The lost history of Christianity : the thousand-year golden age of the church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia- and how it died /
Jenkins, Philip, 1952-
The lost history of Christianity : the thousand-year golden age of the church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia- and how it died / Philip Jenkins. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperOne, c2008. - xi, 315 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-297) and index.
A note on names and -isms -- The end of global Christianity -- Churches of the East -- Another world -- The great tribulation -- The last Christians -- Ghosts of a faith -- How faiths die -- The mystery of survival -- Endings and beginnings.
A lost history revealing that, for centuries, Christianity's center was actually in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with significant communities extending as far as China.
9780061472800(hard back)
2009502821
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christian civilization.
Civilization, Arab--Christian influences.
Middle East--Church history.
Africa, North--Church history.
Asia--Church history.
BR165 / .J52 2008
270/.1
The lost history of Christianity : the thousand-year golden age of the church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia- and how it died / Philip Jenkins. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperOne, c2008. - xi, 315 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-297) and index.
A note on names and -isms -- The end of global Christianity -- Churches of the East -- Another world -- The great tribulation -- The last Christians -- Ghosts of a faith -- How faiths die -- The mystery of survival -- Endings and beginnings.
A lost history revealing that, for centuries, Christianity's center was actually in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with significant communities extending as far as China.
9780061472800(hard back)
2009502821
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christian civilization.
Civilization, Arab--Christian influences.
Middle East--Church history.
Africa, North--Church history.
Asia--Church history.
BR165 / .J52 2008
270/.1