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The shape of Christian history : continuity and diversity in the global church / Scott W. Sunquist.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press [2022]Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 179 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781514002230
  • 151400223X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shape of Christian historyDDC classification:
  • 270.1072 23/eng/20220223
LOC classification:
  • BR138 .S88 2022
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of History -- 2. Time, Creation, and Incarnation -- 3. Cross: The Cruciform and Apostolic Nature of Christianity -- 4. Glory: The Humility and Hope of Heaven -- 5. Faithful Reading of Christian History -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Scripture Index
Summary: "While understanding history has always been an essential task for God's people, rapid changes within the past two generations of Christianity have challenged many of our assumptions and methods for studying the past. How should thoughtful Christians—and especially historians and missiologists—make sense of global Christianity as an unfolding historical movement? Scott Sunquist invites readers to join him for a capstone course in historical thinking from a master teacher. Highlighting both the continuity and the diversity within the Christian movement over the centuries, he identifies three key concepts for framing church history: time, cross, and glory. These themes shed light to help us discern how the Jesus movement developed from the first century to the present, through an explosion of contextual expressions. Tracing these concepts through the centuries, we learn from the stories of Christians reflecting the glories of God's kingdom—and from their failures. Filled with historical case studies and stories from Sunquist's teaching around the world, The Shape of Christian History offers a framework for how to read and write church history. Even more, it demonstrates how the study of history illuminates God's mission in the world and sharpens our understanding of how to participate in that mission faithfully." -- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)3037864

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of History -- 2. Time, Creation, and Incarnation -- 3. Cross: The Cruciform and Apostolic Nature of Christianity -- 4. Glory: The Humility and Hope of Heaven -- 5. Faithful Reading of Christian History -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Scripture Index

"While understanding history has always been an essential task for God's people, rapid changes within the past two generations of Christianity have challenged many of our assumptions and methods for studying the past. How should thoughtful Christians—and especially historians and missiologists—make sense of global Christianity as an unfolding historical movement? Scott Sunquist invites readers to join him for a capstone course in historical thinking from a master teacher. Highlighting both the continuity and the diversity within the Christian movement over the centuries, he identifies three key concepts for framing church history: time, cross, and glory. These themes shed light to help us discern how the Jesus movement developed from the first century to the present, through an explosion of contextual expressions. Tracing these concepts through the centuries, we learn from the stories of Christians reflecting the glories of God's kingdom—and from their failures. Filled with historical case studies and stories from Sunquist's teaching around the world, The Shape of Christian History offers a framework for how to read and write church history. Even more, it demonstrates how the study of history illuminates God's mission in the world and sharpens our understanding of how to participate in that mission faithfully." -- Provided by publisher.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 26, 2022).