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Main Author:	Adair, James R. 1923-2009 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York [u.a.] Routledge 2008
Edition:	1. publ.
Series:	World religions series
Subjects:	Christendom Christentum Christianity Einführung
Online Access:	Table of contents only Inhaltsverzeichnis
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	XIV, 498 S. Ill.
ISBN:	9780415772112 9780415772129 0415772117 0415772125

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adam_text	Contents List of illustrations ¡χ Acknowledgments %¿ List of abbreviations of books of the Bible xiii PARTI Introduction to Christianity 1 1 Basic questions 3 What is religion? 4 What is myth? 7 What is sin? 8 What is salvation? 10 What is faith? 12 What is the Bible? 13 How is Christianity related to other religions? 18 2 Christianity and the divine 24 Sacred and profane 24 Sacred time 25 Sacred space 27 Sacred symbols and artefacts 30 Sacred interactions 33 Sacred personages 34 Sacred metatime 38 PART II Historical overview of Christinanity 43 3 The historical and intellectual context of Christianity 45 Judaism 46 The Greco-Roman world 55 vi Contents 4 The founder and the foundational documents 64 Jesus Christ 65 The historical Jesus and the Christ of faith 77 The Christian scriptures 83 5 Defining Christianity 92 The first century 94 Developments within Christianity 102 A Jewish or Greco-Roman religion? 104 6 Conflict and persecution 116 Internal struggles 117 External struggles 132 7 The triumph of Christianity 142 Three early emperors 143 The Councils ofNicaea and Constantinople 147 Theological reflection, East and West 152 The monastic reaction 160 The Councils ofEphesus and Chalcedon 162 8 Power shift 168 The fall of the Western Roman Empire 169 The rise of the Eastern Roman Empire 171 The emergence of Islam 174 Christianity reascendant 175 9 Christendom at its height 179 The Byzantine Empire 179 The Holy Roman Empire and Christian Europe 183 The rise of the papacy 189 Holy war 195 10 Winds of change 203 Theological developments 203 The Renaissance and Christian humanism 208 Efforts to reform the Church 210 Christianity beyond the Mediterranean world 216 11 Upheaval in the Church 222 Tbe end of the Middle Ages 223 The Protestant Reformation 223 The Catholic Reformation 235 Protestantism settles in 237 12 Orthodoxy 245 Different types of orthodoxy 246 Reactions to orthodoxy 252 Contents vii 13 Old world and new world 264 The Church in the United States 265 The Church in Europe 274 The Church in Latin America and the Caribbean 278 14 Diversification and expansion 282 Developing theology 283 Global missions 291 15 The Church and the modern world 297 Globalization: war, economy, technology, Christianity 298 Eastern Christianity 304 Roman Catholicism 306 Neo-orthodoxy, Christian realism, and Christian existentialism 312 The rise of Protestant fundamentalism 314 World War II and its aftermath 315 The ecumenical movement 318 PART III Varieties of Christianity 323 16 A denominational/traditional perspective 325 Varieties of church polity 327 Catholic Churches 329 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches 332 Anglican and Episcopal Churches 335 Churches of the Magisterial Reform 336 Free Churches 337 Pentecostal and Neocharismatic Churches 342 Another way to look at denominations 344 17 A geographical perspective 350 The Church in Europe 351 The Church in Asia 352 The Church in North America 353 The Church in Latin America and the Caribbean 353 The Church in Africa 354 The Church in Australia and Oceania 357 18 A doctrinal perspective 360 The Trinity 361 The Holy Spirit 362 Justification by faith 364 Church and state 365 Eschatology 367 Traditional and progressive churches 370 viii Contents 19 A liturgical perspective 375 Early Christian worship 377 Liturgical (high-church) worship 379 Traditional (low-church) worship 383 Contemplative worship 386 PARTIV Christianity s interaction with the world 391 20 Christianity and science 393 Cosmology I: the heliocentric universe 394 Geology 396 Cosmology Ih the Big Bang 397 Biology 398 21 Christianity and the arts 405 Visual arts 405 Architecture 409 Music 412 Drama 414 Literature 415 22 Christian ethics and politics 420 Christ and culture 421 Sexual mores 423 Life and death 425 Wealth and poverty 428 Christianity and politics 429 23 Christianity and other religions 434 Christianity and spirituality 434 Christian approaches to other religions 437 Christianity and Judaism 438 Christianity and Islam 442 Christianity and the religions of South and East Asia 443 Christianity and secularism 445 24 Conclusion 449 Appendix Timeline of Christian history 453 Glossary 460 Bibliography Index
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