See more of this title: Interpreting Christian History: The Challenge of the Churches' Past
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This book explores the theological lessons to be learnt from 2000 years of Christian Church history.

* An exploration of the theological lessons to be learnt from the difficult history of the Christian churches over the past 2,000 years

* Opens with an introductory essay on the whole of Church history, making the book suitable for lay readers as well as students

* Combines historical, historiographical and theological analysis

* Reunites the disciplines of theology and Church history

* Concludes that we can only ever perceive a facet of Christianity given our historical and cultural conditioning

* Written by a distinguished Church historian.