The Christian World <subTitle>A Global History</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Marty, Martin</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">9:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Modern Library</publisher> <dateIssued>2009</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>262tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>21 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this cogent volume, historian Martin Marty gives readers of all faiths a brief yet sweeping account of Christianity and how it grew from a few believers two thousand years ago to become the world’s largest religion. He depicts the life of Christ and his teachings and explains how the apostles set out to spread the Gospel. With a special emphasis on global Christianity, Marty shows how the religion emerged from its ancestral homeland in Africa, the Levant, and Asia Minor, was imported to Europe, and then expanded from there to the rest of the world. While giving a broad overview, Marty also focuses on specific issues, such as how Christianity attempts to reconcile with the teachings of Christ some of its stances on armed conflict, justice, and dominion. The Christian World is a remarkable testament to how Christ’s message has touched human experience everywhere.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Martin Marty</note> <subject> <topic>Church history</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Christianity</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">270</classification> <classification authority="ddc">M388-M38</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780812976779</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15188/120.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15188/120.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071442.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>