A history of Christianity : 2,000 years of faith

Collins, Michael, 1960- author.

American edition, 2024.

Book

New York, N.Y. : DK, 2024.

240 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm

How did Christianity get shared around the world? And how has Christian belief changed over the last 50 years? Providing some of the answers to these and many other questions, this overview charts the 2,000-year-long history of the world's largest religion. A History of Christianity covers everything from the world of the Old Testament to Christianity in the 21st century, including topics such as the early martyrs, the birth of the monasteries, the Crusades, the Reformation, and the rise of the Church in the Americas and Africa. Explore the wide-ranging beliefs and doctrines found within the Church and the role Christianity plays in people's lives. Discover the key events, figures, and movements that helped shape the Church, with a fresh and highly visual approach.

Church history.

Christianity.

History -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Price, Matthew Arlen, author.

Story of Christianity.

Roots of Christianity: Old Testament: Story of Israel -- Between the Old & the New Testaments -- "For unto us a child is born" -- Infant church -- Church & empire: New religion -- Worship & leadership -- Challenges to the early church -- Persecution -- Defending the faith -- Triumph of faith -- Developing church -- Great persecution -- Christian empire: Christianizing the empire -- Crisis in the empire -- Church gains power -- Monasticism -- Augustine: Victory of grace --Barbarians in the west -- Church in the east -- Byzantium in its glory -- Era of missions -- Conversion of Europe: Civilizing the barbarians -- Mission & reform -- Invasions in the east -- New empire & a Christian culture -- Western Europe returns to chaos -- Church, state, & monks -- Splendor & schism -- Crusades to Renaissance: Gregorian reformers -- Crusades -- Revival in faith, art, & learning -- Friars & faith -- Devotion & division -- Eastern churches -- Renaissance -- Reformation: Europe at the time of the reformation -- Reformation in Germany -- Reformation in Switzerland -- Radical reformation -- Spread of the reformation -- Catholic reformation -- Early world missions -- Close of the reformation -- Enlightenment & revival: Impact of the enlightenment -- Catholic movements -- Arminianism & pietism -- Churches under attack -- Revival fires -- Orthodox church in the age of reason -- Mission & revolution: New world of freedom -- Christianity attacked, divided, & flourishing -- New movements in Protestantism -- New era for missions -- American Christianity -- Eastern churches -- Christianity in industrial society -- World evangelization -- Fortress Rome -- Facing the new century -- Global church: World at war & a new theology -- Orthodox church in communist Russia -- West between the wars -- World War II & after -- Developing churches -- Ecumenical movements -- Social issues & activism -- Changing catholicism -- New evangelicals -- Pentecostal movement -- World Christianity.

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