History of Christianity

Dig into the story of Christianity from its earliest beginnings to the end of the twentieth century with Hans Hillerbrand "s A History of Christianity. Told in easy-to-understand prose with illustrative photographs, maps, and charts, students with little or no experience in the academic study of religion will be engaged. A History of Christianity provides a definitive introduction to the many persons, places, movements, and events necessary for the telling of our story, the story of the Church. It is a story told within the complex contexts of larger world events and world cultures, but defined and simplified by attention to those developments which have proven most influential for the past and present shaping of Church thought and practice. Students will also find the outline and description of the broad sweep of movements and periods in this history, but the book also pauses at important points to provide details about the lives of Christians as lived at various times and in various locations.Hillerbrand, Hans J. is the author of 'History of Christianity', published 2005 under ISBN 9780687027965 and ISBN 0687027969.