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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 270
EAN: 9780800634964
ISBN: 0800634969
Label: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Manufacturer: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 688
Publication Date: 2002-09
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Sales Rank: 232271
Studio: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

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Written by more than sixty specialists from ten countries, this volume tells the dramatic, intriguing, and often surprising story of Christianity’s 2000-year history. Its 25 chapters are illuminated by more than 400 photographs and 30 maps, charts, and diagrams. Enhanced with dozens of short special-feature articles, the tremendously informative and fair text presents the story of Christianity in a strong and engaging narrative, always with an eye to the telling detail and the deeper religious currents that have swept through generations of Christian history.

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- Not quite the best place to start...
This is certainly not the worst book I have read on church history, but it is far from the best. The way the book is laid out: Instead of Dowley writing everything from cover to cover, he had many different church historians write various chapters and sections of the book. It makes the book very hard to read. One of the most important facets of reading a history book is you are able to get the viewpoint of one author on everything - this gives the book cohesion. Written from so many different perspectives, this book lacks cohesion. I think this is a fine format if a book is about one issue and you want multiple perspectives on a topic, person, etc. This is what a collection of essays is for, not an attempt at a comprehensive history of the Christian church. Another annoying weakness in the book is the very poorly laid out index in the back of the book. It is divided up into three sections: Events, People, ... Read More

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- Clearly Anti-Catholic
Don't waste your money. This book was clearly written for Protestants who wish to eat up what others say without doing the research for themselves. I recommend The History of the Church, one of the texts in the Didache Series.

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- Introduction to the History of Christianity
This book is good to read.
And there are many informations in it.

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- Inaccurate History at Best
Introduction to the History of Christianity is a text book made for students wishing to learn the basics of Church history. Interestingly enough, no references are given in the entire book, suggesting that the authors are above citing their work. It is obvious just from flipping through this book that all the authors accept the theology of "faith alone" and they all reject papal authority. This wouldn't really matter much if the content was still fair and balanced, but it is far from it. One blatant example is found on page 354, "for all its ideals, piety and art, Catholicism differed from the church of the New Testament in doctrine, morals, and administration. Most men and women of conscience realized this..." The author fails to give evidence for this contemptuous claim, and furthermore, seeks to back it up through other ad hominem attacks on Catholic roots.

All this aside, the book is laughable ... Read More

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