Crash Course on Church History - Softcover

Catherwood, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340710144 ISBN 13: 9780340710142

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998

Synopsis

A concise, thoroughly accessible introduction to Church history, from the beginning of the Christian Era to the modern day. Clearly written and refreshingly easy to read, Crash Course on Church History is for those with an interest rather than expertise. Historian Christopher Catherwood presents the history of the Church in seven sections, beginning with the early Church from Christ's coming, the legalization of Christianity under Constantine, the medieval period, the Crusades, and monastic movements. He then examines the Reformation and Counter Reformation, religious wars, and the Church's first era of expansion. Final sections cover 19th-century missionary movements, the development of Christian social action, and contemporary Western Christians. Christopher Catherwood is a Senior Research Associate at St Edmund's College, Cambridge; he is the author of Five Evangelical Leaders and Why the Nations Rage. 208 pp 5 x 8 charts & tables

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Catherwood (PhD, University of East Anglia) is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and member of both Churchill and St. Edmund's Colleges at Cambridge University. He was a fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust in 2010 and medalist in 2014. Christopher lives in a village near Cambridge with his wife, Paulette.

Review:

"Honest historian Christopher Catherwood informs us straightaway that he views the Christian story through the lenses of Protestant, Reformed, evangelical, baptistic, free-church spectacles. His telling of the tale, journalistic in style while scholarly in substance, then proves his point. You will find this book clarifying and invigorating."
—J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College

"Christopher Catherwood provides an enriching, plain-language, big-picture overview of divine Providence as it unfolds in redemptive history from the close of the apostolic era until today. Church History is both wonderfully readable and carefully, clearly presented. It digs beneath the obvious and soars above the trite. This is a superb summary of the story of gospel history."
—John MacArthur, Pastor, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California; President, The Master's University and Seminary

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0340710144
• ISBN 13: 9780340710142
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188