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Christianity: The Basics

By Bruce Chilton
Series: The Basics
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Christianity: The Basics offers a compelling introduction to the central pillars of Christian faith alongside a rich exploration of its varied history. Bruce Chilton traces the development of Christianity through key beliefs, practices, and emotions such as Christ, the kingdom of heaven, sin, baptism, Eucharist, prayer, joy, divine union, and self-denial. The book covers major epochs of Christian history, examining both unity and divisions within the tradition.
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Christianity: The Basics is a compelling introduction to both the central pillars of the Christian faith and the rich and varied history of this most global of religions. This book traces the development of Christianity through an exploration of some of the key beliefs, practices, and emotions which have been recurrent symbols through the centuries:

  • Christ, the kingdom of heaven and sin
  • Baptism, Eucharist and prayer
  • Joy, divine union and self-denial

Encompassing the major epochs of Christian history and examining the unity and divisions created by these symbols, Christianity: The Basics is both a concise and comprehensive introduction to the Christian tradition.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415538107

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 July 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: General / adult, Primary and secondary education, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 440g

Pages: 220

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About the Author

Bruce Chilton is a leading scholar of early Christianity and Judaism and is currently Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard where he also directs the Institute of Advanced Theology. He has taught in Europe at the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, and Münster, and in the United States at Yale University (as the first Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament).

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