The most popular introductionto Christianity ever published,Dowley's work tells in an engagingway the dramatic, intriguing, andoften surprising story of Christiansin their 2000-year journey. Includesover 400 photographs and 30 maps,charts, and diagrams.

The CD-ROM, new to this edition,contains the fully searchable textin Libronix software, chapter summaries and questions,Web links to further resources, and even a guide to doingresearch papers in this area.