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First published in 1976, Paul Johnson's exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude--'a tour de force, one of the most ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity ever attempted and perhaps the most radical' (New York Review of Books).
In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has. Johnson takes off in the year AD 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known 'Jesus Sect', A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sectsProdukt History of Christianity (Johnson Paul)(Paperback) má přiřazen EAN kód 9780684815039.
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First published in 1976, Paul Johnson's exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude--'a tour de force, one of the most ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity ever attempted and perhaps the most radical' (New York
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Paul Kent Alkon's Samuel Johnson and Moral Discipline provides reading of Johnson that emphasizes his moral discourse. Shortly after its publication, Alkon's book became first of all the standard reading of Johnson's essays, contrasting them with the moral ideas Johnson discussed in his sermons, as
Charting the rise and development of Christianity, Carter Lindberg has succeeded in writing a concise and compelling history of the world's largest religion. He spans over 2,000 years of colorful incident to give an authoritative history of Christianity for both the general reader and the beginning
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The classic world history of the events, ideas, and personalities of the twentieth
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A vivid, concise and balanced history of the world's largest religion, written for readers of all religious
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A paradigm-shifting history that reveals how the early Christian churches in the East helped to shape the Asia and the Christianity we know
A fascinating history of the alehouses of Conwy and the surrounding
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