A people's history of Christianity
By: Denis R. Janz, general editor ; editorial advisory board Sean Freyne ... [et al.].
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Subjects: Christian life; History; Laity; Church history
Description: Each stage of Christian church history is reinterpreted according to the laity, the common faithful, and everyday practices of faith at each stage. Normal histories focus on church doctrine or famous clergy of the period, while these works analyze each historical period in light of the common member's various interpretations of faith.
Table of contents: title: v.1. Christian origins; title: v.2. Late ancient Christianity; title: v.3. Byzantine Christianity; title: v.4. Medieval Christianity; title: v.5. Reformation Christianity; title: v.6. Modern Christianity to 1900; title: v.7. Twentieth-century global Christianity.