A global history of Christians : how everyday believers experienced their world / by Paul R. Spickard and Kevin M. Cragg ; with G. William Carlson, Michael W. Holmes, James E. Johnson, Cornelis H. Lettinga, Roger Olson.

Author/creator Spickard, Paul R., 1950- author.
Format Book
PublicationGrand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, [2001]
Copyright Date© 1994
Description486 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Other author/creatorHolmes, Michael W. (Michael William), 1950- contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJh8TYXTv7gYdrf3WkG4MP
Other author/creatorJohnson, James E., contributor.
Other author/creatorLettinga, Cornelis H., contributor.
Other author/creatorOlson, Roger E. contributor.
Other author/creatorCragg, Kevin M., author.
Other author/creatorCarlson, Gordon William, contributor.
Uniform titleGod's peoples
Contents The world of the first Christians -- Christians in the Roman world -- The fourth-century turning point -- The age of faith -- Eastern Orthodoxy: Christians who never changed? -- Christians in the non-Christian world to 1500 -- Transformation and Renaissance -- The Reformation -- European expansion, 1500-1800 -- European Christianity after the Reformation, 1600-1900 -- Early America -- Nineteenth-century Europe and North America: mission and uplift -- Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon, 1750-1950 -- The context for the modern church -- Twentieth-century Europe: the church in decline -- Twentieth-century America -- Around the world since World War II.
Review "Though the authors do treat major events, leaders, and institutions, they emphasize the lives of ordinary Christians. And they probe the history of the church not only in Western civilization but also in its worldwide manifestation." "This multicultural balance means expanded discussion of theologies on the fringe of accepted orthodoxy - ideas that have influenced the Christian church throughout the ages. Other features include analyses of key developments in society and economics, descriptions of native cultures as more than objects of missions, and depictions of everyday life in various Christian communities."--BOOK JACKET.
General noteOriginally published: God's peoples. Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books, ©1994.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 457-459) and index (pages 461-486).
LCCN 00058493
ISBN9780801022494 (paperback)
ISBN0801022495 (paperback)

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