Christianity

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Christianity: A Very Short Introduction

Linda Woodhead 2004

E-Book: 182 English pages

Publisher: OUP

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At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern Hempisphere but declining in much of the West, Linda Woodhead offers a bold new overview of the world’s largest religion, exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity over two millennia.
Christianity addresses topics that other books neglect, for example the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches’ uses of power, and their struggles with modernity. Woodhead also considers the recent charismatic explosion of Christianity in Latin America, Africa, and the Far East. She concludes by showing the ways in which those who previously had the least power in Christianity–women and non-Europeans–have become increaslingly central to its unfolding story.
Up-to-date, authoritative, and filled with fresh insights, Christianity: A Very Short Introduction brings a vast and varied subject into sharp focus.

Review

`her analysis is subtle and perceptive.’ Independent on Sunday

About the Author

Linda Woodhead is Senior Lecturer in Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University.

 

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