Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, the author provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new edition includes up to date information on the growth and geographical spread of Eastern Christianity, reflecting the global nature of Christianity in our ever-shifting contemporary culture. At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, this offers an important overview of the world's largest religion.
Record details
ISBN:9780199687749 (pbk.)
ISBN:0199687749 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print xiv, 130 p. ; 18 cm.
Edition:2nd ed.
Publisher:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Previous edition: 2004.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-121) and index.
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