History of Religion - History of Christianity, Paganism, History of Religions, Relationship Between Religion and Science, Historical Jesus (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 128. Chapters: History of Christianity, Paganism, History of religions, Relationship between religion and science, Historical Jesus, History of creationism, History of Buddhism, History of medieval Christianity, History of modern Christianity, History of Wicca, History of Hinduism, Proto-Indo-European religion, Timeline of religion, History of theology, List of founders of religious traditions, History of Taoism, Axial Age, History of Ayyavazhi, Sky father, Development of new religions, Religion in ancient Tamil country, Jacques Lafaye, Merton Thesis, Sky deity, Proto-Indo-Iranian religion, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, Urreligion, Tamil mythology, International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion, Museum of World Religions, Council of Saint-Felix, Patternism, Gods in the Sky. Excerpt: The history of Christianity is the study of the religion started by a Jewish prophet from Nazareth named Jesus. Christianity would grow into one of the major religions, impacting all other faiths and changing the course of human history. It mainly concerns the Christian religion and Church, up to contemporary times and the denominations. Christianity differs most significantly from the other Abrahamic religions in the claim that Jesus Christ is God the Son. The vast majority of Christians believe in a triune God consisting of three unified and distinct persons: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Throughout its history, the religion has weathered schisms and theological disputes that have resulted in many distinct churches. The largest branches of Christianity are the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Protestant Churches. Christianity began spreading initially from Jerusalem, and then throughout the Near East, ultimately becoming the state religion of Armenia in 301, of Ethiopia in 325, o...