Bibliograph

A people's history of Christianity, the other side of the story, Diana Butler Bass

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A people's history of Christianity, the other side of the story, Diana Butler Bass

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-341) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A people's history of Christianity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

232977703

Responsibility statement

Diana Butler Bass

Sub title

the other side of the story

Summary

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

Table Of 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

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