Christianity: The First Three Thousand YearsPenguin, 18 de març 2010 - 1216 pàgines The New York Times bestseller and definitive history of Christianity for our time—from the award-winning author of The Reformation and Silence A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and encompasses the globe. It captures the major turning points in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confrontation in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. MacCulloch introduces us to monks and crusaders, heretics and reformers, popes and abolitionists, and discover Christianity's essential role in shaping human history and the intimate lives of men and women. And he uncovers the roots of the faith that galvanized America, charting the surprising beliefs of the founding fathers, the rise of the Evangelical movement and of Pentecostalism, and the recent crises within the Catholic Church. Bursting with original insights and a great pleasure to read, this monumental religious history will not soon be surpassed. |
Continguts
A Crucified Messiah 4 BCE100 | |
Boundaries Defined 50 CE300 | |
Ally or Enemy? 100300 | |
The Imperial Church 300451 | |
The Third Rome 9001800 | |
Perspectives on the True Church 13001517 | |
A House Divided 15171660 | |
Romes Renewal 15001700 | |
A Worldwide Faith 15001800 | |
Protestant Awakenings 16001800 | |
Ally or Enemy? 14921815 | |
Europe Reenchanted or Disenchanted? 18151914 | |
Asia and Africa 451622 | |
The Great Realignment 6221500 | |
The Making of Latin Christianity 300500 | |
New Frontiers 5001000 | |
Universal Emperor or Universal Pope? 9001200 | |
A Church for All People? 11001300 | |
Faith in a New Rome 451900 | |
More Than an Empire 9001700 | |
To Make the World Protestant 17001914 | |
Not Peace but a Sword 191460 | |
Culture Wars 1960Present | |
Notes | |
Further Reading | |
Index | |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Africa American ancient Anglican Asia Augustine Augustine of Hippo Augustine’s authority became Bible biblical bishops British Byzantine Byzantine Empire cathedral Catholic Church Catholicism central centre century Chalcedonian Christ clergy congregations Constantine Constantinople council Counter-Reformation created culture death decades developed divine Dyophysite early East Eastern Emperor empire England English Eucharist Europe European Evangelical faith French gnostic God’s Gospel Greek Hagia Sophia Hesychasm Holy Holy Roman Emperor human imperial increasingly Islam Jerusalem Jesuits Jesus Jesus’s Jewish Jews John Judaism King kingdom later Latin leaders liturgy Luther Lutheran medieval Mediterranean Miaphysite mission missionary monarchy monasteries monastic monks movement Muscovy Muslim original Orthodox Ottoman papal Patriarch Paul Paul’s Pentecostalism Peter political Pope Pope’s priest Prince Protestant Protestantism Reformation religion religious Roman Rome rulers sacred saints society spiritual story success successors survived Syrian Tanakh Testament theologians theology took tradition West Western Christianity Western Church word worship