An Introduction to Christianity (Introduction to Religion) - Hardcover

Woodhead, Linda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052145445X ISBN 13: 9780521454452

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Focusing on the ways in which Christianity has understood, embodied and related to power, Linda Woodhead examines the key figures, events and ideas spanning over two thousand years of Christian history. Woodhead considers the religion in its material as well as its spiritual dimensions and explores its interactions with society through money, politics, force, gender and the family, as well as non-Christian cultures and societies.

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Book Description

An Introduction to Christianity examines the key figures, events and ideas of two thousand years of Christian history and places them in context. It considers the religion in its material as well as its spiritual dimensions and explores its interactions with wider society such as money, politics, force, gender and the family, and non-Christian cultures and societies. This Introduction places particular focus on the ways in which Christianity has understood, embodied and related to power. Comprehensive and accessible, this book will appeal to the student and general reader.

About the Author

Linda Woodhead is a Senior Lecturer in Christian Studies at Lancaster University. She has written extensively on Christianity, culture and society. Recent edited books include Peter Berger and the Study of Religion (2001), Religions in the Modern World (2002), Predicting Religion (2003, with Grace Davie and Paul Heelas) and Congregational Studies in the UK (2004, with Matthew Guest and Karin Tusting).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 052145445X
• ISBN 13: 9780521454452
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 456