
Title | : | Twenty Questions That Shaped World Christian History |
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ISBN | : | 1451487711 |
ISBN-10 | : | 9781451487718 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 354 |
Publication | : | First published October 1, 2015 |
The questions of Christianity are perennial. For How are Judaism and Christianity related? Are Jesus and the Holy Spirit God? Is the end of the world imminent? How should we relate faith and reason? In this innovative work, Derek Cooper tells the story of Christian history by presenting the twenty questions (one for each century!) that shaped the Christian church throughout the world. The result is a book that narrates the exciting history of Christianity from a global perspective by means of simple questions and concerns that still face the church today. Each century of world Christian history is explored by means of one question that attempts to encapsulate the central themes and concerns of that century for Christianity. Coverage of each century is sensitive to world regions and theological and cultural concerns that are often overlooked and neglected in books that are oriented in a more Western way. Download the free Twenty Questions That Shaped World Christian History Study Guide!This guide is designed to be simple and straightforward. There are three parts to each A general introduction or outline to the chapter with highlights and helpful supplements to the content discussed "Questions to Contemplate." open-ended questions that will allow you to process what you are reading "Questions to Ascertain." after getting intellectually "warmed up" with the open-ended "Questions to Contemplate," these questions are knowledge based. They may require reading an excerpt, viewing something online, or consulting an encyclopedia. These types of questions are designed to unpack the historical or theological context of each chapterHappy reading!
Twenty Questions That Shaped World Christian History Reviews
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Not quite what I expected.
This is a short book to cover so much ground. Not only the development of Christianity in 2000 years but it shifts from questions about theology and doctrine to questions about society, which then pulls in a number of different disciplines as well.
Consequently, a lot of the interesting topics here got only "a lick and a promise," at least in my view.
Still, I could see this book being the springboard for a good discussion series in a large congregation.