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Author | : Udo Schnelle |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 2020-06-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1493422421 |
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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 | : Robert Louis Wilken |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2012-11-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0300118848 |
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Describes the first 1,000 years of Christian history, from the early practices and beliefs through the conversion of Constantine as well as documenting its growth to communities in Ethiopia, Armenia, Central Asia, India and China.
Author | : Diarmaid MacCulloch |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 1065 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0141021896 |
Download A History of Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From a prize-winning author, this book charts the course of Christianity from ancient history onwards.
Author | : George S. Corey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Philip Jenkins |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2008-10-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0061472808 |
Download The Lost History of Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this groundbreaking book, renowned religion scholar Philip Jenkins offers a lost history, revealing that, for centuries, Christianity's center was actually in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with significant communities extending as far as China. The Lost History of Christianity unveils a vast and forgotten network of the world's largest and most influential Christian churches that existed to the east of the Roman Empire. These churches and their leaders ruled the Middle East for centuries and became the chief administrators and academics in the new Muslim empire. The author recounts the shocking history of how these churches—those that had the closest link to Jesus and the early church—died. Jenkins takes a stand against current scholars who assert that variant, alternative Christianities disappeared in the fourth and fifth centuries on the heels of a newly formed hierarchy under Constantine, intent on crushing unorthodox views. In reality, Jenkins says, the largest churches in the world were the “heretics” who lost the orthodoxy battles. These so-called heretics were in fact the most influential Christian groups throughout Asia, and their influence lasted an additional one thousand years beyond their supposed demise. Jenkins offers a new lens through which to view our world today, including the current conflicts in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Without this lost history, we lack an important element for understanding our collective religious past. By understanding the forgotten catastrophe that befell Christianity, we can appreciate the surprising new births that are occurring in our own time, once again making Christianity a true world religion.
Author | : Alvar Ellegård |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9780712679565 |
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The starting point for the book is the following anomoly -If Jesus lived as has been supposed at the beginning of the 1st century AD, theonly NT documents written by a near contemporary, the Epistles of St Paul, make no mention of him as an historical figure, neither do they record any of his sayings, but rather they talk of him as a vision or mystical experience of the risen Christ. Furthermore, contemporary records of the region from non-Christian sources, such as those by theJewish historian Josephus, fail to mention Jesus at all where we wouldexpect them to; the mentions that there are have recently been shown to be later interpolations by medieval Christian apologists - the gospel accounts of Jesus and his millieu are inaccurate in all major respects e.g. the relative dates of Herod and Pilate, if contemporary Roman and Jewish historians, who had no theological axe to grind, are taken as measure. By comparative textual studies, the author showsthat the gospel accounts of Jesus' life and sayings were written approximately 100 years after Jesus is supposed to have lived, and so 100 years later than alleged contemporaries such as Paul, Clement, Josephus etc.
Author | : Paul Johnson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 816 |
Release | : 2012-03-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1451688512 |
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First published in 1976, Paul Johnson’s exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude—“a tour de force, one of the most ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity ever attempted and perhaps the most radical” (New York Review of Books). In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has. Johnson takes off in the year AD 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known ‘Jesus Sect’, A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources from around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity—and its trials and tribulations throughout history—has never before been contained in such a captivating work.
Author | : Udo Schnelle |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 1089 |
Release | : 2009-11-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441207058 |
Download Theology of the New Testament Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Following his well-received Apostle Paul, prominent European scholar Udo Schnelle now offers a major new theology of the New Testament. The work has been translated into English from the original German, with bibliographic adaptations, by leading American scholar M. Eugene Boring. This comprehensive critical introduction combines historical and theological analysis. Schnelle begins with the teaching of Jesus and continues with a discussion of the theology of Paul. He then moves on to the Synoptic Gospels; the deutero-Pauline, catholic, and Johannine letters; and Revelation, paying due attention to authorship, chronology, genre, and canonical considerations. This is an essential book for anyone with a scholarly interest in the New Testament.
Author | : Bernard Green |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2010-04-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0567032507 |
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Author | : William J. Bennett |
Publisher | : Thomas Nelson |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2016-03-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0718018710 |
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Full of larger-than-life characters, stunning acts of bravery, and heart-rending sacrifice, Tried by Fire narrates the rise and expansion of Christianity from an obscure regional sect to the established faith of the world’s greatest empire with influence extending from India to Ireland, Scandinavia to Ethiopia, and all points in between. William J. Bennett explores the riveting lives of saints and sinners, paupers and kings, merchants and monks who together—and against all odds—changed the world forever. To tell their story, Bennett follows them through the controversies and trials of their time. Challenged by official persecution, heresy, and schism, they held steadfast to the truth of Christ. Strengthened by poets, preachers, and theologians, they advanced in devotion and love. In this moving and accessible narrative, Tried by Fire speaks across centuries to offer insight into the people and events that shaped the faith that continues to shape our lives today.