Completely revised, re-illustrated and enlarged edition of the authoritative and classic Lion Handbook of History of Christianity, with new maps, study questions and other aids to study

A revised, re-illustrated and enlarged edition of the authoritative and classic Lion Handbook: History of Christianity. With many new photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and timelines, the inviting new full-colour format tells the dramatic, intriguing, and often surprising story of Christians in their 2000-year journey to the present day. Tim Dowley's masterful one-volume survey of church history is completely revised and updated. This new edition retains the best of the original while extending the usefulness of the book as a primary text for students and interested individual readers alike.

"“This fine handbook… with its charts, maps, diagrams and colour illustrations, will help readers through the maze of complex Christian history.”" - The New York Times

"“If you have only one church history book, this should be it.”" - Christianity Today

"“This is a book whose honesty, scholarship, and general attractiveness commend it even to the non-religious reader.”" - Publishers Weekly