The lost history of Christianity : the thousand-year golden age of the church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia- and how it died / Philip Jenkins.
Publication details: New York : HarperOne, c2008. Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 315 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780061472800; 0061472808Subject(s): Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 | Christian civilization | Civilization, Arab -- Christian influences | Middle East -- Church history | Africa, North -- Church history | Asia -- Church historyDDC classification: 270/.1 LOC classification: BR165 | .J52 2008Online resources: || Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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TCM Library, Haus Edelweiss | 270.1 J52 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 37412995206053 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-297) and index.
A note on names and -isms -- The end of global Christianity -- Churches of the East -- Another world -- The great tribulation -- The last Christians -- Ghosts of a faith -- How faiths die -- The mystery of survival -- Endings and beginnings.
A lost history revealing that, for centuries, Christianity's center was actually in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with significant communities extending as far as China.
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