Dunn (divinity, U. of Durham) embarks on a three-volume series tracing the first 120 years of Christianity. Here he focuses on the figure of Jesus the Jew, his Galilean context, his mission from its prophecy to its climax, his impact, the traditions about him remembered and passed down as oral trad

Illustrates the contemporary issues facing Christianity in contemporary society. This title provides an overview of the faith, its history and basic theological tenets. It covers the contemporary themes such as sources of authority in Christianity, science and Christianity, fundamentalism, mission and ecumenism, and women and Christianity.

Christianity: A Complete Introduction is a comprehensive guide to the history, diversity and key beliefs and practices of the Christian faith. Written by the Canon Emeritus of York Minster and an experienced lecturer in theology, this book gives you everything you need to understand Christianity faster and get to grip with the key ideas.

The spread of Christianity is arguably humanity's most consequential historical epic. Christianity tells the tale through more than a hundred beautiful color maps and illustrations depicting the journey of Jesus Christ's followers from Judea to Constantine's Rome, wider Europe, and today's world of two billion Christians practicing in every land.

Christianity began with the words and deeds of an obscure village carpenter's son who died a shameful criminal's death at the hands of the Roman occupiers of his country. This book shows that the history of the religion, while often glorious, is not one of unimpeded progress, but something still more remarkable, flawed and human.

Why are faiths now so associated with violent conflict? Why has the communications revolution had a deeper impact on Islam than on Christianity? Why is there a tendency to associate Christianity with the West, and with overt/covert forms of colonialism? This title deals with these questions.

Passionate and compelling, Greg Sheridan, bestselling author of God is Good For You, examines the role of Christianity in our modern world.

The book explores what it means to be a practising Christian in a variety of traditions and countries, as well as the way it is expressed in 'cultural' and 'commercial' Christianity.

Prophet or messiah, the figure of Jesus serves as both the bridge and the barrier between Christianity and Islam. In this book, the author takes her reader on a personal, theological journey exploring the centrality of Jesus in Christian-Muslim relations.

"One of the most readable and inspiring surveys of the development of the theology of the early Church is to be found in the introduction on faith, theology, and creeds in this volume.....Dr. Hardy here clearly interprests the scope of the vast, yet delicate, problem faced by the Fathers in the period of the Ecumenical Councils.

Christology, the study of the nature and person of Christ, caused the first major schism with the Christian church. This guide provides a basic definition of Christology and examines the key debates and defining moments in the early Church and the Reformation.

This title recounts the lives, deeds and misdeeds of the 264 popes from St Peter to John Paul II. The dichotomy between the awesome dignity of the holy office and the all-too-human passions and pleasures of some of the individuals who have occupied it characterizes the narrative.

This volume addresses the rich, complex, and varied nature of 'church life' experienced by England's Baptists, Congregationalists, and Presbyterians during the seventeenth century.

Jean-Louis Quantin shows how the appeal to Christian antiquity played a key role in the construction of a new confessional identity, 'Anglicanism', maintaining that theologians of the Church of England came to consider that their Church occupied a unique position, because it alone was faithful to the beliefs and practices of the Church Fathers.

In A Church of Hope, author Van Nam Kim examines the ecclesiology of Jurgen Moltmann, a renowned Protestant theologian.

Offers an upper-level introduction to the Christian doctrine of the Church. This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the doctrine of the Church by taking the tack of walking readers through the internal logic of ecclesiology. It is of interest to thinkers, writers, and students.