Introducing Early Christianity
Subtitle: A Topical Survey of Its Life, Beliefs and Practices
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780830826988
Subjects: Religion; Church history; Religion - Church History; Christianity - History - General; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Primitive and early church, ca; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - New Testament
First sentence: Imagine one of the earliest apostles, Paul say, having a Rip-Van-Winkle-type sleep for four centuries.
Description: "Introducing Early Christianity offers a fascinating survey of the most important aspects of the life, beliefs and practices of the early church from the first to the mid-fifth century." "The thematic approach of this book seeks to overcome the limitations of viewing one event after another, though it can be effectively used alongside a chronological history. Numerous sidebars assemble pertinent facts or offer close-up glimpses of particular aspects of the life and thought of the early church. In addition, photographs and other images root early Christians, their ideas and events in the concrete artifacts of history and the visual memory of the church."--Jacket.