The Story of Christianity: From Birth to Global Presence

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003 - Religion - 294 pages
In order to highlight the long lines of continuity and development in the historical process of the religion, Balling (ancient and medieval church history, U. of Aarhus, Denmark) slides over many events that would illuminate the nuances and diversity of that process, and limits his study to European
 

Contents

Ways of Faith and Ways of Life
5
Context and Events
33
178
86
Eastern Christianity
97
From the Mediterranean to Europe
114
Old Europe
123
The Time of the Church
129
h Deviant Christianity
179
Churches Societies and People
209
e Personal Christianity
218
Consequences and Responses226
226
Old European Christianity in the Mirror of the Poets
232
Modernity
237
Modern European and American Christianity
249
Conclusion
287
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The Time of the Churches
188

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