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Geoffrey blaineys book gives a brief but concise history of the spread of christianity from palistine to a world wide religion. A short history of christianity for two thousand years, christianity has had a varying but immense influence on world history. Blaineys narrative illustrates that christianitys history is a muchrepeated story of ups and downs. A short history of christianity vividly describes many of the significant players in the religions rise and fall through the ages, from jesus himself to francis of assisi, martin luther, francis xavier, john wesley, and even the beatles, who claimed to be more popular than jesus. Aug 18, 2016 blainey has provided with his latest book a clear and dependable history of christianity. A short history of christianity has more than 600 pages i havent seen your edition, and the second half of the book is the reformation and onwards. How distance shaped australias history 1966 and triumph of the nomads. It combines organizational detail and theological controversies with the sense of what it was like to be a christian in different contexts over two thousand years. In a short history of christianity, geoffrey blainey writes as a christian but without dogma. Accomplished historian geoffrey blainey leads us through the history of this worldchanging religion. He has written more than forty books, including the tyranny of distance, triumph of the nomads, a shorter history of australia, the rush that never ended, and the international bestseller a short history of the world, which was published in a score of lands as far apart as brazil, india, spain and china.
Geoffrey norman blainey born 11 march 1930 is an australian historian, academic, philanthropist and commentator. He was once described by professor graeme davison as the most prolific, wideranging, inventive, and, in the 1980s and 1990s, most controversial of australias living historians. Blainey is an immensely gifted storyteller and teacher with an. Blainey s narrative illustrates that christianity s history is a muchrepeated story of ups and downs. He was especially known for his lucid and imaginative writing. Now the author of over forty books, geoffrey blainey. He is noted for having written authoritative texts on the economic and social history of australia, including the tyranny of distance. A short history of christianity will satisfy the general intelligent nonspecialist reader, for whom it is clearly intended.
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