History of Christianity is in a way
History of the modern civilization. That's why I picked up the volume. Now I am convinced Christianity is no more the monopoly of the West. Here is a book that shows it. Traditional histories of Christianity focus on its consolidation in the West and subsequent export to the rest of the world. History of the World Christian
Movement shows that from the beginning Chrisitanity has been a world religion, informed and
shaped through the interplay of Gospel and culture, Church and the world.
Reviewed and shaped by a team of 43 consulting scholars across the world, of all the continents, "History of the Christian Movement", is thorough, lucid and solidly researched work. The present volume, earliest Christianity to 1453, goes into detail events and their significance from the perspecting of the world Christianity. The book is divided into six
parts and each part deals with turning points and developments in the Christianity. Thus the first part presents an eye view of the world civilizations and Judaism in particular and the eruption of Jesus movement. In the subsequent parts the
authors traces the step through which Christianity grew to be a world
religion until 1453.
What intrests the reader is the unbiased approach in writing history. It depicts black as black and
white as white. The authors sees the Christianity as movement that began in Jerusalem and gathered momentum and strength through the countries because of the indwelling spirit and dynamism of Christianity.
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