A People's History of Christianity

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A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY. Denis R. Janz (Gen. Ed.). Volume I. CHRISTIAN ORIGINS, Richard A. Horsley (Ed.), 2005; Volume II. LATE ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY Virginia Burrus (Ed.) 2005; Volume III. BYZANTINE CHRISTIANITY. Derek Krueger (Ed.), 2000. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Augsburg. Pp. Vol. I 318 + xviii; Vol. II 318 + xviii; Vol. Ill 252 + xviii. Cloth, npi. Reviewed by J. Harold Ellens.

Fortress Press, under the series editorship of Denis R. Janz, has undertaken a worthy and weighty publication of a history of Christianity oriented toward the believer in the pew or at the local community library who may be enticed by a readable story of the centuries of the unfolding …