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Title: Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity by Mark A. Noll ISBN: 0-8010-6211-X Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding Starting Point
Comment: With this book, Mark Noll provides an introductory-level study of Christian history - NOT as a sweeping movement over thousands of years (which many larger, more ambitious works encompass), but as a series of turning points - events that changed the way Christianity perceived itself, and was perceived by the world. In this way, a student can gain a quick introduction to many of the issues that have faced Christianity throughout history without being overwhelmed by dates, names, doctrines, etc.
Obviously, as with any "best of" listing, there are things I would have liked to have seen added. There is no mention of the Scopes trial, and Darwinism receives small mention. This trial, more than any other event, triggered the rise of fundamentalism, which has certainly had an impact on the way Christianity is perceived. The controversy over Darwinism still shapes Christian thought today -- as can be seen in Noll's The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.
Overall, an excellent resource, though I would encourage readers to invest in a more thorough treatment of Christian history in addition to this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Primers for Historians...nicely done
Comment: Noll is to be commended for doing a nice job concerning an impossible task. Someone wisely stated that one does not evaluate church history by events, but by people. Noll challenges that assumption, by evaulautaing events in church history.
This book is written as an intro text, easy to read, for laymen. But more advanced historians can profit from it, sharpening them on finer points. Of particular interest to me were the chapters concerning the middle ages (monasticism, crowning of Charlemagne, and Luther, especially Luther.) Noll's commendation is for giving a list of possible turning points for future historians...worth noting. On a personal level, one hopes that an historian would write a modern-day, post communist history on the church concerning their survival of that satanic, abominable philosophy. Such a work would point to the glory of God.
Final Analysis
This is a good, intro text. If read with Bruce Shelleys's work, one would have an adequate grip on the Church. Granted, the book has its sleepy parts (thus the four stars), its brilliant parts (Luther), and its soul-stirring parts (the church surviving Communism). Also, Noll is to be commended for his objectivity as a Protestant historian.
Rating: 5
Summary: Triumphant account of Christian History
Comment: Excellent book for any person, protestant or catholic, who is interested in a brief but thurough examination of the events that shaped Christ's Church.
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Title: Church History In Plain Language Updated 2nd Edition by Bruce L. Shelley ISBN: 0849938619 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 07 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: A Global History of Christians: How Everyday Believers Experienced Their World by Paul R. Spickard, Kevin M. Cragg, G. William Carlson ISBN: 0801022495 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Bible Doctrine by Jeff Purswell, Wayne A. Systematic Theology Grudem ISBN: 0310222338 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History by A. Kenneth Curtis, J. Stephen Lang, Randy Petersen ISBN: 0800756444 Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Documents of the Christian Church by Henry Bettenson, Chris Maunder ISBN: 0192880713 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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