Written by contributing scholars who are experts in specific facets of developing Christianity, this survey provides a well-rounded introduction to the history of Christianity and is ideal for anyone interested in the impact of Christianity of world culture down through history. It shows how Christianity emerged from its original Jewish context and developed into a worldwide religion, offering perceptive studies on how its origins and development were influenced by the changing social and cultural contexts in which the founders and leaders of this tradition lived and thought.Provides detailed evidence of the influence of Greco-Roman and Jewish religious concepts and religious movements on the origins of Christianity, considers the structuring of the church conceptually and organizationally in Europe, and discusses Christianity's spread and growth in America and throughout the world. Looks at the profound impact of the culture of the later Roman and medieval world on the development of Christian doctrine and intellectual traditions and helps readers understand the reasons for the divisions between Catholic and Protestant traditions. For theologians.

Christianity: A Social and Cultural History

KEE, Howard Clark

Hanawalt, Emily ALbu

Lindberg, Carter

Religion & Spirituality

Pearson College Div

Tight clean, no markings but seller's sticker on back. Historical, religious, pilosophical, political, and literary contexts.

The New Testament in Context: Sources and Documents

Christian Books & Bibles

PRENTICE/HALL

The origins of Christianity;: Sources and documents

By combining analyses of the historical, cultural and literary features of Judaism and of the Greco-Roman world with careful examination of the writings that became known as the New Testament, this book offers direct insights into the origins of Christianity. KEY TOPICS: It includes religious aspirations of the Mediterranean peoples, including Jews at the turn of the eras, are sketched with detailed analyses of the early Christian writings, and with attention to the social and cultural dimensions of groups by and for whom these works were produced. This book is used throughout the world and is translated into many languages.

Understanding the New Testament

By combining analyses of the historical, cultural and literary features of Judaism and of the Greco-Roman world with careful examination of the writings that became known as the New Testament, this book offers direct insights into the origins of Christianity. KEY TOPICS: It includes religious aspirations of the Mediterranean peoples, including Jews at the turn of the eras, are sketched with detailed analyses of the early Christian writings, and with attention to the social and cultural dimensions of groups by and for whom these works were produced. This book is used throughout the world and is translated into many languages.

Understanding The New Testament (5th Edition)

Pearson

This text is a study of the historical Jesus. Specific literary sources are referenced - Roman and Jewish historians, the individual gospels, and other early Christian sources.

Jesus in History: An Approach to the Study of the Gospels

Cengage Learning'

Appropriate for introductory courses on the Gospels or the life of Jesus, this text is a study of the historical Jesus. Specific literary sources are referenced - Roman and Jewish historians, the individual gospels, and other early Christian sources.

Jesus in History

Harcourt College Pub.

Origins of Christianity: Sources and Documents Kee, Howard Clark

The origins of Christianity: sources and documents

SPCK Publishing

Miracle in the Early Christian World: A Study in Sociohistorical Method

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Yale University Press

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Christianity: A Social and Cultural History

The New Testament in Context: Sources and Documents

The origins of Christianity;: Sources and documents

Understanding the New Testament

Understanding the New Testament

Understanding The New Testament (5th Edition)

Jesus in History: An Approach to the Study of the Gospels

Jesus in History

The origins of Christianity: sources and documents

Miracle in the Early Christian World: A Study in Sociohistorical Method