Publication

2010 - Viking, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

290,250 words, Guess

Page Count

1,161 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCBR145.3 .M33 2010
  • LCCBR145.3.M33 2010
  • LCCBR145.3 .M33 2011

Description

We live in a time of tremendous religious awareness, when both believers and non-believers are deeply engaged by questions of religion and tradition. This ambitious book ranges back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and covers the world, following the three main strands of the Christian faith, to teach modern readers how Jesus' message spread and how the New Testament was formed. We follow the Christian story to all corners of the globe, filling in often neglected accounts of conversions and confrontations in Africa and Asia. And we discover the roots of the faith that galvanized America, charting the rise of the evangelical movement from its origins in Germany and England. We meet monks and crusaders, heretics and saints, slave traders and abolitionists, and discover Christianity's essential role in driving the Enlightenment and the Age of Exploration, and shaping the course of World Wars I and II.--From publisher description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Christianity: the first three thousand yearsViking2010-01-01

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