TY - BOOK AU - Jenkins,Philip TI - The lost history of Christianity: the thousand-year golden age of the church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia- and how it died SN - 9780061472800(hard back) AV - BR165 .J52 2008 U1 - 270/.1 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - HarperOne KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Christian civilization KW - Civilization, Arab KW - Christian influences KW - Middle East KW - Africa, North KW - Asia N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009502821-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009502821-d.html ER -