Combining the accuracy and readability of the first edition of this highly acclaimed text; Dowley has enhanced the second edition with new contributions from Pheme Perkins on "The Thought–World of Early Christianity" and Richard Burridge on "Jesus and the Gospels" as well as updated and revised contributions from Ward Gasque; Richard Pierard; John H. Y. Briggs; and more. With many new photographs; illustrations; maps; charts; and timelines; the inviting new full–color format tells the dramatic; intriguing; and often surprising story of Christians in their 2000–year journey to the present day.
#1712210 in Books Fortress Press 2008-06-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .58 x 6.00l; .92 #File Name: 0800623584224 pages
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A grade-A choice for history readersBy Midwest Book ReviewWhat went on in the protestant churches of Germany during Adolph Hitler's reign of terror? "Faith and Fatherland: Parish Politics in Hitler's Germany" looks at the grand range of resistance that these Lutheran churches offered the regime. Some embraced Nazism; some fought vehemently to resist it; granting readers a deep look into the spiritual side of Nazi Germany. "Faith and Fatherland" is intriguing and educational; a grade-A choice for history readers in general; and students of the role of Christianity in 20th Century Germany in particular.
