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Adrian (ed) Hastings (Author)

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Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: see notes for publisher info (1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0304704385
ISBN-13: 978-0304704385

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Must-Read in Church History, June 14, 2000

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Thorough coverage of Christianity's influence around the world. This work has particularly good coverage of Africa, for example.

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In the first century of its existence Christianity evolved from an obscure group of Galilean Jews to become the religion of thousands, most of them non-Jews, in the wider world of the eastern Mediterranean. Read the first page

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Orthodox Church, New Zealand, Middle Ages, Roman Empire, New York, Protestant Churches, Church of England, Indian Christians, Latin America, Ottoman Empire, New Testament, Thomas Christians, Asia Minor, North America, Second World War, Soviet Union, North Africa, New England, New World, South-east Asia, Byzantine Empire, First World War, New South Wales, United States, Great Awakening

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The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on 6 pages
Rise of Christianity by W. H. C. Frend in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Penguin Classics) by Bede on page 63, page 114, and Back Matter
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-3 of 6 (Everyman's Library) by Edward Gibbon on page 470, and page 506
Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twentieth Century (Christianity Under Stress, 1) by Pedro Ramet on page 325, and Back Matter

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The Age of Reason: From the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, 1570-1789 (Baker History of the Church) by Meic Pearse in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)

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