From Every Tribe and Nation – A Historian`s Discovery of the Global Christian Story
Heftet /
2014
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780801039935
Publisert
2014-10-21
Utgiver
Baker Publishing Group; Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Vekt
280 gr
Høyde
220 mm
Bredde
146 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
220
Om bidragsyterne
Mark A. Noll (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. One of the nation's most distinguished practitioners of American religious history, he is the author of dozens of books, including Turning Points, America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, and Is the Reformation Over?
Christianity's demographics, vitality, and influence have tipped markedly toward the global South and East. Addressing this seismic shift, one of America's leading church historians shows how studying world Christianity changed and enriched his understanding of the nature of the faith as well as of its history.
Mark Noll illustrates the riches awaiting anyone who gains even a preliminary understanding of the diverse histories that make up the Christian story. He shows how coming to view human culture as created by God was an important gift he received from the historical study of world Christian diversity, which then led him to a deeper theological understanding of Christianity itself. He also offers advice to students who sense a call to a learned vocation.
This is the third book in the Turning South series, which offers reflections by eminent Christian scholars who have turned their attention and commitments beyond North America.
Mark Noll illustrates the riches awaiting anyone who gains even a preliminary understanding of the diverse histories that make up the Christian story. He shows how coming to view human culture as created by God was an important gift he received from the historical study of world Christian diversity, which then led him to a deeper theological understanding of Christianity itself. He also offers advice to students who sense a call to a learned vocation.
This is the third book in the Turning South series, which offers reflections by eminent Christian scholars who have turned their attention and commitments beyond North America.
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A leading church historian shows how studying world Christianity changed his understanding of the nature of the faith, as well as of its history.
Contents
Introduction
1. Cedar Rapids
2. Rescued by the Reformation
3. First Teachers
4. Settling In
5. Moving Out I
6. Looking North: A Guide
7. Looking North: Insight
8. Moving Out II
9. Moving Out III
10. Missiology Helping History
11. Courses and Classrooms
12. Experts
13. By the Numbers
14. Looking South: A Guide
15. Looking South: Academic Insights
16. China Watching
17. Explorations with Pen in Hand
18. Notre Dame
19. The Story So Far
Appendix: Checklist of Publications on World Christian Themes
Index
Introduction
1. Cedar Rapids
2. Rescued by the Reformation
3. First Teachers
4. Settling In
5. Moving Out I
6. Looking North: A Guide
7. Looking North: Insight
8. Moving Out II
9. Moving Out III
10. Missiology Helping History
11. Courses and Classrooms
12. Experts
13. By the Numbers
14. Looking South: A Guide
15. Looking South: Academic Insights
16. China Watching
17. Explorations with Pen in Hand
18. Notre Dame
19. The Story So Far
Appendix: Checklist of Publications on World Christian Themes
Index
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A Leading Historian Discovers the Global Christian Story
"Many of us have learned so much from what Mark Noll has taught us about the past. But now we have the book that we have been hoping he would also write: a marvelous, personal account of his own journey thus far, from his early days as a teenage baseball fan in Iowa to his groundbreaking work as a gifted historian of global Christianity."
--Richard J. Mouw, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Mark Noll takes his readers on a fascinating journey in which they can share his enthusiasm of discovery regarding one of the most remarkable developments within recent memory: the burgeoning of Christianity around the globe. Noll's range of expertise is truly wonderful, and he offers a host of insights along the way."
--George Marsden, University of Notre Dame
"Yes, I'm prejudiced. I know that any new book by Mark Noll is undoubtedly a cause for excitement, both for myself and for anyone interested in the history of Christianity. I am especially delighted by From Every Tribe and Nation, which takes the literature on world Christianity to a whole new level. The book's foundation is the modern-day evolution of Christianity into a global faith, and it asks the essential 'So what?' questions about the implications of this overwhelming fact. Readable, insightful, and often moving."
--Philip Jenkins, Baylor University
"Experience is all. From Every Tribe and Nation is a spirited tale told in the first person of how a boy who grew up in a Baptist community in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, came to know, in his life and in his scholarship, the truth of the words of Revelation, 'By your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation.' Noll is a good storyteller, and his lively accounts of Christian life and witness across the globe, in Asia and Africa and Eastern Europe, will delight and inspire readers."
--Robert Louis Wilken, University of Virginia
"Many of us have learned so much from what Mark Noll has taught us about the past. But now we have the book that we have been hoping he would also write: a marvelous, personal account of his own journey thus far, from his early days as a teenage baseball fan in Iowa to his groundbreaking work as a gifted historian of global Christianity."
--Richard J. Mouw, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Mark Noll takes his readers on a fascinating journey in which they can share his enthusiasm of discovery regarding one of the most remarkable developments within recent memory: the burgeoning of Christianity around the globe. Noll's range of expertise is truly wonderful, and he offers a host of insights along the way."
--George Marsden, University of Notre Dame
"Yes, I'm prejudiced. I know that any new book by Mark Noll is undoubtedly a cause for excitement, both for myself and for anyone interested in the history of Christianity. I am especially delighted by From Every Tribe and Nation, which takes the literature on world Christianity to a whole new level. The book's foundation is the modern-day evolution of Christianity into a global faith, and it asks the essential 'So what?' questions about the implications of this overwhelming fact. Readable, insightful, and often moving."
--Philip Jenkins, Baylor University
"Experience is all. From Every Tribe and Nation is a spirited tale told in the first person of how a boy who grew up in a Baptist community in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, came to know, in his life and in his scholarship, the truth of the words of Revelation, 'By your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation.' Noll is a good storyteller, and his lively accounts of Christian life and witness across the globe, in Asia and Africa and Eastern Europe, will delight and inspire readers."
--Robert Louis Wilken, University of Virginia
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780801039935
Publisert
2014-10-21
Utgiver
Baker Publishing Group; Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Vekt
280 gr
Høyde
220 mm
Bredde
146 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
220