Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Woodhead, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192803220 ISBN 13: 9780192803221

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2004

Synopsis

At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, thisVery 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.

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About the Author

Linda Woodhead is Senior Lecturer in Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. Recent books that she has edited include:

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192803220
• ISBN 13: 9780192803221
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184