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History of the Christian Church
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History of the Christian Church Hardcover - 1985

by Walker, Williston

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Details

  • Title History of the Christian Church
  • Author Walker, Williston
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 4th
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 768
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scribner, New York
  • Date 1985-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2418308-6
  • ISBN 9780684184173 / 0684184176
  • Weight 2.45 lbs (1.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.7 in (23.88 x 16.51 x 4.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Library of Congress subjects Church history
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 84023614
  • Dewey Decimal Code 270

From the rear cover

Since publication of the first edition in 1918, A History of the Christian Church has enjoyed 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.

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Citations

  • Christianity Today, 12/01/2007, Page 63

About the author

Williston Walker was born in Portland, Maine, July 1, 1860, the son of a distinguished Congregational minister. He received his A. B. degree from Amherst College in 1883, was graduated from Hartford Theological Seminary in 1886 and received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Leipzig in 1888. He succeeded Woodrow Wilson as associate professor of history at Bryn Mawr College. He later taught church history at Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1901 Yale University called him to succeed George Park Fisher as Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History, a position which he held until his death in 1922. The Reformation, Ten New England Leaders, Great Men of the Christian Church, and A History of the Christian Church are among his distinguished works