Presents the history of Christianity from its beginnings as a persecuted cult. This book features a new and ambitious concept in presenting Christian history.
- Author CHIDESTER, DAVID
- Pub Date 05/04/2001
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 704
A monumental new history of Christianity from its beginnings as a persecuted cult, up to its present day international diversity. 'A model of condensation without simplification' - J.M Coetzee 'Clear and balanced. A triumph of compression... invaluable as a work of reference for students' - Karen Armstrong, Times 'A new and ambitious concept in presenting Christian history...a triumph. Never before, I suspect, has this cavalcade of thinkers been presented in a manner which so successfully combines depth, breadth, and succinctness' - Gerard Noel, Catholic Herald
