The Expansion of Christianity
Edición digital Logos
Overview
The Expansion of Christianity tells how the Christian faith spread from its beginnings in first century Palestine, in the midst of a persecuting Roman empire, to become the largest religion in the modern world. Starting with the first missionary journeys to places such as Antioch, Ephesus, Philippi, Corinth, Athens and North Africa, Yates shows how Christianity has expanded both chronologically and geographically into each continent. He presents some of the missionary pioneers of Christianity such as the Apostle Paul, Willibrod, David Brainerd, William Carey, David Livingstone, and Mary Slessor and assesses how missionary activity has changed from the twentieth century onwards with indigenous churches taking up the task. Christianity magazine, in 2005, said of The Expansion of Christianity that it is a “great overview of a vital subject,” and “an ambitious attempt to survey Christian missions throughout church history.”