Brief Christian histories
Subtitle: getting a sense of our long story
By: James W. White ; foreword by Brian McLaren ; icons by Melissa White Addington
Contributors: McLaren, Brian D., 1956- author of introduction, etc; Addington, Melissa White, illustrator
Publisher: Wipf & Stock
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781630873059; 9781556352430
Subjects: Christianity; Church history; Popular works; RELIGION; Christian Church; History
Description: How do we undergird Christian enthusiasm with Christian substance? Brief Christian Histories combines biblical and ecclesial history in a single volume, taking readers through 4000 years of our religion's history using four themes of interest: WHO has led us? HOW have we been guided ethically? WHAT have been our faith practices and pieties? WHERE have we interacted with culture, and to what effect? Reading any one chapter will give readers a feel for the Christian narrative as a whole. Reading two or more narratives will broaden readers' understanding of where we have come from-all to help understand this big religion of ours, deepen ourselves in it, and keep our faith fresh and moving forward. We move for God's New Order (basileia)-about which Jesus taught, for which he taught us to pray, and into which he invites our enthusiastic, substantive sojourning.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Intro; Title Page; Acknowledgments; Foreword; title: Brian McLaren; Introduction; Chapter 1: The People of God; People Timeline; Chapter 2: Christians' Ethics; Chapter 3: Practices and Pieties of The Pilgrimage; Chapter 4: Christ and Culture Interacting; Conclusion; Appendix A: A Listing of Some Biblical and Ecclesial Roles, Offices, Titles, and Functions; Appendix B: Christian Practices and Pieties through the Years; Appendix C: Author's History with These Histories; Bibliography