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BL
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971069
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b725439
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| Main Entry
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Jenkins, Philip,1952-
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| Title & Author
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The lost history of Christianity : : the thousand-year golden age of the church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia- and how it died /\ Philip Jenkins.
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| Publication Statement
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Pymble, NSW ;New York :: HarperCollins e-books,, ©2008.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0061717886
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: 0061717894
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: 9780061717888
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: 9780061717895
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| Notes
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Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 9, 2009).
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-297) and index.
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| Contents
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A note on names and -isms -- The end of global Christianity -- Churches of the East -- Another world -- The great tribulation -- The last Christians -- Ghosts of a faith -- How faiths die -- The mystery of survival -- Endings and beginnings.
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| Abstract
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A lost history revealing that, for centuries, Christianity's center was actually in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with significant communities extending as far as China.
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Christian civilization.
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Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Civilization, Arab-- Christian influences.
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Christian civilization.
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Church history-- Primitive and early church.
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Civilization, Arab-- Christian influences.
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RELIGION-- Christian Church-- History.
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RELIGION-- Christianity-- History.
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Africa, North, Church history.
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Asia, Church history.
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Middle East, Church history.
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Asia.
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Middle East.
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North Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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270/.1
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BR165.J46 2008eb
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