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Title: The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity by John McManners ISBN: 0-19-285439-9 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: A good overall history, but very Anglocentric.
Comment: I gave this book three stars because it has some very good qualities, and some qualities that detract from it. First, it offers a history of Christianity that neither focuses on the positive aspects nor on the negative aspects of the religion. Instead, it attempts to offer an objective retelling of the story of Christianity's spread. As far as this goes, I recommend this book.
There are two problems with this book, however. First, it is certainly very biased toward the British. Written by many English scholars, this is not terribly surprising considering their propensity for a superiority complex. But, if one can ignore this bias, and even laugh at it in some places, it does not take away from the learning experience of reading this book. What does harm this experinece are the assumptions that the authors make about the knowledge of their audience. I have a fairly good background in Christian history, and I read this to fill in some of the gaps. What I found were a lot of teasers to stories I did not know. The authors would mention some fairly obscure person or event without elaboration, expecting the reader to understand what he/she was talking about. This became quite annoying after awhile.
In conclusion, this book is a good read for anyone who wants to learn more about Christian history, but don't expect it to be comprehensive.
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Title: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible by J. W. Rogerson ISBN: 0198601182 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Christianity by Roland H. Bainton ISBN: 0618056874 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 24 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: How to Study History by Norman F. Cantor ISBN: 0882957090 Publisher: Harlan Davidson Pub. Date: December, 1979 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179: A Visionary Life by Sabina Flanagan ISBN: 0415185513 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: The Oxford History of the Biblical World by Michael David Coogan ISBN: 0195139372 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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