The History of the Global Church in One Volume

[image error]Doug Sweeney (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) on the new book, The Church from Age to Age: A History from Galilee to Global Christianity (Concordia Publishing House, 2011):

"The Church from Age to Age is a marvelous survey text. Replete with a lengthy, detailed timeline, fifteen different maps, lists of popes, eastern patriarchs, church councils and assemblies, peppered with primary source readings and, most importantly, founded on a meaty, spiritually edifying, and global historical narrative, it offers students of all kinds a wealth of information in a reader-friendly format. Though produced by confessional Lutherans from a Protestant point of view, it is accurate, reliable, and much broader in scope than most traditional Protestant histories. Its global frame of reference will be especially helpful to many. I strongly recommend this text for use in Christian colleges, seminaries, churches, and Protestant homes around the world. I will certainly be using it in my own teaching ministry."

You can read online for free Paul Maier's foreword, the detailed table of contents, and an excerpt from the chapter on Christianity after WW2.