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Author | : Laurie Guy |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2011-09-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830839429 |
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Laurie Guy provides an illuminating, broad-brush survey of the early church in its first four centuries. Readers get to witness the emergence of Great Tradition Christianity as themes unfold over time regarding women, persecution and martyrdom, asceticism and monasticism, eucharist and baptism, doctrine and the ecumenical councils.
Author | : George Herring |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2006-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0814737005 |
Download Introduction to the History of Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Christianity is the world’s largest religion, and has had a profound impact on the course of civilization. Introduction to the History of Christianity is a beautifully crafted and clearly written introduction to Christianity over its 2000 year history. The broad underlying theme of the book is the interaction between Christianity and the secular world, exploring how one has shaped and been shaped by the other. The volume does not attempt to cover the whole of Christian history in detail. It focuses on three key chronological periods pivotal in the development of Christianity: Christ and Caesar, Christianity circa 300–500; Expansion and Order, Latin Christendom, circa 1050–1250; and Grace and Authority, Western Christianity, circa 1450–1650, as well as a concluding section on Christianity in the modern world, providing illustrative snapshots of the tradition over the course of its long development. In addition, the volume includes maps, timelines, quotations from primary source material, a glossary, and a further reading section. No staid, laborious introduction to its subject, Introduction to the History of Christianity offers an inviting and informative overview of this rich religious tradition.
Author | : William Tabbernee |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 737 |
Release | : 2014-11-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441245715 |
Download Early Christianity in Contexts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This major work draws on current archaeological and textual research to trace the spread of Christianity in the first millennium. William Tabbernee, an internationally renowned scholar of the history of Christianity, has assembled a team of expert historians to survey the diverse forms of early Christianity as it spread across centuries, cultures, and continents. Organized according to geographical areas of the late antique world, this book examines what various regions looked like before and after the introduction of Christianity. How and when was Christianity (or a new form or expression of it) introduced into the region? How were Christian life and thought shaped by the particularities of the local setting? And how did Christianity in turn influence or reshape the local culture? The book's careful attention to local realities adds depth and concreteness to students' understanding of early Christianity, while its broad sweep introduces them to first-millennium precursors of today's variegated, globalized religion. Numerous photographs, sidebars, and maps are included.
Author | : Everett Ferguson |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780802822215 |
Download Backgrounds of Early Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
New to this expanded & updated edition are revisions of Ferguson's original material, updated bibliographies, & a fresh dicussion of first century social life, the Dead Sea Scrolls & much else.
Author | : Gary B. Ferngren |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2016-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1421420066 |
Download Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Drawing on New Testament studies and recent scholarship on the expansion of the Christian church, Gary B. Ferngren presents a comprehensive historical account of medicine and medical philanthropy in the first five centuries of the Christian era. Ferngren first describes how early Christians understood disease. He examines the relationship of early Christian medicine to the natural and supernatural modes of healing found in the Bible. Despite biblical accounts of demonic possession and miraculous healing, Ferngren argues that early Christians generally accepted naturalistic assumptions about disease and cared for the sick with medical knowledge gleaned from the Greeks and Romans. Ferngren also explores the origins of medical philanthropy in the early Christian church. Rather than viewing illness as punishment for sins, early Christians believed that the sick deserved both medical assistance and compassion. Even as they were being persecuted, Christians cared for the sick within and outside of their community. Their long experience in medical charity led to the creation of the first hospitals, a singular Christian contribution to health care. "A succinct, thoughtful, well-written, and carefully argued assessment of Christian involvement with medical matters in the first five centuries of the common era . . . It is to Ferngren's credit that he has opened questions and explored them so astutely. This fine work looks forward as well as backward; it invites fuller reflection of the many senses in which medicine and religion intersect and merits wide readership."—Journal of the American Medical Association "In this superb work of historical and conceptual scholarship, Ferngren unfolds for the reader a cultural milieu of healing practices during the early centuries of Christianity."—Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith "Readable and widely researched . . . an important book for mission studies and American Catholic movements, the book posits the question of what can take its place in today's challenging religious culture."—Missiology: An International Review Gary B. Ferngren is a professor of history at Oregon State University and a professor of the history of medicine at First Moscow State Medical University. He is the author of Medicine and Religion: A Historical Introduction and the editor of Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction.
Author | : Udo Schnelle |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 2020-06-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1493422421 |
Download The First One Hundred Years of Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Beginning as a marginal group in Galilee, the movement initiated by Jesus of Nazareth became a world religion within 100 years. Why, among various religious movements, did Christianity succeed? This major work by internationally renowned scholar Udo Schnelle traces the historical, cultural, and theological influences and developments of the early years of the Christian movement. It shows how Christianity provided an intellectual framework, a literature, and socialization among converts that led to its enduring influence. Senior New Testament scholar James Thompson offers a clear, fluent English translation of the successful German edition.
Author | : Delbert Burkett |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 2002-07-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780521007207 |
Download An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Author | : William E. Klingshirn |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0813214866 |
Download The Early Christian Book (CUA Studies in Early Christianity) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Written by experts in the field, the essays in this volume examine the early Christian book from a wide range of disciplines: religion, art history, history, Near Eastern studies, and classics.
Author | : John J. O’Keefe |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2005-05-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780801880889 |
Download Sanctified Vision Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Examines early Christian interpretation of the Bible from various perspectives.
Author | : Laurie Guy |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2009-09-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830877975 |
Download Introducing Early Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The life and times of the early church were every bit as exciting as our own. But the living pulse of early Christian life, worship and controversy is too often submerged beneath the text of standard introductions to early Christian history. Here from Laurie Guy is an introduction to Christianity of the first four centuries that is readable but not lightweight, interesting but not superficial, informative but not technical. It is a welcome supplement to chronological histories of the early church, a vantage point from which readers may sit aloft and view the broad patterns in the historical terrain. From the apostolic fathers to the great ecumenical councils, we see the church undergoing persecution and martyrdom and then rising to favor under Constantine, shaping its ministry and order while worshiping and developing its understanding of doctrine. Baptism and Eucharist, asceticism and monasticism, and the developing roles of women unfold in this thematic account of the rise of Great Tradition Christianity. Richly illustrated and filled out with maps, charts and close-up windows on related topics, Introducing Early Christianity will inform the curious and enliven courses in early church history.