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A Survey of the History of Christianity

Sessions

References

 

How did Christianity get where it is today?

 

From Jan. 28, 2001 to Feb. 25, 2001, we did a brief survey of church history in five sessions.

 

 

Sessions

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The History of Christianity: 1. The Early Church to c. 700

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The History of Christianity: 2. The Middle Ages, c. 700 to c. 1500

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The History of Christianity: 3. The Reformation

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The History of Christianity: 4. Christianity in the West, 1750 to the Present

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The History of Christianity: 5. The Rise of Christianity in the Developing World

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Handout (43KB)

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List of References

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All Overheads in a single file

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*To download an overhead set or handout, click and hold (Macintosh) on the link in the bright blue box under the desired format,  or right-click (Windows) the link and choose "Save Target As" or "Save Link as." Information on the format of the downloadable files can be found here.

 

Presentations were by David Monyak.

 

 

 

References

 

 

References

Church History in Plain Language. Bruce L. Shelley. Word Publishing. Dallas. 1995

Historical Theology. An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Alister McGrath. Blackwell Publishers, 1998

A History of the Christian Church. Fourth Edition. Williston Walker, Richard Norris, David Lotz, Robert Handy. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1985

A History of Christianity, Revised Edition, 2 Volumes, Kenneth Scott Latourette, Prince Press (an imprint of Hendrickson Publishers), Peabody, MA. Originally published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1953, 1975

Introduction to the History of Christianity. Tim Dowley, editor. Fortress, Minneapolis, 1995. First published by Lion Publishing, 1977, revised edition 1990.

A New History of Christianity. Vivian Green. Foreword by the Rt. Revd. Lord Runcie. Continuum Publishing, New York, 2000. First published in Great Britain, Sutton Publishing Limited, 1996

The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity. Ed. by John McManners. Oxford University Press, 1990

The Story Of Christianity, Justo L. Gonzalez. Prince Press (an imprint of Hendrickson Publishers), Peabody, MA. 1999. Originally published in two volumes by HarperCollins Publishers, 1984 and 1985

The Story of Christianity. 2,000 Years of Faith. Matthew A. Price and Michael Collins. Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois. A Dorling Kindersley Book, 1999.

 

Other References

The Christian Tradition A History of the Development. Jaroslav Pelikan. University Of Chicago. 1971

Christianity. Essence, History, and Future. Hans Küng. Continuum. New York. 1996.

Early Christian Traditions. The New Church's Teaching Series, Volume 6. Rebecca Lyman. Cowley. Boston. 1999.

A History of the Christian Church. Philip Schaff, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910. (Old 7 volume reference work with full text available on-line)