A people's history of Christianity :
Bass, Diana Butler, 1959-
A people's history of Christianity : the other side of the story / Diana Butler Bass - New York : HarperOne, c2009 - xi, 353 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-341) and index
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
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 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
9780061448706 0061448702
2008051764
Church history
Liberalism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History
A people's history of Christianity : the other side of the story / Diana Butler Bass - New York : HarperOne, c2009 - xi, 353 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-341) and index
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
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 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
9780061448706 0061448702
2008051764
Church history
Liberalism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History
