Product Description: Question, explore, and analyze diverse religious contexts and compare the beliefs, rituals, texts, art, and individual and social aspects of religion with UNDERSTANDING RELIGION IN GLOBAL SOCIETY. Major religious traditions are analyzed in light of the opportunities and challenges posed by the forces of globalization...read more

This brief and chronologically organized overview of the Christian religious tradition introduces students to the history of the Christian Church, describing the people, places, and ideas that have shaped Christianity. Written in a straightforward, accessible style, this text presents students with at survey of the scholarship of the discipline.