the Russian Orthodox Church; feminist, Africa-American, and Third-World theologies; the scandals and controversies facing the reign of Pope Benedict XVI; interfaith dialogue; and the movement toward unity of all Christian churches. This revised and updated edition of The Story of Christianity concludes with a thoughtful look at the major issues and debates facing Christianity today.
A History of the Expansion of Christianity
Title | A History of the Expansion of Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Scott Latourette |
Publisher | |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | Church history |
ISBN |
The Encyclopedia of Christianity
Title | The Encyclopedia of Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Erwin Fahlbusch |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 1132 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780802824134 |
This multifaceted and up-to-date encyclopedia is sure to be of interest to pastors and church workers of all confessions, equally so to students, scholars, and researchers around the world who are interested in any aspect of Christianity or religion in general. The first volume contains 465 articles that address a comprehensive list of topics.
A History of Christian Thought: From the beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon
Title | A History of Christian Thought: From the beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon PDF eBook |
Author | Justo L. González |
Publisher | Abingdon Press |
Pages | 557 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0687171822 |
A treatment of the evolution of Christian thought from the birth of Christ, to the Apostles, to the early church, to the great flowering of Christianity across the world. The first volume introduces the central figures and debates culminating in the Councils of Nicea and Chalcedon among which the theologies of the early church were hammered out.
Beginning from Jerusalem
Title | Beginning from Jerusalem PDF eBook |
Author | James D.G. Dunn |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 1364 |
Release | 2009-03-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0802839320 |
In Christianity in the making, James D.G. Dunn examines in depth the major factors that shaped first-generation Christianity and beyond, exploring the parting of the ways between Christianity and Judaism, the Hellenization of Christianity, and responses to Gnosticism. He mines all the first- and second-century sources, including the New Testament Gospels, New Testament apocrypha, and such church fathers as Ignatius, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus, showing how the Jesus tradition and the figures of James, Paul, Peter, and John were still esteemed influences but were also the subject of intense controversy as the early church wrestled with its evolving identity.
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.
Story of Christianity: Volume 2
Title | Story of Christianity: Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Justo L. Gonzalez |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0060633166 |
Gonzalez presents an illuminating record of the lives, impelling ideas, and achievements of such prominent figures as Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Calvin--movers and shapers in the emerging Protestant church. His biographical insights, in conjunction with vivid historical accounts, reveal how individual lives mirror and clarify core theological concerns and developments.