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Author:

Jenkins, Philip, 1952-

Title:

The lost history of Christianity : the thousand-year golden age of the church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia- and how it died / Philip Jenkins.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperOne,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xi, 315 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christian civilization.
Civilization, Arab--Christian influences.
Middle East--Church history.
Africa, North--Church history.
Asia--Church history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-297) and index.

Contents:

A note on names and -isms -- The end of global Christianity -- Churches of the East -- Another world -- The great tribulation -- The last Christians -- Ghosts of a faith -- How faiths die -- The mystery of survival -- Endings and beginnings.

Summary:

A lost history revealing that, for centuries, Christianity's center was actually in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with significant communities extending as far as China.

ISBN:

0061472808
9780061472800

OCLC:

(OCoLC)263516110

LCCN:

2009502821

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

NOPA983 -- Grafton Public Library (Grafton)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)