Christianity: Two Thousand Years - Hardcover

This attractive book with its panoramic overview of two thousand years of the history of Christianity is appealing to scholars and students alike. The various voices here enrich the tapestries of our understandings of the past two millennia and point in notable directions toward the third. (Sixteenth Century Journal)

... all the pieces deserve careful reflection, indicative of the insights each writer brings to the task. (Sixteenth Century Journal)

... an interesting volume that provides not only a look at the most significant aspects of Christianity through each of the book's ten chapters but also glimpses into the methods and elements that some of the world's leading historians find of key importance in the study of their periods. Fascinating insights for non-specialists frequently emerge along the way. (Sixteenth Century Journal)

Valuable combination of adroit summaries and thoughtful introductions ... This collection is an impressive contribution to the exposition of its subject and a valuable guide to current thinking. (Journal of Ecclesiastical History)

Informal style ... highly readable ... an attractive introduction to Christian history. (Engish Historical Review)

The concise and charming essays are extremely useful ... the amateur will find in them helpful orientation in unfamiliar topics and the more advanced reader will find in them a virtual thesaurus of golden phrases. (The Heythrop Journal)

A very welcome study ... an impressive survey. (Theology)

Ideal for students or the general reader. (Church Times)

This history of Christianity comes highly recommended, as it is comprehensive, concise and even comical in places. I would not be surprised if it became the standard introduction to the subject in years to come ... Make no mistake, this is top-notch academia at its finest, and its strength lies in the memorable humour with which its information is given. (John Townsend, Catholic Herald)

Written by a team of top experts on the history of Christianity, this lucid and often witty book celebrates the highlights of two millennia of religious thought and practice. Each author describes Christianity's most fascinating contributions to the history of western civilization. The resulting book is one of different approaches to the different periods, from the early Church right up to the twentieth century. The authors chose their highlights with care. The selection provides a framework of development giving new insights into what it means to be a twenty-first century Christian. Readers can enjoy any of these essays in its own right; individually each chapter shows the changes of development in the history of ideas: the very changes of atmosphere. This book gains its full effect, therefore, by being read in the round. As a finale, the Bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries, concludes with a thought for the future: How should Christianity proceed into the new millennium?