Written from an objective historical perspective, A New History of Christianity provides the best readable yet scholarly one-volume account of Christianity from its origins to the present day. Continuum. “A fair and balanced treatment of an enormously difficult and complex subject. . . . Green’s work is a sound, scholarly treatment.”—Library Journal “An expert guide through Christian history. . . . the outstanding quality of Green’s writing is honesty. The Church is presented here, warts and all.”—The Rt. Rev. Robert Runcie, former Archbishop of Canterbury “If you want to know where Christianity came from, it would be hard to beat Vivian Green’s history. . . . It provides an unsentimental guide to the good and evil done in Christ’s name over the past 2,000 years.”—The Economist
