{"product_id":"christianity-an-introduction-paperback-softback-9781118465653","title":"Christianity; An Introduction (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118465653","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChristianity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for the Previous Edition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeticulous and memorable, Christianity: An Introduction (\u003ci\u003esecond edition\u003c\/i\u003e) takes us on a breathtaking journey, and readers of all kinds will enjoy the ride.\u003cb\u003eDarren J. N. Middleton, Texas Christian University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe finest text of its kind available. It is encyclopaedic in scope, reliable and quite accessible to the non-specialist. In this second edition, an already solid resource is made even more valuable.” \u003cb\u003eDavid L. Johns, Earlham School of Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlister E. McGrath (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118465653, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 January 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 18.5 x 2 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNow available in a fully-revised and updated new edition, this popular textbook by one of the world�s leading theologians offers a lively, jargon-free introduction to Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a wealth of new material on global Christianity, American Christianity, the Orthodox Church, current theological debates, and Christianity in relation to other world religions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes enhanced and expanded student-friendly features, including numerous illustrations, suggestions for further reading, a glossary of Christian terms, and brief readings from primary Christian sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in an accessible and engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of Christian beliefs or practices, making it an invaluable resource for beginners to the subject as well as those looking for a refresher\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates coverage of Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA glossary, related websites, and other resources from Dr. McGrath are available online at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.alistermcgrathwiley.com\/resources.asp\"\u003ewww.alistermcgrathwiley.com  \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations and Maps xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Jesus of Nazareth and the Origins of Christianity 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Significance of Jesus of Nazareth for Christianity 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sources of Our Knowledge about Jesus of Nazareth 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesus of Nazareth in His Jewish Context 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gospels and Jesus of Nazareth 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Birth of Jesus of Nazareth 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Ministry of Jesus of Nazareth 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Teaching of Jesus of Nazareth: The Parables of the Kingdom 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvents and Meanings: The Interpretation of the History of Jesus 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Testament Understandings of the Significance of Jesus 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesus of Nazareth and Women 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reception of Jesus of Nazareth outside Judaism 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Christian Bible 28\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Old Testament 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMajor Themes of the Old Testament 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe creation 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham: Calling and covenant 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe exodus and the giving of the Law 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe establishment of the monarchy 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe priesthood 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProphecy 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExile and restoration 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Testament 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe gospels 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Testament letters 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fixing of the New Testament canon 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Christian Understanding of the Relation of the Old and New Testaments 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Translation of the Bible 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible and Tradition 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Christian Creeds and Beliefs 54\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of Creeds 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Faith? 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFaith and reason 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan God’s existence be proved? 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Christian Understanding of God 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian analogies for God 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod as Father 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA personal God 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod as almighty 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod as spirit 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe doctrine of the Trinity 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod as the creator 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Christian Understanding of Humanity 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumanity and the “image of God” 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumanity, the fall, and sin 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesus of Nazareth 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Christian approaches to the identity of Jesus of Nazareth 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Arian controversy and the incarnation 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe incarnation: The Chalcedonian definition 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesus of Nazareth as mediator between God and humanity 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslamic criticisms of the Christian understanding of Jesus of Nazareth 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Christian Understanding of Salvation 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Testament images of salvation 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist the victor: The defeat of death and sin 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist the harrower of hell: Atonement as restoration 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist the redeemer: Atonement as satisfaction 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe death of Christ as a perfect sacrifice 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist the lover: Atonement and the enkindling of love 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSalvation and the “threefold office of Christ” 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrace 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pelagian controversy of the fifth century 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation debates of the sixteenth century 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Church 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe unity of the church 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe holiness of the church 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe catholicity of the church 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe apostolicity of the church 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sacraments 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a sacrament? 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe function of sacraments 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebates about baptism 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebates about the eucharist 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Christian Hope 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Testament and Christian hope 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of the resurrection body 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian burial or cremation? 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Christian History: An Overview 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Church, c. 100–c. 500 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe apostolic age 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Christianity and the Roman empire 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Christian worship and organization 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and early Christianity 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe conversion of the Emperor Constantine 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe cities and the rise of monasticism 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fall of the Roman empire 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Middle Ages and the Renaissance, c. 500–c. 1500 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe development of Celtic Christianity 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of the monastic and cathedral schools 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Great Schism” between East and West (1054) 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe crusades: Spain and the Middle East 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcademic theology: The rise of scholasticism 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecular and religious power in the Middle Ages 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopular religion: The cult of the saints 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of the Ottoman empire: The fall of Constantinople (1453) 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rebirth of western culture: The Renaissance 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompeting Visions of Reform, c. 1500–c. 1650 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian expansion: Portuguese and Spanish voyages of discovery 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lutheran Reformation 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Calvinist Reformation 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Radical Reformation (Anabaptism) 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Catholic Reformation 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation in England 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Council of Trent 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Society of Jesus 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wars of Religion 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePuritanism in England and America 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Protestant religion of the heart: Pietism 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Protestantism and the Great Awakening 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Modern Period, c. 1650–1914 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of indifference to religion in Europe 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Enlightenment: The rise of rationalism 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristianity in the American Revolution 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChurch and state in America: The “wall of separation” 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe French Revolution and “dechristianization” 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrthodox resurgence: The Greek War of Independence 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new expansion of Christianity: The age of mission 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe shifting fortunes of Catholicism 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Vatican Council: Papal infallibility 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheological revisionism: The challenge of modernism 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Victorian crisis of faith 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePentecostalism: The American origins of a global faith 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Twentieth Century, 1914 to the Present 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Armenian genocide of 1915 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Russian Revolution of 1917 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerica: The fundamentalist controversy 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe German church crisis of the 1930s 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1960s: The emergence of a post-Christian Europe 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Second Vatican Council: Reform and revitalization 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristianity and the American Civil Rights Movement 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFaith renewed: John Paul II and the collapse of the Soviet Union 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenging the church’s establishment: Feminism and liberation theology 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristianity beyond the West: The globalization of faith 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Denominations: Contemporary Forms of Christianity 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatholicism 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEastern Orthodoxy 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtestantism 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnglicanism 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Baptists 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLutheranism 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethodism 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresbyterianism and other reformed denominations 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePentecostalism 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvangelicalism 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ecumenical Movement and the World Council of Churches 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Erosion of Protestant Denominationalism in the United States 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Life of Faith: Christianity as a Living Reality 220\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGateways to Exploring the Life of Faith 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Communities: The Life of the Church 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian weddings 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian funerals 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Service of Nine Lessons and Carols 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Worship 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrayer 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe public reading of the Bible 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreaching 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe reciting of the creeds 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sacraments 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaptism 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe eucharist 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRhythms and Seasons: The Christian Year 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvent 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristmas 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpiphany 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLent 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoly Week 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEaster 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAscension 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePentecost 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrinity 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Structuring of Time: The Monastic Day 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Structuring of Space: Pilgrimage and the Christian Life 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Christianity and the Shaping of Culture 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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