TY  - BOOK
AU  - "Bass, Diana Butler"
TI  - A People's History Of Christianity
SN  - 9.78E+12
CY  - New York
KW  - CHURCH HISTORY.;LIBERALISM -- RELIGIOUS ASPECTS -- CHRISTIANITY - HISTORY
N2  - "Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-341) and index. While bringing to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism, Butler Bass persuasively argues that corrective--even subversive--beliefs and practices have always been hallmarks of Christianity and are necessary to nourish communities of faith. After Jesus -- The way : early Christianity, 100-500. Christianity as a way of life ; Devotion : the love of God ; Ethics : the love of neighbor -- The cathedral : medieval Christianity, 500-1450. Christianity as spiritual architecture ; Devotion : paradise restored ; Ethics : who is my neighbor? -- The word : Reformation Christianity, 1450-1650. Christianity as living words ; Devotion : speaking of faith ; Ethics : walking the talk -- The quest : modern Christianity, 1650-1945. Christianity as a quest for truth ; Devotion : the quest for light ; Ethics : kingdom quest -- The river : contemporary Christianity, 1945-now. The river."
ER  -