Christianity: Two Thousand Years

Written by a team of top experts on the history of Christianity, this lucid and often witty book celebrates the highlights of two millennia of religious thought and practice. Each author describes Christianity's most fascinating contributions to the history of western civilization. The resulting book is one of different approaches to the different periods, from the early Church right up to the twentieth century. As a finale, the Bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries, concludes with a thought for the future: How should Christianity proceed into the new millennium?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199244855
• ISBN13: 9780199244850
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.1"

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* Written by a team of world renowned Church historians * An always lucid and often witty description of the highlights of two millennia of Christianity * A constructive marking of the second Christian millennium Written by a team of top experts on the history of Christianity, this lucid and often witty book celebrates the highlights of two millennia of religious thought and practice. Each author describes Christianity's most fascinating contributions to the history of western civilization. The resulting book is one of different approaches to the different periods, from the early Church right up to the twentieth century. The authors chose their highlights with care. The selection provides a framework of development giving new insights into what it means to be a twenty-first century Christian. Readers can enjoy any of these essays in its own right; individually each chapter shows the changes of development in the history of ideas: the very changes of atmosphere. This book gains its full effect, therefore, by being read in the round. As a finale, the Bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries, concludes with a thought for the future: How should Christianity proceed into the new millennium? Readership: Scholars, students, and general readers interested in Christianity; comparative religion; and religious and social history, especially the history of ideas: the history of western civilization. Edited by Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford and Henry Mayr-Harting, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Oxford Contributors: Richard Harries: Bishop of Oxford, formerly Dean of King's College London Henry Mayr-Harting: Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Oxford Averil Cameron: Warden of Keeble College, Oxford Henry Chadwick: formerly Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge Jane Garnett: Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford Adrian Hastings: Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Leeds Diarmaid MacCulloch: Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford Jane Shaw: Fellow of Regent's Park College, Oxford Kallistos Ware: Bishop of Diokleia, Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies, University of Oxford