From the introduction: Fire is a multivalent metaphor. It destroys and refines; its light illuminates while its smoke conceals. . . . In taking fire upon the earth as the guiding metaphor for the story of Christianity in world history, this book attempts to do justice to the images multifaceted implications. Friends, enemies, and neutral observers have judged the story of Christianity to be one of amazing creativity and terrible destruction, of fearless accomplishments and grim failures. . . . Whatever else there is to be said, Christianity has left its mark on the world as surely as any fire. And the story and the mark form the subject of this book. With highly readable narrative, Robert Bruce Mullin surveys the rise and spread of Christianity throughout the world. Global in focus and covering the expanse of Christian history, the book unveils the challenges that Christianity has faced throughout the centuries.
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'To this day, reading good narrative history is a never-failing pleasure. History, that is, like Robert Bruce Mullin's A Short World History of Christianity. It is no easy business, getting two millennia of Christian history into 283 readable pages. But Professor Mullin has done the job, in a readable style that makes the fruits of his impressive ample scholarship available to a general audience.' --George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center
This book should be welcomed by all who value clear writing, careful scholarship, succinct reporting, and carefully weighed judgments. If measured by standards of comprehensiveness or of answering every question in the long history of Christianity correctly, this book, like all others, must fail. But if measured by its success at portraying that history from below as well as from above, providing significant treatment of the Southern hemisphere along with the West, and incorporating the stories of many denominational families in a single account, then this book must be judged a resounding success. --Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor, History Department, University of Notre Dame
This readable history reflects the sure instincts of a master teacher. Bruce Mullin s text integrates the theological and social dimensions of Christian history, providing readers with a masterful guide to the subject for many years to come. --Dana L. Robert, Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Christian Mission, Boston University School of Theology
This book should be welcomed by all who value clear writing, careful scholarship, succinct reporting, and carefully weighed judgments. If measured by standards of comprehensiveness or of answering every question in the long history of Christianity correctly, this book, like all others, must fail. But if measured by its success at portraying that history from below as well as from above, providing significant treatment of the Southern hemisphere along with the West, and incorporating the stories of many denominational families in a single account, then this book must be judged a resounding success. --Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor, History Department, University of Notre Dame
This readable history reflects the sure instincts of a master teacher. Bruce Mullin s text integrates the theological and social dimensions of Christian history, providing readers with a masterful guide to the subject for many years to come. --Dana L. Robert, Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Christian Mission, Boston University School of Theology
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Robert Bruce Mullin is Professor of History and World Mission and Professor of Modern Anglican Studies at The General Theological Seminary.
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An excellent account of Christian history; scholarly and very readable,
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I've read a few chapters of this book in proof form prior to publication. Mullin's gift is the ability to make history accessible and interesting, while not compromising on scholarly foundations or analytical complexity. His insights into Christian history are new and illuminating, and yet ring with the truth of careful, sound scholarship and analysis. Anyone, be they student, scholar, believer, inquirer or skeptic will find this work challenging, intriguing and very rewarding. Mullin is that rare academic who is brilliant scholar, illuminating teacher, and an excellent writer. This is a great place to begin a study of Christian history or to refresh one's knowledge. This work belongs on the bookshelves of anyone at all interested in the history of Christianity.
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An examination of the religion's impact as a whole throughout the ages,
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There is no force that has had a greater impact on the world than Christianity - and "A Short World History of Christianity" is an examination of the religion's impact as a whole throughout the ages. Starting with the birth of Jesus, it covers the over two millennia that follow, discussing each of the following major topics that the religion has done to change the world. "A Short World History of Christianity" is a must for both world history collections and Christian studies shelves.
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This is a well written short history of Christianity.It reads like a novel. Try it.
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