2000 Years of Amazing Grace - by Paul F M Zahl (Hardcover)

About the Book

2000 Years of Amazing Grace is a very accessible and easy-reading history of Christianity that focuses on the essentials of the Christian message, centrally, salvation by grace. It presents a luminous and enthusiastic digest of vital Christian beliefs and an account of how Christianity evolved from Jesus to the present. It also features biographical sketches of key figures, extensive citation from founding documents, and discusses Christianity's relationship to other world religions today. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Christianity's long history, and how that history has led to a thriving faith today.

Book Synopsis

2000 Years of Amazing Grace is an accessible and easy-reading history of Christianity that focuses on the essentials of the Christian message, centrally, salvation by grace. It presents a luminous and enthusiastic digest of vital Christian beliefs and an account of how Christianity evolved from Jesus to the present. It also features biographical sketches of key figures, extensive citation from founding documents, and discusses Christianity's relationship to other world religions today.

What distinguishes this book from other overviews of Christianity is Paul Zahl's lively and accessible style of writing and his vigorous advocacy of orthodox Christian faith. His own personal commitment to Christianity is a guiding force in the book. He also readily acknowledges the ways in which Christians and Christian institutions have failed to live up to the founder's teachings and have distorted his message. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Christianity's long history, and how that history has led to a thriving faith today.

Review Quotes

"A gifted pastor gifted with a keen theological mind. This book arrives just in time." --R Albert Mohler, Jr., president, The Southern Baptist Seminary

"A MUST for anyone aspiring to an overview of Christian history and thought." --George Carey, (Lord Carey of Clifton), former Archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002

About the Author

Paul F. M. Zahl is president and dean of Trinity Episcopal Seminary. He has served as rector of Episcopal churches in Scarborough, New York, and Charleston, South Carolina; as curate of Grace Church, New York City; as the dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent (Episcopal) in Birmingham, Alabama; and has taught at Oxford University. He is also the author of The First Christian: Universal Truth in the Teachings of Jesus Christ, Five Women in the English Reformation, and A Short Systematic Theology. He lives in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.