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Introduction to the History of Christianity
from Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Not quite the best place to start... 
This is certainly not the worst book I have read on church history, but it is far from the best. The way the book is laid out: Instead of Dowley writing everything from cover to cover, he had many different church historians write various chapters and sections of the book. It makes the book very hard to read. One of the most important facets of reading a history book is you are able to get the viewpoint of one author on everything - this gives the book cohesion. Written from so many different perspectives,... more info
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Clearly Anti-Catholic 
Don't waste your money. This book was clearly written for Protestants who wish to eat up what others say without doing the research for themselves. I recommend The History of the Church, one of the texts in the Didache Series.
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Introduction to the History of Christianity 
This book is good to read.
And there are many informations in it.
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Inaccurate History at Best
Introduction to the History of Christianity is a text book made for students wishing to learn the basics of Church history. Interestingly enough, no references are given in the entire book, suggesting that the authors are above citing their work. It is obvious just from flipping through this book that all the authors accept the theology of "faith alone" and they all reject papal authority. This wouldn't really matter much if the content was still fair and balanced, but it is far from it. One blatant example... more info
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