02200cam a2200349 a 4500 8298 8298 34876161 OCoLC 20191008152429.0 960508s1996 tnu b 000 0 eng 96020588 0687016118 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9780687016112 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (OCoLC)34876161 (OCoLC)967782527 DLC eng DLC SDA BAKER BTCTA YDXCP DEBBG SGB OCLCO OCLCF CFT OCLCQ NZABT OCLCO OCLCQ OSUU BR145.2 .G65 1996 23 270 G643C González, Justo L Church history : an essential guide / Justo L. González Nashville : Abingdon Press, ©1996 95 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Abingdon essential guides Includes bibliographical references The ancient church -- The Christian empire -- The early middle ages -- The high point of the middle ages -- The late middle ages -- Conquest and reformation -- The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The nineteenth century -- The twentieth century and the end of modernity One of the chief difficulties in studying the history of Christianity is the lack of prior exposure to the subject that students often bring with them. Struggling to keep up with the large numbers of names, dates, and places presented to them, it is easy for students to lose sight of the "big picture," the broad sweep of movement and change that instructors most wish to communicate. Justo Gonzalez has written this book to help students gain just such a quick and basic grasp of the main periods and issues in the history of Christianity. Drawing upon his own extensive experience and that of others, he contends that having been introduced to the essentials of church history in a brief and accessible form, students are then far better able to understand and appreciate what they encounter in more detailed lectures and reading Church history Abingdon essential guides ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC HMC HMC 2019-10-08 0 270 G643C 009410 2019-10-08 00:00:00 2019-10-08 BK