A Global Church History: The Great Tradition through Cultures, Continents and Centuries

by Steven D. Cone, Robert F. Rea

How did the Christian Church originate, what journeys has it taken over two millennia, and how did it come to exist in its present, myriad forms? The answers to these questions form a tapestry of history that reaches from first century Palestine to the ends of the earth. This volume tells this rich story from an ecumenical perspective, drawing on both Eastern and Western historic sources in exploring the rise of Eastern Orthodoxy; the church across Asia, Africa, and the Americas; and the reformations of the Western Church; including the diversity of contemporary voices.

The work benefits from many pedagogical
- boxed text sections identifying central figures and points of debate
- study questions for each chapter
- chapter summaries
- maps
--charts
--index
Supplemented by over 400 illustrations, this book embraces the universality of historic and current Christianity, creating a single and comprehensive volume for students of Church history and systematic theology.

880 pages, Paperback

Published October 17, 2019

Reviews

[Ryan Harty · Rating 3 out of 5]

The content of the book is good, and it’s a good textbook for a church history survey class. It’s strength is it’s attention to the Christian East throughout the Christian centuries. It’s also a good reader for documents of the Christian Church that every student of the church should read.
It’s weakness is that it is badly proofread. It has significant errors that make it difficult to focus on the content because of their frequency.

[Scott Goodson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good overview of church history. Some of the primary sources were a bit dull (somewhat to be expected), but really an overall good read.