{"product_id":"church-history-volume-one-from-christ-to-the-pre-reformation-the-rise-and-growth-of-the-church-in-its-cultural-intellectual-and-political-context-9780310516569","title":"Church History, Volume One: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch History, Volume One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e offers a unique contextual view of how the Christian church spread and grew from its development in the days of Jesus to the years leading up to the Reformation. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking closely at the integral link between the history of the world and that of the church, \u003cem\u003eChurch History\u003c\/em\u003e paints a portrait of God's people within its setting of times, cultures, and events that both influenced and were influenced by the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFEATURES: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaps, charts, and illustrations spanning the time from the first through the thirteenth centuries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverviews of the Roman, Greek, and Jewish worlds and how they developed or declined.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsights into the church's relationship to the Roman Empire, with glimpses into pagan attitudes toward Christians.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplanations of the role of art, architecture, literature, and philosophy--both sacred and secular--in the Church.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetails on the major theological controversies of the periods.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter also contains callout passages from Scripture to assist in understanding the narrative of the Church, even to the present day, as part of the greater narrative of the Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholar and writer Everett Ferguson wrote this history of the church from the perspective that such a history is the story of the greatest movement and community the world has known. It's a human story of a divinely called people who wanted to live by a divine revelation. It's a story of how they succeeded and how they failed or fell short of their calling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Apostle Paul to the apologists and martyrs of the second century to Martin Luther, the historical figures detailed are people who have struggled with the meaning of the greatest event in history--the coming of the Son of God--and with their role in that event and in the lives of God's people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFerguson, Everett:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEverett Ferguson (PhD, Harvard) is professor emeritus of Bible and distinguished scholar-in-residence at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, where he taught church history and Greek. He is the author of numerous works, including \u003cem\u003eBackgrounds of Early Christianity, Early Christians Speak\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBaptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLiturgy in the First Five Centuries\u003c\/em\u003e. He was also general editor of the two-volume \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eof Early Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zondervan Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648819269906,"sku":"9780310516569","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8f8cf5e-c7e1-4e7a-8c51-bfc0006bdb55.jpg?v=1733249714","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/church-history-volume-one-from-christ-to-the-pre-reformation-the-rise-and-growth-of-the-church-in-its-cultural-intellectual-and-political-context-9780310516569","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}