Zondervan Essential Companion to Chri..., Stephen Backhouse
Zondervan Essential Companion to Chri..., Stephen Backhouse
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Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History: Audio Lectures

Author: Stephen Backhouse

Narrator: Stephen Backhouse

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 09/24/2019


Synopsis

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook’s direct narration of a book’s text, Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History: Audio Lectures include high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.The Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History: Audio Lectures gives you what it promises: the essentials. This highly informative, broad-ranging study provides vital facts on the growth and impact of Christianity from the apostles to the present day not only in the Western world but also globally, including the development of Eastern Orthodox and Armenian Christianity, as well as Christianity in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Baltic and Slavic states, and India. The study is organized by century, going through the major events, ideas, and personalities that have shaped Christian history around the world.These audio lectures by author and scholar Stephen Backhouse cover:The main threads and issues running through each century of Christian historyExplanations of key historical developmentsThematic connections between centuriesFocused looks at key persons, ideas, and eventsThe final session, devoted to the present century, identifies key themes that the Christian church is presently dealing with and suggests future issues. Useful for students and lay learners alike, Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History: Audio Lectures will help viewers to grasp the global, multifaceted story of Christians.

About Stephen Backhouse

Stephen Backhouse (DPhil, Oxford) is the founder and director of Tent Theology, a venture that designs and delivers theology programmes to local churches. He is the Dean of Theology in the Local Church for Westminster Theological Centre and was formerly the Lecturer in Social and Political Theology at St Mellitus College. He is a historian of Christian thought, an expert on the work of Søren Kierkegaard and a recognised authority on the political theology of nations and nationalism. He is the author of many publications, including the award-winning popular biography Kierkegaard: A Single Life (Zondervan, 2016) and the Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History (Zondervan, 2019). He has lived in the United States, and makes his home in Britain and Canada.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cathryn on March 07, 2025

This is a good reference on the progression of how Christianity looked through the years. I learned a lot and enjoyed all the photos and timelines. This reads more like an encyclopedia. Like the title says, it is a companion, so it’s not in-depth and more like a survey. That’s exactly what I was wan......more

Goodreads review by Scott on April 27, 2020

This is billed as an essential companion to church history, which would be partly accurate as a companion to a real church history textbook. On the one hand, it's pretty global, which is good, but with way too much detail that is clearly not "essential". I teach church history and he includes numero......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 04, 2023

Great overview of Church history. For homeschoolers, it would be a great supplement to world history courses. There is one chapter per century, so it would be easy to have students read about the church history that coincides with the rest of the history they are learning about that year.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on April 01, 2024

Great brief summary of church history, a paragraph or two on the key movements in each century.......more