An introduction to Christianity / Linda Woodhead.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge, 2004.Description: viii, 439 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 052145445X (HB)
- 052178655X (pbk.)
- 270 22
- BR148 .W66 2004
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Knox | Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre | Main | BR148 .W66 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05-222 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. How Christianity came to power -- 2. Churches of east and west in the early middle ages -- 3. Christendom : the western church in power -- 4. The reformation in context -- 5. Protestant pathways into the modern world -- 6. Catholic and orthodox negotiations with modernity -- 7. Twentieth-century fortunes.
"An Introduction to Christianity examines the key figures, events and ideas of two thousand years of Christian history and places them in context. It considers the material as well as the spiritual dimensions of this multi-faceted faith, and explores its interactions with culture and society. The volume pays particular attention to the ways in which Christianity has understood, embodied and related to power. It shows how the churches' long-standing commitment to 'higher power', both human and divine, has been repeatedly challenged by alternative allegiances to 'power from below', both sacred and secular. By tracing the history of Christianity to the beginning of the third millennium, this book explores the ways in which churches of north and south have reacted to the rise of modem democracy and the cultural turn to subjective life."--BOOK JACKET.
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