The Story of Christianity
Balling, Jakob
The Story of Christianity from Birth to Global Presence - Michigan William B.Eerdmans Publishing Co 2003 - 294p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part One: The Birth of a Religion 1. The Beginnings 2. Palestine and the Jews 3 Jesus 4. Christianity after Easter 5. Ways of Faith and Ways of Life a. Who Is Christ? b. What Is the Church? c. What Is the Christian Life? d. Unity and Diversity 6. Consolidation Part Two: Christianity as a Mediterranean Religion 1. Context and Events 2. Mediterranean Christianity — Internally a. Worship b. History c. The Lord d. Man e. The Church 3. Mediterranean Christianity — Externally 74 a. The City 74 b. The Empire 77 c. Culture • 86 d. Antiquity and Christianity 91 4. Eastern Christianity 97 a. Departures and Traditions in the Christian East 97 b. Living Orthodoxy 99 c. Christianity in Asia 109 d. East and West 112 5. From the Mediterranean to Europe 114 Part Three: Christianity as a European Religion 121 1. Old Europe 123 2. Old European Christianity: The Time of the Church 129 a. The Course of Events 129 b. The "Common Faith" 134 c. Royal Christianity 145 d. Papal Christianity 152 e. Monastic Christianity 159 f. The Christianity of Theologians g. Popular Christianity 5. h. Deviant Christianity ijg i. From the Church to the Churches 181 3. Old European Christianity: The Time of the Churches 188 a. Luther`s Christianity — and Calvin`s 188 b. Warring Creeds c. The New Churches 200 d. Churches, Societies, and People . e. Personal Christianity 218 f. The Crisis of the Churches: Causes and Expressions 222 g. The Crisis of the Churches: Consequences and Responses226 4. Old European Christianity in the Mirror of the Poets 232 Part Four: Christianity as a World Religion 235 1. "Modernity" 237 2. The Ways of Secularization 242 3. Modern European and American Christianity 249 a. Churches, Congregations, and People 249 b. Christian Thought Confronted by Modernity 259 4. The World Religion 269 a. "A House for the Sufferings of Christ" 269 b. World Mission and Its Problems 273 5. Challenges and Tendencies at the Turn of the Millennium 281 a. Social Trends 281 b. A New Balance 282 c. Organization of Community 282 d. Ways of Thinking 284 e. The Ecumenical Movement 285
0802839444 2340
Church History
J02 / B214
The Story of Christianity from Birth to Global Presence - Michigan William B.Eerdmans Publishing Co 2003 - 294p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part One: The Birth of a Religion 1. The Beginnings 2. Palestine and the Jews 3 Jesus 4. Christianity after Easter 5. Ways of Faith and Ways of Life a. Who Is Christ? b. What Is the Church? c. What Is the Christian Life? d. Unity and Diversity 6. Consolidation Part Two: Christianity as a Mediterranean Religion 1. Context and Events 2. Mediterranean Christianity — Internally a. Worship b. History c. The Lord d. Man e. The Church 3. Mediterranean Christianity — Externally 74 a. The City 74 b. The Empire 77 c. Culture • 86 d. Antiquity and Christianity 91 4. Eastern Christianity 97 a. Departures and Traditions in the Christian East 97 b. Living Orthodoxy 99 c. Christianity in Asia 109 d. East and West 112 5. From the Mediterranean to Europe 114 Part Three: Christianity as a European Religion 121 1. Old Europe 123 2. Old European Christianity: The Time of the Church 129 a. The Course of Events 129 b. The "Common Faith" 134 c. Royal Christianity 145 d. Papal Christianity 152 e. Monastic Christianity 159 f. The Christianity of Theologians g. Popular Christianity 5. h. Deviant Christianity ijg i. From the Church to the Churches 181 3. Old European Christianity: The Time of the Churches 188 a. Luther`s Christianity — and Calvin`s 188 b. Warring Creeds c. The New Churches 200 d. Churches, Societies, and People . e. Personal Christianity 218 f. The Crisis of the Churches: Causes and Expressions 222 g. The Crisis of the Churches: Consequences and Responses226 4. Old European Christianity in the Mirror of the Poets 232 Part Four: Christianity as a World Religion 235 1. "Modernity" 237 2. The Ways of Secularization 242 3. Modern European and American Christianity 249 a. Churches, Congregations, and People 249 b. Christian Thought Confronted by Modernity 259 4. The World Religion 269 a. "A House for the Sufferings of Christ" 269 b. World Mission and Its Problems 273 5. Challenges and Tendencies at the Turn of the Millennium 281 a. Social Trends 281 b. A New Balance 282 c. Organization of Community 282 d. Ways of Thinking 284 e. The Ecumenical Movement 285
0802839444 2340
Church History
J02 / B214