A History of the Christian Movement: The Development of Christian Institutions
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0882295683
ISBN 13
9780882295688
OCLC
1290794816
Category
Missionary ( 宣教研究 )
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Publication Year
1978
Publisher
Pages
321
Subject
BR145
Abstract
The development of Christian Institutions. In his well organized survey the author traces the history of the Christian church from its origins in Judea to its universal presence in our modern world. He writes with unusual perceptivity, his style is lucid, at times brilliant; above all, the interpretations he offers of the controversial issue which periodically confronted the Christian church are eminently constructive.
Description
A new covenant. The context of the revelation ; The record of the revelation ; The revelation ; The reaction to the revelation -- The search for definition. Entrance into the pagan world ; The struggle for acceptance in the pagan world ; The victory over the pagan world -- The great synthesis. Survival ; New beginnings ; Latin Christendom : a search for identity as church and state ; The flowering of the Latin Christian culture -- An age of crises. The potential of a universal church ; The professionalization of the church ; Crises of leadership ; Calls for reform -- The triumph of pluralism. Luther and the spark of Reformation ; The Protestant offensive ; The reorganization of Christian Europe ; The paths of pluralism -- A new environment. The transmission of Christianity to the New World ; The rebirth of Christianity in the American environment ; The maturation of American Christianity ; The fruition of American Christianity.
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