The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died
Philip Jenkins reveals the overlooked history of Christianity across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Tracing a thousand-year golden age beyond the Western church, he explores the reach of these traditions and considers how and why this influential chapter of Christian history faded.
About This Book
The Lost History of Christianity examines Christianity’s long and significant presence outside the Western world.
Philip Jenkins focuses on the church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, bringing attention to regions often left out of conventional accounts.
The book presents this history as a thousand-year golden age and considers how that era came to an end.
It offers a broad historical perspective on the development, reach, and decline of non-Western Christian traditions.
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