Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0192803220
ISBN-13: 9780192803221
At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern Hempisphere but declining in much of the West, Linda Woodhead offers a bold new overview of the world’s largest religion. In a fascinating and engaging fashion, she explores the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and traces its course over two millennia. Christianity addresses topics that other books neglect, for example the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches’ uses of power, and their struggles with modernity. Also considered is the recent charismatic explosion ...