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Church History, Volume One: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual,
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Main Details
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Church History, Volume One: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual,
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Everett Ferguson
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:544 | Dimensions(mm): Height 238,Width 197 |
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Category/Genre | Church history Christian institutions and organizations |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780310516569
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Classifications | Dewey:270 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
Edition |
Second Edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Zondervan
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Imprint |
Zondervan Academic
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Publication Date |
10 December 2013 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Church History offers a unique contextual view of how the Christian church spread and developed. It did so, not in a vacuum, but in a setting of times, cultures, and events that both influenced and were influenced by the church. Church History looks closely at the integral link between the history of the world and that of the church. Volume One explores the development of the church from the days of Jesus to the years prior to the Reformation. Filled with maps, charts, and illustrations, it offers overviews of the Roman, Greek, and Jewish worlds; insights into the church's relationship to the Roman Empire, with glimpses into pagan attitudes toward Christians; the place of art and architecture, literature and philosophy, both sacred and secular; and much more, spanning the time from the first through the thirteenth centuries.
Author Biography
Everett Ferguson (PhD, Harvard) is professor emeritus of Bible and distinguished scholar-in-residence at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, where he taught church history and Greek. He is the author of numerous works, including Backgrounds of Early Christianity, Early Christians Speak, and Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries. He was also general editor of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Early Christianity.
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