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Dictionary of Christian Denominations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780826457455)
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xContrary to Jesus' wish that his followers 'may all be one', Christianity has become, over time, ever more schismatic.
This concise, one-volume dictionary provides information on over a thousand significant denominations and movements, ranging from the mainstream historical churches, for example Roman Catholic and Orthodox, to heretical sects that flourished briefly in the third or fourth centuries to groups that sprang up around charismatic leaders in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Alternatives names are given at the end of entries and are cross-referenced in an Appendix.
Such groups include the delightfully named 'Body-felt Salvation Church' in the Torres Strait Islands, with 300 members, and the 'Old Catholic Orthodox Church, ' founded in London by (and apparently for) the Most Reverend James Bartholomew Banks, 'known to his friends as 'Piggy' on account of the happy conjunction of his vast inherited wealth and his surname'.
The author approaches what might in other hands be a dull catalogue with considerable zest and obvious enjoyment, and the result is a mine of good stories and useful information
Author: Peter D. Day
ISBN-10: 0826457452
ISBN-13: 9780826457455
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.06lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.44w x 1.32d
Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2004 pg. 573
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2004 pg. 262
This concise, one-volume dictionary provides information on over a thousand significant denominations and movements, ranging from the mainstream historical churches, for example Roman Catholic and Orthodox, to heretical sects that flourished briefly in the third or fourth centuries to groups that sprang up around charismatic leaders in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Alternatives names are given at the end of entries and are cross-referenced in an Appendix.
Such groups include the delightfully named 'Body-felt Salvation Church' in the Torres Strait Islands, with 300 members, and the 'Old Catholic Orthodox Church, ' founded in London by (and apparently for) the Most Reverend James Bartholomew Banks, 'known to his friends as 'Piggy' on account of the happy conjunction of his vast inherited wealth and his surname'.
The author approaches what might in other hands be a dull catalogue with considerable zest and obvious enjoyment, and the result is a mine of good stories and useful information
Author: Peter D. Day
ISBN-10: 0826457452
ISBN-13: 9780826457455
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.06lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.44w x 1.32d
Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2004 pg. 573
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2004 pg. 262
By Peter D. Day
xPeter Day was born in Australia and educated at Sydney and Queensland universities before moving to England. A member of the Russian Orthodox Church, he has been engaged in education and has taught at a major Roman Catholic diocesan seminary.
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