A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
The Grassroots Movements That Preserved Jesus's Message of Social Justice for 2,000 Years and Their Impact on the Church Today For too long, the history of Christianity has been told as the triumph of orthodox doctrine imposed through power. Now, historian Diana Butler Bass sheds new light on...
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The Grassroots Movements That Preserved Jesus's Message of Social Justice for 2,000 Years and Their Impact on the Church Today For too long, the history of Christianity has been told as the triumph of orthodox doctrine imposed through power. Now, historian Diana Butler Bass sheds new light on the surprising ways that many Christians have refused to conform to a rigid church hierarchy and sought to recapture the radical implications of Jesus's life and message.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061448713 (0061448710)
ASIN: 61448710
Publish date: March 23rd 2010
Publisher: HarperOne
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Religion,
Christian,
Faith,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Theology,
Church,
World History,
Church History
A People’s History of Christianity is not so much a “history” (either scholarly or general) as it is an argument for a return to the roots of Christianity that finds fault with both modern expressions of “liberal” and “conservative” religion. As Bass argues in her introduction, liberal theologians a...
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