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by Stephen Tomkins (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Lion Hudson Plc (19 Aug 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0745951449
  • ISBN-13: 978-0745951447
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 70,275 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Worshipped by 2 billion Christians worldwide, Jesus Christ is the most famous human being ever. Stephen Tomkins takes the reader on a enlightening and enjoyable journey through the key stages of Christian development, covering the people, the events, the movements, the controversies and the expansion of the Church in this lively 'warts and all' portrait. The book begins with the life of Jesus before looking at the spread of the early church and the Roman Empire. Tomkins then continues the story of Christianity right up to the present day, including discussion of topics such as: the Eastern church, battles between East and West, the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, the Enlightenment and the impact of science. The author also provides a snapshot of the worldwide church of the 21st century, and explores the challenges it faces.

About the Author
STEPHEN TOMKINS has a PhD in Church History at London Bible College and a contributing editor to the Ship of Fools website. He is the author of John Wesley: A Biography (Lion, 2003) and Paul and His World (Lion, 2004).

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4.0 out of 5 stars maybe i'm stupid, 16 Aug 2007
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I may not be as cultured as the other reviewer, but I found this book interesting and accessible. I haven't read many books on this theme, but I am now prompted to explore further. An easy read, and well worth a few quid.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Money well spent, 8 Nov 2007
By O Theophilus (Milton Keynes, UK) - See all my reviews
I can't compare this to other works on the history of Christianity because I've never read any... which demonstrates, perhaps, that this book is attractive and accessible to people who don't normally pick up that sort of thing.

I found it a useful and entertaining overview. It put my vague and half-understood notions about the history of the faith into context and I now feel as though I have some sort of framework in which to find out more.

It was also, in places, extremely funny. Money well spent.

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4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Keep browsing., 14 April 2007
By Gary (England) - See all my reviews
I found this slim volume to be a complete waste of time and money. For the sake of brevity, the author skips over or misses out far too many important people and events, but then he derails his half-baked project even further by wasting what few pages he has on descriptions of the inconsequential and the trivial (his area of expertise, it seems). I was surprised to find that this is a Lion book as the material is invested with such a smug tone that it wouldn't seem out of place from a more secular publisher. To give you some idea of how low the bar is set, the chapter on John Paul II begins with a quote from Eddie Izzard and the book's American cover includes a recommendation by Terry Jones of "Life of Brian" infamy. My advice is to keep browsing as this "Short History of Christianity" is yet another sad example of our cultural dumbing down.
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