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Christianity: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Christianity: A Very Short Introduction

By MBE (Professor of Sociology of Religion at Lancaster University) Woodhead Linda

5 Ratings • 4.6 of 5

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About the book

At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, this Very Short Introduction offers an important overview of the world's largest religion.Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, t...Show more

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9780199687749

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Oxford University Press

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2014

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Christianity: A Very Short Introduction

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