The Rise of Christianity
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Traces the early history of the Christian church from Jewish Palestine prior to Christ's birth to the sixth century monastic movement, and explains how Christianity survived under a variety of cultures.
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How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity Shares church history, history, theology -
Sketches from Church History Shares church history, history, christianity -
A History of Christianity Volume 2: Reformation to the Present (AD 1500 - AD 1975) Shares church history, history, theology -
Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism Shares church history, religion, history
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Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church
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Tried by Fire: The Story of Christianity's First Thousand Years
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The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers
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In the Fullness of Time: A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter & the Early Church
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From Christ to Pre-Reformation: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context
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The Gnostics
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2000 Years Of Charismatic Christianity: A 21st century look at church history from a pentecostal/charismatic prospective
- The Bible in World History: How History and Scripture Intersect