The Lost History of Christianity
The Thousand-year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia--and How It Died
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 3, 2009
“Jenkins is one of America’s top religious scholars.” —Forbes magazine The Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins offers a revolutionary view of the history of the Christian church.
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- Who it’s for
- Trace the rise and disappearance of early Christian churches that shaped regions far beyond Europe.
- Genres
- Christian History, World History, Church History
- Published
- HarperCollins, November 3, 2009
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“Jenkins is one of America’s top religious scholars.” —Forbes magazine The Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins offers a revolutionary view of the history of the Christian church.
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Subtitled “The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died,” it explores the extinction of the earliest, most influential Christian churches of China, India, and the Middle East, which held the closest historical links to Jesus and were the dominant expression of Christianity throughout its first millennium. The remarkable true story of the demise of the institution that shaped both Asia and Christianity as we know them today, The Lost History of Christianity is a controversial and important work of religious scholarship that sounds a warning that must be heeded.
History Beyond Europe
Trace the rise and disappearance of early Christian churches that shaped regions far beyond Europe.
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- A wider map of Christianity’s first millennium, beyond its familiar western story
- The historical weight of churches in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
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- A broad view of Christian history across three continents
- A scholarly account centered on the decline of once-dominant churches
Where it sits
| Christian History | 56% |
|---|---|
| Church History | 40% |
| World History | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ancient History
- World History
- Eastern Philosophy
- Biblical Studies
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- Biblical Biography
- Catholicism
- Christian History
- Eastern Religions
- Authors
- Philip Jenkins
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 3, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Ancient History