Christianity

A Very Short Introduction

Bibliographic Data

ID20006483
AuthorsL Woodhead (0000-0002-1232-1173, Lancaster University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages176
Publication date2014-09-04
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueChristianity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/actrade/9780199687749.001.0001
OpenAlexW1547607533
Open LibraryOL28533651M
ISBN9780199687749
LanguageEN
Citations received9

At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, Christianity: A Very Short Introduction offers an important overview of the world's largest religion. Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, it provides a candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this VSI includes up-to-date information on the growth and geographical spread of Eastern Christianity, reflecting the global nature of Christianity in our ever-shifting contemporary culture

Archaeology · Christianity · Epistemology · Flourishing · Modernity · Portrait · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Christentum

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