Nelson's New Christian Dictionary The Authoritative Resource On The Christian World [Hardcover]

George Thomas Kurian (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 2001

This dictionary provides definitions for over 7,000 terms and names in the history of Christianity. The topics range from the foundational theological developments of the early church to the divisions of the Protestant Reformation to the missionary enterprises of the last two centuries. Nelson's Dictionary of Christianity is an essential resource for anyone who wants to know more about how Christians have lived, built the church, and worked to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (March 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785243089
• ISBN-13: 978-0785243083
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,250,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Quirks, May 24, 2010

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This review is from: Nelson-s New Christian Dictionary (Kindle Edition)

While this ebook received generally positive reviews, I need to point out several defects.

1. Reviewing facts I know, D. James Kennedy, the former, now deceased pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church is referenced as "James D. Kennedy of Coral Ridge Baptist Church." Location 45640 If there is this blatant error, how many more are there?

2. Several appendix entries are organized in an unhelpful manner. For example, instead of being in a helpful chronological order, the 100 Most Important Events in Christian History in Appendix 15 are in some sort of undefined random order.

3. Several of the tables are illegible on the DX. They cannot be sufficiently expanded and the type appears washed out - little contrast.

4. Unfortunately this "New" edition is 9 years old and only one other similar dictionary is offered for Kindle, this probably being the more complete of the two.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I found it!, August 5, 2001

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This review is from: Nelson's New Christian Dictionary The Authoritative Resource On The Christian World (Hardcover)

After looking through several of the standard dictionaries - both unabridged and abridged - there were words that I needed to define, but couldn't. I turned to some internet sources but still could not find definitions for these words. Finally! I found the definitions in this dictionary! Praises!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Traditionally Christian? Really, March 30, 2011

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After throughly reviewing this publication, I find it is not in the least written from a traditional Christian viewpoint. Just to list one glaring error, it has listed in the top 100 Christian names in history several skeptics. Guess the authors did not even look up their own definition of skeptic! Save your money. Wish I had. You will not get a proper perspective of Classical Christianity as presented in the Bible from this publication.