The story of Christianity is a fascinating tale. Here we find drama, vision and expansion along with failure, setbacks and tragedy. Yet during the past two thousand years the power of Jesus is felt throughout the interplay of human actors and the forces of world events.
How can you grasp the story played out on such a gigantic stage? This book is an ideal place to start. D. Jeffrey Bingham has skillfully selected the key people and episodes to tell a grand and humbling story. From Roman persecution to the early creeds, from the monastic movement to the Reformation, from the rise of liberalism to missionary expansion, he chronicles the ups and downs of a people and a faith.
This pocket history has been crafted for students, pastors and other busy people who want an informed, clear and concise presentation that feeds the mind and moves the heart. It is an account that nurtures the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love. For Bingham aims not only to uncover the treasures of the church's past but also to show how history aids your own spiritual journey today.
Designed for students and pastors alike, the short and accessible volumes in the IVP Pocket Reference Series will help you tackle the study of biblical languages, church history, apologetics, world religions, Christian spirituality, ethics, theology, and more.
Table of Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: The Early Church
1. On the Heels of the Apostles
2. Councils of Doctrine, Cloisters of Holiness
Part Two: The Church in the Middle Ages
3. Empires, Emperors Pastors
4. Medieval Lessons on Prayer, Thinking Devotion
Part Three: The Church in the Protestant Reformation
5. A River with Many Tributaries
6. The Doctrine of Salvation in the Reformers
7. The Doctrines of the Church the Scriptures in the Reformers
Part Four: Chains of Spanish Silver: The Church in the Modern Era
8. The Enlightenment Modernity
9. Awakenings Revivals
10. Liberalism, Missions Evangelicalism
Notes
Bibliography
Subject Index
Scripture Index
About the author
D. Jeffrey Bingham (Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) is associate dean, biblical and theological studies, and professor of theology at Wheaton College. He is general editor for The Bible in Ancient Christianity Monograph Series from E. J. Brill (Leiden).
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