131 Christians Everyone Should Know

Mark Galli, Ted Olsen

• Publisher: B&H Books
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781433672552
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religious Biographies

This book offers a succinct yet thorough introduction to 131 of the most intriguing, courageous, inspiring Christians who ever lived. It tells how they lived, what they believed, and how their faith affected the course of world history. Includes a timeline with a historical context for each individual, key quotes from or about each personality, and more than 60 photos.

Subject Index

abandonment 278–79

abolition 118–20, 247–50, 280–82, 283–85, 295–96

abolitionism 288–90

absentmindedness 126–28

administration 265–67

Adventism 190–92

adversity 160–62

advertising 129–31

affliction 142–44, 226–28

Africa 20–23, 88–90, 178–80, 187–89, 247–50, 276–77, 283–85, 362–63

African-American Christianity 187–89

African-Americans 280–82, 288–90, 295–96

aggressiveness 278–79

allegory 115–17

ambition 145–48, 220–22, 247–50

America 43–45

Anabaptist 166–68

Anglicanism 86–87, 91–92, 126–28, 172–74

anti-semitism 378–81

Apocrypha 337–39

apologetics 52–54, 129–31, 132–35

Arianism 17–19, 80–82, 310–11, 335–37

Aristotle 30–32

Arminianism 41–42

art “107–08, 278–79”

asceticism 80–82, 205–07, 220–22, 232–33, 254–56, 268–70, 337–39

astronomy 49–51, 154–56, 239–41, 345–47

atheism 132–35

Augustine 80–82

authority 33–36, 37–40, 136–38, 172–74, 211–13, 234–35, 239–41, 315–16, 317–19, 320–22, 369–71”

baptism 33–36, 46–48, 101–03, 166–68, 172–74, 193–95, 306–09, 310–11, 364–66

Baptists 172–74

baroque 109–11

baseball 73–75

Benedictines 199–201

betrayal 348–50

Bible 166–68, 193–95, 211–13, 348–50

Bible study 223–25

Bible translation 154–56, 211–13, 337–39, 348–50

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