Christianity: A Global History - Tapa dura

A brilliant assessment of 2000 years of faith. Leading authority David Chidester examines the key doctrines and developments, from the ancient origins of Christian beliefs and practices, through the upheavals of the medieval and Byzantine era, to the global transformations of Christianity in the modern world. Chidester examines the culture clashes that occurred when Christianity was taken to Russia, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific Islands by missionaries and through colonial activities. He also examines the churches' tangled relations with other faiths, and Christian complicity in anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. A final section deals with how Christianity has been affected by the Cold War, consumerist society, and the Internet.

David Chidester is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Cape Town. He is the author of many books on Christian studies and Comparative Religion, two of which won the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in Religious Studies.