Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire by Rita Nakashima Brock, Rebecca Ann Parker

Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire

Rita Nakashima Brock, Rebecca Ann Parker

552 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced

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One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2008 During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence-as a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surrounded by lush sc...

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