Christianity :

Chidester, David.

Christianity : a global history / David Chidester. - 1st U.S. ed. - San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, c2000. - x, 627 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-598) and index.

Contents: Ancient origins: Beginnings --
Jesus --
Christ --
Christians --
Churches --
Martyrs --
Christian empire --
Holiness --
Faith and reason --
Power --
Historical transitions: Christendom --
Hierarchy --
Objects --
Scholars --
Mystics --
Heretics --
Mary --
Renaissance --
Reformation --
Europe --
Global transformations: New world --
Holy Russia --
American Zion --
African prophets --
Asian heavens --
Hindu christians --
Christian cargo --
Holocaust --
Cold war --
New world order.

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Church history.

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