TY - BOOK AU - Tomkins,Stephen AU - Tomkins Stephen TI - A short history of Christianity T2 - A Short History Of Christianity SN - 0802833829 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BR145.3 .T66 2006 U1 - 270 1 PY - 2006/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. KW - KW - A Short History Of Christianity N1 - Originally published: Oxford : Lion, 2005; Includes index; As it was in the beginning -- The rise of Rome -- The Reformation -- Globalisation N2 - In A Short History of Christianity Stephen Tomkins takes readers on a journey through the key stages of Christian development, covering the people, the events, the movements, and the controversies of the church. Tomkins deals with the well-known (Augustine, Martin Luther), the unique (Simeon Stylites, the people's crusade, the Muggletonians), and the recent (Karl Barth, John Paul II, the Toronto blessing). --From publisher's description ER -