Readings in World Christian History: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453

Through the advice of many scholars of Christian origins the selections here include texts that show students how Christianity developed and was lived in Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. These texts show Christian life beyond the confines of Byzantine and Western Christendom as Christians enter the Mongol and Chinese courts, struggle to cope with Islam, and continue to live in places such as Ethiopia and Egypt. Designed for the classroom Readings in World Christian History highlights the variety of Christianities that grew out of the Palestinian Jesus Movement of the first century.

Author: Andrea Sterk, John Coakley
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 05/25/2004
Pages: 435
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781570755200
ISBN10: 1570755205
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History

About the Author
John Coakley holds the L. Russell Feakdes Memorial Professor of Church History at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Jersey.

Andrea Sterk is assistant professor of history at the University of Florida. Her books include Renouncing the World Yet Leading the Church: The Monk-Bishop in Late Antiquity.