Binding: PaperbackPage Count: 352Publisher: Baker Books ISBN# : 9780801062117
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Description : Organized around thirteen key moments in the history of Christianity, this popular introduction to church history provides contemporary Christians with a fuller understanding of God as he has revealed his purpose through the centuries. A study section that includes questions and application challenges has been added to the second edition, making it all the more useful for church study groups and students of church history.
Author Information:
Mark A. Noll is the McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and the author of
A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada and
The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.
Reviews:
"Noll's treatment of the material is evenhanded, engaging, and illuminating. This will be a useful text for readers seeking a historical framework within which to understand their Christian faith." --
Publishers Weekly
"This highly recommended work provides a thoughtful yet comprehensive framework for the history of Christianity."
Library Journal
"An informative and inspiring survey of the history of Christianity designed for the general reader. . . . A thoughtful introduction to the two millennia of Christian history." --
Church History
"Noll's emphasis on historical significance allows him to range well beyond the institutional and doctrinal matters that dominate traditional church history surveys. . . . A valuable text for church study groups and college-level, one-semester surveys of church history." --
Journal of Church and State
"Mark Noll has achieved the purpose for which he wrote the book: providing a framework for understanding the 2,000 years of Christian history in survey form. It is informative, inspiring and interesting to read."
Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology
"Noll's intent was to write a book for students and lay persons in the church. He has clearly succeeded, and these readers are grateful." --
Ashland Theological Journal
"This is an excellent choice for a one-semester undergraduate overview course." --
Religious Studies Review
"In this well-written and well-documented book, each chapter begins with a hymn and closes with a prayer quotation, followed by suggestions for further reading. Originally published in 1997, this second edition inserts, before the index, seventeen pages of thought-provoking study questions for individual or group use."
Christian Library Journal
"This book is by no means only for clergy or the lovers of history. Combined with a study guide, this book allows all readers who begin to understand the rich, if not always pleasant, history that all Christians share. With original texts weaved through the book, readers will have the opportunity to travel through time and experience the voices of our past. This is a valuable text for any who work in the church, want to grow deeper in understanding their faith, or are striving to continue to learn and grow in the path that God is laying before them. Most important however, is that Noll has again reminded us that the church 'survives by the mercy of God, not because of the wisdom, purity, or consistent faithfulness of Christians' A lesson well learned in our changing times." --Mark E. Mast,
Reformed Review
"I recommend this book for those high school students who have completed an overview of world history, which included Christian history, or in conjunction with a study of world history. Each chapter of Turning PointsTurning Points
could be successfully integrated with other resources to present world history from a traditional Christian worldview. Homeschool parents planning to teach world history to younger children would also benefit from reading."
Eclectic Homeschool Online
