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A People's History of Christianity: Student Editions

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There have been many books about bishops and kings, clerics and theologians, but what do we know about the Christian life of "ordinary" people across the last two thousand years of Christian history? Very little. . . until now!

Using newly developed research methods, over one hundred scholars uncover the neglected side of church history as they lay bare the religious ideas and consciousness of "the people"—their assumptions, beliefs, values, habits, longings, terrors, anxieties and comforts. This is history "from below" and the revelations and insights are fascinating.

Now, the essential material from the seven-volume A People’s History of Christianity series is available for classroom use!

The Student Editions contain careful selections and abridgements of the original content organized to fit ideally into a course in Christian history. They provides a valuable overview on such topics as birth and death, baptism rites, food, power, heresy, and more. Students are both informed and inspired by seeing the importance of ordinary Christians in shaping Christianity across time.

Endorsements

This series of books 'turns history upside down'. . .

"This series of books, issuing from editors in whom I have great confidence, 'turns history upside down' and reveals what times and events were like for Christians–and sometimes their rivals and enemies. . . . These stories may come up from the basement of church history, but news about their existence deserves to be shouted from the housetops!"

—Martin E. Marty │ Emeritus, University of Chicago Divinity School

"The people of God—the body of Christ, the church!—are finally having their story told. Highly recommended!"

—Mark U. Edwards Jr. │ Harvard Divinity School
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