Since its 1918 debut, Walker's text has been hailed as an unparalleled single-volume history of the Christian church, offering a rare blend of clarity, unity, and balance. This updated edition features extensive revisions prompted by recent and significant advances in scholarship, historical discoveries, and fresh interpretations of various periods throughout church history. 756 pages, hardcover from Scribners.
Since publication of the first edition in 1918,
A History of the Christian Church by Williston Walker has enjoyed outstanding success and recognition as a classic in the field. Written by an eminent theologian, it combines in its narrative a rare blend of clarity, unity, and balance. In light of significant advances in scholarship in recent years, extensive revisions have been made to this fourth edition. Three scholars from Union Theological Seminary in New York have incorporated new historical discoveries and provided fresh interpretations of various periods in church history from the first century to the twentieth. The result is a thoroughly updated history which preserves the tenor and structure of Walker's original, unparalleled text.
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