A People's History of Christianity
The Other Side of the Story
New York : HarperOne, [2009]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xi, 353 pages ; 24 cm
While bringing to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism, Butler Bass persuasively argues that corrective--even subversive--beliefs and practices have always been hallmarks of Christianity and are necessary to nourish communities of faith.
Contents:
After Jesus -- The way : early Christianity, 100-500. Christianity as a way of life ; Devotion : the love of God ; Ethics : the love of neighbor -- The cathedral : medieval Christianity, 500-1450. Christianity as spiritual architecture ; Devotion : paradise restored ; Ethics : who is my neighbor? -- The word : Reformation Christianity, 1450-1650. Christianity as living words ; Devotion : speaking of faith ; Ethics : walking the talk -- The quest : modern Christianity, 1650-1945. Christianity as a quest for truth ; Devotion : the quest for light ; Ethics : kingdom quest -- The river : contemporary Christianity, 1945-now. The river.
ISBN:
9780061448706
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RELIGION Christian History Bas | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-341) and index.