PDF Backgrounds of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson in History

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Christianity is the most global of religions. However; most books on the subject fail to do justice to the history of Christianity outside Europe and North America. This prodigious work provides the first genuinely global one-volume study of the rise; development; and impact of the Christian faith. Written by an international team of specialists; this comprehensive volume covers the full breadth of Christian history while also taking seriously the geographical diversity of the story: extensive chapters cover North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa; India; China and its neighbors; and Australia and the Pacific. Though unified in scope; these chapters each focus on what matters most in the specific time and place covered; ensuring that readers are introduced to the major themes—social; theological; political; and cultural—that together constitute Christianity's role in world history. Ideally suited for classroom study as well as for independent reading; A World History of Christianity will serve as the definitive study of church history for the coming generation worldwide. Contributors: Mary B. Cunningham Gillian Evans Robert E. Frykenberg Martin Goodman Adrian Hastings Mary Heimann David Hilliard Robert Bruce Mullin Andrew Pettegree Gary Tiedemann Philip Walters Benedicta Ward Kevin Ward