A celebration of 2000 years of Christianity, this history starts with the birth of Jesus and the Christian religion as it developed through many cultures. Setting each period in its historical, political and philosophical context, the book looks past the millennium and anticipates the future.
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Writing a connected narrative covering 2,000 years is a daunting task, and the success of its outcome is better measured by accessibility than completeness. Edwards necessarily paints with broad strokes, but the resulting picture will provoke many to ask more specific questions and seek out more particular histories. Edwards is most helpful in describing Christianity's transformation from sect to state religion during the first three centuries of its existence and in characterizing the divergent strands represented by Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. Edwards intertwines Christianity's transformation and the emergence of European identity, and he suggests important connections between various Christianities and cultures in the histories of Protestantism, "American" Christianity, and "African" Christianity. His discussion of Christianity in the postmodern age is abbreviated yet provokes further reflection on relationships between Christianity and its many locations. The variousness Edwards discloses calls the whole idea of a single-narrative history into question, of course, but that may be another indication of success, particularly if questioning readers proceed to the mass of suggested further reading. Steve Schroeder
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New Testament, Catholic Church, Middle Ages, Latin America, Church of England, Holy Spirit, North America, Jesus Christ, Old Testament, Catholic Reformation, God the Son, Asia Minor, Word of God, Jesus of Nazareth, North Africa, Karl Barth, John Paul, New York, Thomas Aquinas, Acts of the Apostles, Second Vatican Council, Soviet Union, Holy Communion, Revelation of John, Hebrew Bible Browse Sample Pages:
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New Testament, Catholic Church, Middle Ages, Latin America, Church of England, Holy Spirit, North America, Jesus Christ, Old Testament, Catholic Reformation, God the Son, Asia Minor, Word of God, Jesus of Nazareth, North Africa, Karl Barth, John Paul, New York, Thomas Aquinas, Acts of the Apostles, Second Vatican Council, Soviet Union, Holy Communion, Revelation of John, Hebrew Bible Browse Sample Pages:
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