The Christian Tradition

Ralph Keen

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2008
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780742564596
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

The Christian Tradition, formerly published by Pearson/Prentice Hall, introduces students at the beginning of the third millennium to a religion that has evolved over and shaped two previous millennia. With particular focus placed on the social and cultural background to this tradition, the text provides a stimulating survey of the history of Christianity from its Jewish roots to the challenges it faces in the twenty-first century. This innovative text weaves a consideration of the arts, spirituality, religious life and practice-especially among the laity, women, and others outside the dominant institutional tradition-into its rich historical narrative, and offers a comprehensive and diverse view of the course of Christian history.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I The Emergence of Christianity
• Part II The Christian Religion in Late Antiquity
• Part III Medieval Western Christian Culture
• Part IV From Medieval to Modern, from One Church, Many
• Part V From Enlightenment to Modernity
• Part VI The Twentieth Century and Beyond
• Bibliography
• Literary Credits