num_pages: 435
description: Through the advice of many scholars of Christian origins the selections here include texts that show students how Christianity developed and was lived in Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. These texts show Christian life beyond the confines of Byzantine and Western Christendom as Christians enter the Mongol and Chinese courts, struggle to cope with Islam, and continue to live in places such as Ethiopia and Egypt. Designed for the classroom Readings in World Christian History highlights the variety of Christianities that grew out of the Palestinian Jesus Movement of the first century.
language: English
title: Readings in World Christian History: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453
titlecomplete: Readings in World Christian History: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453
genres: Christian, History, Textbooks, Religion, Theology, Church History, Nonfiction, Christianity, Grad School
ratings_count: 145
publisher: Orbis Books