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  Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback) By (author) Linda Woodhead

  

  

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  Short Description for ChristianityOffers an overview of the world's largest religion, Christianity. This book aims to provide information to enable the reader to 'get inside the skin' of Christians and their beliefs. It addresses topics such as, the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' uses of power, their struggles with modernity, and more.
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 25 November 2004
  • Format: Paperback 184 pages
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  • Categories: Christianity
  • ISBN 13: 9780192803221 ISBN 10: 0192803220
  • Sales rank: 9,110

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Full description for Christianity

• At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, this very short introduction offers an important new overview of the world's largest religion. Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, this book provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of its past and present. Addressing topics that other studies neglect, including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' uses of power, and their struggles with modernity, Linda Woodhead concludes by showing the ways in which those who previously had the least power in Christianity - women and non-Europeans - have become increasingly central to its unfolding story.