Twenty Centuries of Catholic Christianity, John C. Dwyer. A history of the church from its beginnings to the present that reflects on successes and failures over the years.
If you have ever wished for a short book highlighting church history's most important events that will enlighten your mind and peak your interest, this is the one you ve been waiting for.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE: Scholar and writer Everett Ferguson wrote this history of the church from the perspective that such a history is the story of the greatest movement and community the world has known.
Detailed and fact-filled yet balanced and readable, this volume offers a panoramic view of the church's growth worldwide throughout the past 2,000 years, including a comprehensive section on the church in the United States and Canada.
"An overview of 2000 years of church history, filled with color images to draw in the attention of young readers and illustrate important people, places, and events"--
Traces the history of the Church, focusing on the motivations of its founders, conflicts, key figures, and defining events over the centuries.
... Mary, 592 Smith, Adam, 423, 526 Smith, George Adam, 672 Smith, Joseph, 695 Smith, Sydney, 567 Smith, Wilbur, 808 Smith, ... 276, 278 Solvyov, Vladimir, 666 Some Reflections upon Marriage, 351 Sonthomb, Emanuel, 282 Sorbière, Samuel, ...
Justo Gonzalez has written this book to help students gain just such a quick and basic grasp of the main periods and issues in the history of Christianity.
Provides an overview of the history and development of Christianity, examines the difference between ethics and morals, and suggests a twenty-first century strategy that addresses topics such as abortion, war, and the environment among ...
19Paul Pierson, “Why Did the 1800s Explode with Missions?” Christian History 36 (1992): 21. There are many books on missions history in general; a few good places to start are Stephen Neill, A History of Christian Missions (New York: ...