Introduction To Christianity

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Gain a better understanding of Christianity--its history, driving ideas, and numerous diversities--with the help of this best-selling Christianity text by the leading, respected authors Weaver and Brakke. This long-awaited INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY, Fourth Edition, offers a solid, practical foundation of the essentials of Christianity, interlaced with dynamic discussion and glimpses into some of the latest Christian movements worldwide. Fresh, thematic Sidebars, a popular hallmark of this book, weave current issues such as today?s spirituality into history, while the book?s balanced coverage brings to life the historical, cultural, theological, and social aspects of Christianity?s development. You focus on the significant movements, key individuals, and powerful controversies that have united as well as divided Christians throughout the decades and centuries. New and updated thematic Sidebars, a popular hallmark of this book, weave currency into the history with a focus on spirituality, people, concepts, and controversies, including a new set of Sidebars that focus on the human experience of the divine. The text engages students to discuss and reflect upon the challenges that Christians have faced throughout time. INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY, Fourth Edition, promises a thought-provoking introduction and insights you won?t want to miss.

Introduction for the Teacher	p. xiv
Note to Students	p. xix
Biblical and Historical Background for Christianity	p. 1
God as Revealed in the Bible	p. 3
Revelation and Religious Experience	p. 3
The Bible	p. 5
Spirituality Immanence and Transcendence: The Paradox of God	p. 7
God as Creator	p. 8
God as Provident	p. 10
Controversy Creating the Creator: Inspiration at Work	p. 11
The Story of Abraham	p. 12
The Story of Moses	p. 13
The People of the Covenant	p. 14
Concept Contracts with God: Covenant Theology	p. 15
People King David	p. 16
The People in Exile	p. 17
Conclusion	p. 18
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 18
The Context for and Life of Jesus	p. 19
Jewish Interpretation of the Exile	p. 19
Hellenization and the Jews	p. 20
Jewish Hopes for a Kingdom of God	p. 22
Concept Living on the Edge of Time: Apocalypticism	p. 23
The Jews Divided	p. 24
The Sadducees	p. 24
The Pharisees	p. 24
People The Prophets and Messiahs of the First Century	p. 25
The Essenes	p. 25
The Zealots	p. 26
Ordinary Jews	p. 26
Summary of the Context	p. 26
The Life of Jesus	p. 27
The Account of Jesus in the New Testament	p. 28
The Gospels	p. 28
Controversy What Books are Authentic? The Formation of the New Testament	p. 29
The Epistles	p. 30
The Book of Revelation	p. 31
Jesus and Jewish Expectation	p. 31
Spirituality Experiencing God: From Moses to Philo	p. 33
Conclusion	p. 34
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 35
The Emergence of the Christian Church	p. 36
The Experience of the Apostles	p. 36
Internal Conflicts in the Early Church	p. 38
Universality of the Gospel	p. 38
Authority and Doctrine	p. 40
People Women in the Early Church	p. 41
Law and Freedom in the Spirit	p. 42
External Conflicts of the Early Community	p. 43
The Jewish Context and Religious Identity	p. 43
Controversy Salvation Through Knowledge: Gnosticism	p. 45
The Greek Context and Philosophical Identity	p. 45
Concept The Divinity of Jesus	p. 46
The Roman Context and Political Identity	p. 47
Spirituality Experience of the Holy Spirit: Inspiration and Renewal	p. 49
Conclusion	p. 50
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 51
Historical Roots of Christian Diversity: From Constantine to Modern Times	p. 53
Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism: From the Fourth to the Fourteenth Centuries	p. 55
Points of Correspondence	p. 56
Tradition as a Religious Authority	p. 56
Models of Sanctity	p. 57
Concept Monasticism and the Resistance to Culture	p. 58
The Power of Rome as an Idea: Two Christian Models	p. 60
Constantinople as the New Rome: The Greek Orthodox System	p. 61
The West as Roman Catholic: The Rise of the Papacy	p. 63
The East-West Schism and Contemporary Relations	p. 65
Controversy How Can Christ be Both Divine and Human?	p. 67
Liturgy and Doctrine in the Two Churches	p. 67
Icons and Divinization: The Orthodox Perspective	p. 68
Survival and Salvation: The Roman Perspective	p. 69
Spirituality Contemplating the Hidden God	p. 70
Medieval Christianity in the West	p. 71
People Thomas Aquinas	p. 73
Conclusion	p. 77
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 78
Aspects of the Reformation	p. 79
The Historical Situation	p. 80
Spirituality Imitation of Christ	p. 82
Religious Reform Before Luther	p. 82
Reforms of Wycliffe and Hus	p. 83
Conciliarism	p. 84
Humanism and the Renaissance	p. 85
People Erasmus: Faithful Humanist	p. 87
The Protestant Reformation	p. 88
The Lutheran Reformation	p. 88
The Reformed Tradition	p. 91
Concept Making Saints Out of Sinners: Justification	p. 93
The Tudor Reformation	p. 95
The Radical Reformation	p. 96
The Catholic Reformation	p. 98
Controversy Soldiers of the Catholic Reformation: The Jesuits	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 100
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 100
The Reformation Continues: Christianity in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries	p. 101
Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Christianity: Increasing Diversity	p. 102
Roman Catholicism	p. 102
Lutheranism	p. 102
Radical Reformation	p. 103
The Reformed Tradition in the Context of the Puritan Reformation	p. 103
Summary of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Christianity	p. 106
The Eighteenth Century: Resettlement and Reformation	p. 106
The Scientific Revolution	p. 106
The Enlightenment and the Beginnings of Deism	p. 107
Controversy Science and Religion: The Trial of Galileo	p. 108
Pietism and the Emergence of New Christian Churches	p. 109
Spirituality Searching for Sanctification	p. 110
The American Context	p. 111
People The Genius of the Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards	p. 112
The Great Awakening	p. 113
Concept Deism and the American Revolution	p. 114
Deism in America	p. 115
Growing Denominationalism	p. 115
Conclusion	p. 117
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 118
Christianity in the Modern World: Context and Creativity in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	p. 119
Christianity and Modernity	p. 123
Secularization: The New Philosophy and Politics	p. 124
Controversy Creationism: Christianity and Science	p. 126
Challenges to Secularization	p. 127
Spirituality God in a Scientific Age	p. 128
Roman Catholicism and Modernity	p. 129
People Unorthodox Humanitarian: Albert Schweitzer	p. 130
Protestantism and Modernity	p. 131
Pietism and American Evangelicalism	p. 132
The Oxford Movement	p. 133
The Biblical Movement	p. 134
Christianity and Social Concern	p. 135
Concept The Modern Economy: Christians and the Rights of Workers	p. 136
Conclusion	p. 138
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 138
Modern American Christianity	p. 139
The Nineteenth Century: American Religious Diversity	p. 139
American Evangelicalism	p. 140
Liberal Protestantism	p. 141
Communitarian Groups	p. 141
Concept Political Christianity: The Double Legacy of Reinhold Niebuhr	p. 142
Millennialist Groups	p. 143
People Ellen Gould White: Prophet and Sabbatarian	p. 145
New American Religions	p. 146
Americanization and the Churches	p. 148
Growth and Division Within Christian Churches	p. 150
Spirituality Religion at Home and at Work: Jesus the Friend and Businessman	p. 151
Summary of Nineteenth-Century Christianity	p. 154
The Twentieth Century Previewed	p. 154
Fundamentalism Versus Liberalism: The Battle of the Century	p. 155
Controversy Politicized Preaching: The Stirring Vision of Aimee Semple Mcpherson	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 159
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 159
Worldwide Christianity: Missions, Ecumenism, and Globalization	p. 161
Understanding the Missionary Impulse	p. 161
A Jesuit in China	p. 163
The New World	p. 164
Protestant Missionaries in the Nineteenth Century	p. 165
Modern Missionaries and Liberation Theology	p. 167
Concept Mission in Reverse	p. 168
People Modern Missionaries in Danger: Four Women in el Salvador	p. 170
Globalization and the Rise of World Christianity	p. 171
The Ecumenical Movement	p. 172
The Rise of Christianity in the Southern Hemisphere	p. 174
Spirituality Our Lady of Guadalupe	p. 176
Transnational Connections and New Conflicts	p. 177
Controversy Word of Faith: Holy Spirit or Holy Fraud?	p. 178
Conclusion	p. 180
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 180
Contemporary Christian Life	p. 183
Christians and the World	p. 185
Withdrawn Communities	p. 186
Physical Withdrawal: Monastic Communities	p. 187
Cultural Withdrawal: The Amish	p. 187
Concept An Alternative to Vengeance: The Amish School Shooting	p. 188
Psychological Withdrawal: Millennialist Christians	p. 189
Spirituality The Fear and Reassurance of Judgment	p. 190
Summary of Withdrawn Communities	p. 190
Dominating Postures	p. 192
Political Domination	p. 192
People Jim Wallis: Left-Wing Evangelical Politics	p. 194
Financial Domination	p. 195
Summary of Dominating Postures	p. 197
Controversy Gender Divisions and Promise Keepers	p. 198
Questions Raised by the Postures of Withdrawal and Domination	p. 199
In What Sense Is Christianity Political?	p. 199
What Is the Church?	p. 200
What Is the Christian Vision of Jesus?	p. 200
Conclusion	p. 201
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 201
Christians and Their Culture	p. 202
The Posture of Adaptation	p. 203
Concept A Matter of Inclusion: Cesar Chavez and Mexican American Catholicism	p. 204
The Posture of Nonconformity	p. 205
Relationship of the Two Postures to Vital Issues	p. 205
Controversy Iconoclastic Antiwar Protests	p. 206
Problems of War and Peace	p. 206
Problems of Poverty and Lifestyle	p. 208
Problems of Racism	p. 210
People Martin Luther King Jr.: Nonconformity and Social Change	p. 212
Questions Raised by the Postures of Nonconformity and Adaptation	p. 214
In What Sense Is Christianity Political?	p. 214
What Is the Church?	p. 215
Spirituality Redefining the Boundaries of Faith	p. 216
How Should the Bible Be Interpreted?	p. 216
Conclusion	p. 217
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 218
Contemporary Christianity	p. 219
Liberal and Conservative Christianity	p. 220
Liberal Christianity	p. 220
Spirituality Prayer: Something Understood	p. 223
Conservative Christianity	p. 223
Contemporary Issues	p. 225
Controversy Jesus in the Culture Wars	p. 226
The Women's Movement and Questions of Ministry	p. 227
Concept God-Talk: Language About God	p. 228
Media Technology and the Nature of the Church	p. 229
Homosexuality and the Authority of Scripture	p. 232
People Eboo Patel: Deliberate Engagement with Difference	p. 235
Conclusion	p. 235
Focal Points for Discussion	p. 236
The Order of the Books in the Old Testament	p. 237
Synopsis of the Books of the Old and New Testaments	p. 239
Early Christian Writers	p. 245
Ecumenical Councils	p. 249
Creeds and Confessions	p. 253
A Summary of Structural Arrangements	p. 256
Ecumenism and the World Council of Churches	p. 260
Glossary	p. 262
Index	p. 276
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