Mark A Noll
Author
Publisher
IVP Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In seventeen narratives Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom introduce Christian leaders in Africa and Asia who had tenacious faith in the midst of deprivation, suffering and conflict. Spanning a century, from the 1880s to the 1980s, their stories demonstrate the vitality of the Christian faith in a diversity of contexts.
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
x, 199 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Civil War was a major turning point in American religious thought, argues Mark A. Noll. Although Christian believers agreed with one another that the Bible was authoritative and that it should be interpreted through common sense principles, there was rampant disagreement about what Scripture taught about slavery. Furthermore, most Americans continued to believe that God ruled over the affairs of people and nations, but they were radically divided...