Finding Pieces of the Puzzle: A Fresh Look at the Christian Story
284Finding Pieces of the Puzzle: A Fresh Look at the Christian Story
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ISBN-13: | 9781606085677 |
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Publisher: | Wipf & Stock Publishers |
Publication date: | 09/10/2012 |
Pages: | 284 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
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"Ronald Kydd's book reminds us that the present can only be understood based on knowledge of the past. Highlighting Christianity's early incredible achievements in Northern Africa and Asia, Kidd reveals how it successfully reached peoples of very different cultures more than 1,500 years ago. Christianity is not a European but rather a global undertaking. Kydd's book encourages Christians worldwide to be proud about their identity and history, while acknowledging historical mistakes and to further carry the Christian flame."
-Christoph Baumer
President
Society for the Exploration of EurAsia.
"In this wonderfully engaging retelling of the Christian story, Kydd takes a fresh approach by exploring parts of the story less familiar. He fills an important gap by including stories from non-Western parts of the world, bringing a much-needed global perspective to understanding the history of the Christian Church. By sharing faith-inspiring stories of fascinating individuals, Kydd makes history interesting, relevant, and come alive. In the process, Kydd helps us find many missing pieces of the puzzle."
-Rebecca G. S. Idestrom
Associate Professor of Old Testament
Tyndale Seminary, Toronto, Ontario
"Ron Kydd's bookthe fruit of a rich career of teachingwidens the scope of standard accounts of Church history without losing attention to the great doctrinal questions of the faith. His book would work equally well for an introduction to church history or world missions. He weaves dramatic case studies and vignettes into a larger thematic narrative and throughout shows how personal witness, (martyria) to the freeing power of Christ, across surprising borders and at great cost, binds that history together. I recommend it enthusiastically."
-George Sumner
Principal and Helliwell Professor of World Mission
Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
''He produces not only a church history that educators should consider as a valuable complement to any standard Euro-American history, but an engaging read for anyone interested in finding missing pieces to the Christian story.
Martin William Mittelstadt, Evangel University