an essential guide González, Justo L creator text bibliography tnu Nashville Abingdon Press ©1996 1996 monographic eng

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95 pages ; 23 cm 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 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 Justo L. González Includes bibliographical references Church history BR145.2 .G65 1996 270 G643C 0687016118 9780687016112 96020588 DLC 960508 20191008152429.0 34876161 eng