Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years - Hardcover

Jenkins, Philip

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ISBN 10: 0061768944 ISBN 13: 9780061768941

Verlag: Harperone, 2010

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Book by Jenkins Philip

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"Are you hungry for a rip-roaring tale of theological intrigue filled with conspiracies, Byzantine plots, murder, and mayhem? Or are you longing for a solid, informative, and accurate history of the development of Christian orthodoxy? If your answer is yes to both, Philip Jenkins's Jesus Wars...is your book."--Christianity Today

"Jenkins...has done a remarkable job of documenting this little-understood slice of history. There's lots of excitement and plenty of intrigue, and Jenkins does a fine job in his recitation of this strange story."--Publishers Weekly

"Jenkins manages to explain very clearly why people in the early Christian era were so passionately concerned with issues of high theology."--The Economist

"In showing general readers how he finds fresh ideas and the resurrections of past teachings invigorating to religious studies, Jenkins provides an accessible book . . . the book enlightens readers on the backstory to current Christian divisions . . . "--Library Journal

Are you hungry for a rip-roaring tale of theological intrigue filled with conspiracies, Byzantine plots, murder, and mayhem? Or are you longing for a solid, informative, and accurate history of the development of Christian orthodoxy? If your answer is yes to both, Philip Jenkins s Jesus Wars...is your book. --Christianity Today"

Jenkins...has done a remarkable job of documenting this little-understood slice of history. There s lots of excitement and plenty of intrigue, and Jenkins does a fine job in his recitation of this strange story. --Publishers Weekly"

In showing general readers how he finds fresh ideas and the resurrections of past teachings invigorating to religious studies, Jenkins provides an accessible book . . . the book enlightens readers on the backstory to current Christian divisions . . . --Library Journal"

Jenkins condenses centuries of church and imperial strife with admirable clarity... --Booklist (starred review)"

Jenkins manages to explain very clearly why people in the early Christian era were so passionately concerned with issues of high theology. --The Economist"

"Jenkins condenses centuries of church and imperial strife with admirable clarity..."--Booklist (starred review)

Reseña del editor:

A top religious historian reveals in bloody detail the fifth century battles over Christianity’s biggest paradox—the claim that Jesus is both fully human and fully God. By the author of The Next Christendom. 17,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Harperone
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061768944
• ISBN 13: 9780061768941
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328