The Shape Of Christian History
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Author | : Scott W. Sunquist |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2022-06-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 151400223X |
How should thoughtful Christians—especially historians and missiologists—make sense of global Christianity as an unfolding historical movement? Highlighting both the continuity and the diversity within the Christian movement over the centuries, this comprehensive resource from Scott Sunquist offers a framework for how to read and write church history.
Author | : Eve-Marie Becker |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300165374 |
The first comprehensive account to explore the beginnings of early Christian history writing, tracing its origin to the Gospel of Mark and Luke-Acts When the Gospel writings were first produced, Christian thinking was already cognizant of its relationship to ancient memorial cultures and history-writing traditions. Yet, little has been written about exactly what shaped the development of early Christian literary memory. In this eye-opening new study, Eve-Marie Becker explores the diverse ways in which history was written according to the Hellenistic literary tradition, focusing specifically on the time during which the New Testament writings came into being: from the mid-first century until the early second century CE. While acknowledging cases of historical awareness in other New Testament writings, Becker traces the origins of this historiographical approach to the Gospel of Mark and Luke-Acts. Offering a bold new framework, Becker shows how the earliest Christian writings shaped “Christian” thinking and writing about history.
Author | : Thomas C. Oden |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2010-07-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830837051 |
Thomas C. Oden surveys the decisive role of African Christians and theologians in shaping the doctrines and practices of the church of the first five centuries, and makes an impassioned plea for the rediscovery of that heritage. Christians throughout the world will benefit from this reclaiming of an important heritage.
Author | : Michael J. Kruger |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2018-03-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830887512 |
Christianity in the twenty-first century is a global phenomenon. But in the second century, its future was not at all certain. Michael Kruger's introductory survey examines how Christianity took root in the second century, how it battled to stay true to the vision of the apostles, and how it developed in ways that would shape both the church and Western culture over the next two thousand years.
Author | : Dale T. Irvin |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 2002-01-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780567088666 |
This thorough, lucid, solidly researched book, the first of two volumes, charts the history of global Christianity.
Author | : Derek Cooper |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2016-06-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830899065 |
In this brief history of the church from a global perspective, Derek Cooper explores the development of Christianity across time and the continents. Guiding readers to places like Iraq, Ethiopia and India, Scandanavia, Brazil and Oceania, he reveals the fascinating—and often surprising—history of the church.
Author | : Robert C. Doyle |
Publisher | : Authentic |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Eschatology |
ISBN | : 9780853648185 |
"This book demonstrates that to ask questions and find answers about 'the last things' is not to discover mere knowledge of future events, but is to lead into the whole of theology, to the very heart of the matter, where God is." "The author begins by introducing the foundational biblical themes in eschatology. He then traces the development of eschatological thought from the second-century A.D. to the present. In this way, the author shows how the pressures of historical circumstances and philosophical assumptions shape eschatology, even thought it may be rooted in Scripture. Special attention is paid to developments fostered by formative Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Owen, Edwards, Barth and Moltmann, and contemporary movements. By setting eschatological thinking against this wider theological framework the deeper interconnecting structures of Christian thought are exposed and important questions raised about our expectations for the future."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : Jonathan Hill |
Publisher | : Lion Books |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2013-02-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0745957633 |
A society with no grasp of its history is like a person without a memory. This is particularly true of the history of ideas. This book is an ideal introduction to the thinkers who have shaped Christian history and the culture of much of the world. Writing in a lively, accessible style, Jonathan Hill takes us on an enlightening journey from the first to the twenty first centuries. He shows us the key Christian thinkers through the ages - ranging from Irenaeus, Origen, Augustine and Aquinas through to Luther, Wesley, Kierkegaard and Barth - placing them in their historical context and assessing their contribution to the development of Christianity.
Author | : John L. Elias |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Catéchèse - Histoire |
ISBN | : 9781575241500 |
This text examines major developments in the history of Christian education, and offers a context for understanding contemporary educational efforts among Protetsants, Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians. It looks at major thinkers, historical events and intellectual movements.
Author | : John Wayland Coakley |
Publisher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 1145 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1608333892 |
This companion to "History of the World Christian Movement explores how varied and multi-cultural Christian origins and history really are.