{"product_id":"comparing-christianities-9781119086031","title":"Comparing Christianities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ground-breaking introductory textbook for the study of the New Testament and the first Christians, written for the next generation of students\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eComparing Christianities:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to the New Testament and the First Christians \u003c\/i\u003emaps the historical rise of Christianity out of a network of early Christian movements. This major new textbook systematically explores the struggles to define the faith by presenting Christianity as the result of a lengthy process of religious consolidation which emerged from a landscape of persistent Christian diversity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book delves into the history of the first five generations of Christians, from Paul to Origen. The first chapter considers the challenges of constructing Christian histories and offers a new model of Christian families to organize and explain the emergence and competition of different varieties of Christianity. Each successive chapter focuses on key issues that Christian leaders engaged over the centuries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Sectarian Jews 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A New Religion 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Early Gnostic Churches 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Church of the Martyrs 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Early Christian Philosophical Movements 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Universal Church 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Holiness Movements in Asia and Syria 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Expansion of Gnostic Churches 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Construction of Orthodoxy 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Church Reform 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Mystical Church 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 A Family History 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Terms 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 339 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406981931351,"sku":"9781119086031","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119086031.jpg?v=1730497779","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/comparing-christianities-9781119086031","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}