The Christian experience
Subtitle: an introduction to Christianity
By: Michael Molloy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9781472582829; 9781472582836; 9781472582843; 9781472582850
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: RELIGION; General; Christianity; Literature & the Arts; History
Description: "How do we study Christianity? What is the history of Christianity? What does it teach? How is it lived and experienced around the world? How is the the world's largest religion expressed in culture? The Christian Experience is the first textbook to combine historical and doctrinal approaches to Christianity with a focus on its artistic and material expressions and lived experiences. Christianity's art, music and architecture are brought to the fore throughout this chronological survey. Each chapter includes boxed 'first encounters' and personal experience sections to bring the subject alive for students, mirroring the successful format of the author's highly successful Experiencing World Religions 6th edition. Throughout, 100 color images are used, and each chapter concludes with further guidance on print and electronic resources and a glossary of key terms. The Christian Experience unfolds times and practices for students, providing accessible insights into how Christianity was lived and has been lived, and may be lived in the future"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Studying Christianity; title: The Jewish origins; title: The background and life of Jesus; title: The world of Paul and the New Testament; title: Constantine and early Eastern Christianity; title: Christianity expands in the west; title: Western Christianity in the Middle Ages; title: Reform and renewal; title: Eastern Christianity expands; title: Early modern Christianity; title: Contemporary Christianity; title: Looking to the future.