A History of the Christian Tradition

A History of the Christian Tradition
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A History of the Christian Tradition: From Its Jewish Origins to the Reformation

Description of A History of the Christian Tradition:

An overview of Christian beliefs and practices across the centuries with an emphasis on tradition and the evolution of belief.

Information on A History of the Christian Tradition from the publisher:

The second volume of A History of the Christian Tradition takes the reader through the momentous events of the post-Reformation Christian world to the dawning of the ecumenical movement in the late 20th century. Beginning with an overview of Protestant Europe, this volume examines the missionary ventures in the 16th and 17th centuries, the establishment of churches in the New World, and the struggles between rationalism and faith during the Enlightenment and later. Notice is also given to developments in the Orthodox churches and the story of the Jews in Christian Europe. The history concludes with renewal movements, culminating in the Second Vatican Council and the pontificate of Pope John Paul II.

Description of Thomas D. Mcgonigle, author of A History of the Christian Tradition:

A History of the Christian Tradition is a comprehensive overview of the institutional history and the theological issues involved in the development of Christianity from its roots in the Jewish religion through the 16th century Reformation. In twenty-five chapters the authors survey the principal movements that shaped and nurtured the Christian consciousness. They show how the first small comunities developed into an institutional Church, and they trace the changing face of the Church through the first centuries and the Middle Ages. But the authors also show how Christian faith emerged, grew and changed over the same period. They evaluate the impact of the great Christian teachers--Jesus and Paul, Augustine, Benedict, Thomas Aquinas and Luther. The text is enhanced by illustrations, maps, chronologies and suggested readings.Thomas D. McGonigle is president, academic dean and associate professor of spirituality at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. James F. Quigley, O.P. is an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Providence College.