Jenkins, Philip,  1952- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-297) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780061472800(hard back) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009502821 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Christian civilization.<br/>Civilization, Arab--Christian influences.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Church history.<br/>Africa, North--Church history.<br/>Asia--Church history.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR165  / .J52 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>270/.1