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020			_a9780744092851 _q(hardcover)
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035			_a(OCoLC)1388317886
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100	1		_aCollins, Michael, _d1960- _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aStory of Christianity.
245	1	2	_aA history of Christianity : _b2,000 years of faith / _cMichael Collins, Matthew A. Price.
250			_aThis American edition, 2024.
264		1	_aNew York, N.Y. : _bDK, _c2024.
300			_a240 pages : _billustrations (some color), color maps ; _c27 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aSubtitle from dust jacket.
500			_a"Previously published as The Story of Christianity"--Cover.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aHow did Christianity get shared around the world? And how has Christian belief changed over the last 50 years? Providing some of the answers to these and many other questions, this overview charts the 2,000-year-long history of the world's largest religion. A History of Christianity covers everything from the world of the Old Testament to Christianity in the 21st century, including topics such as the early martyrs, the birth of the monasteries, the Crusades, the Reformation, and the rise of the Church in the Americas and Africa. Explore the wide-ranging beliefs and doctrines found within the Church and the role Christianity plays in people's lives. Discover the key events, figures, and movements that helped shape the Church, with a fresh and highly visual approach.
505	0		_aRoots of Christianity: Old Testament: Story of Israel -- Between the Old & the New Testaments -- "For unto us a child is born" -- Infant church -- Church & empire: New religion -- Worship & leadership -- Challenges to the early church -- Persecution -- Defending the faith -- Triumph of faith -- Developing church -- Great persecution -- Christian empire: Christianizing the empire -- Crisis in the empire -- Church gains power -- Monasticism -- Augustine: Victory of grace --Barbarians in the west -- Church in the east -- Byzantium in its glory -- Era of missions -- Conversion of Europe: Civilizing the barbarians -- Mission & reform -- Invasions in the east -- New empire & a Christian culture -- Western Europe returns to chaos -- Church, state, & monks -- Splendor & schism -- Crusades to Renaissance: Gregorian reformers -- Crusades -- Revival in faith, art, & learning -- Friars & faith -- Devotion & division -- Eastern churches -- Renaissance -- Reformation: Europe at the time of the reformation -- Reformation in Germany -- Reformation in Switzerland -- Radical reformation -- Spread of the reformation -- Catholic reformation -- Early world missions -- Close of the reformation -- Enlightenment & revival: Impact of the enlightenment -- Catholic movements -- Arminianism & pietism -- Churches under attack -- Revival fires -- Orthodox church in the age of reason -- Mission & revolution: New world of freedom -- Christianity attacked, divided, & flourishing -- New movements in Protestantism -- New era for missions -- American Christianity -- Eastern churches -- Christianity in industrial society -- World evangelization -- Fortress Rome -- Facing the new century -- Global church: World at war & a new theology -- Orthodox church in communist Russia -- West between the wars -- World War II & after -- Developing churches -- Ecumenical movements -- Social issues & activism -- Changing catholicism -- New evangelicals -- Pentacostal movement -- World Christianity.
650		0	_aChurch history. _924708
700	1		_aPrice, Matthew Arlen, _eauthor.
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