A People's History of Christianity

ABOUT THE SERIES

Denis R. Janz, General Editor

Until very recently, the story of Christianity through its first two millennia has focused almost exclusively on an elite made up of officials, leaders, religious professionals, and theologians. What invariably got lost in the telling was the religious consciousness and experience of "ordinary" Christians, the ninety-five percent who constituted the "laity." This majority - often illiterate, usually inarticulate, sometimes marginalized, and largely voiceless - are the focus of today's historians of Christianity, who are developing innovative ways of listening to them.

A People's History of Christianity showcases this fresh venture, moving the piety, faith, and religious practice of the masses to center stage. Seen from this vantage point, from below, "church history" takes on dramatically new contours. The series consists in seven volumes, each embellished with nearly 50 illustrations, including eight pages of color, along with maps, site plans, suggestions for additional reading, and boxed excerpts from primary readings. The set consists in:

Volume 1

Christian Origins
Edited by Richard Horsley
University of Massachusetts Boston

Volume 2

Late Ancient Christianity
Edited by Virginia Burrus, Drew University

Volume 3

Byzantine Christianity
Edited by Derek Krueger, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Volume 4

Medieval Christianity
Edited by Daniel E. Bornstein,
Dept. of History
Washington University in St. Louis

Volume 5

Reformation Christianity
Edited by Peter Matheson
Department of Theology and Religious Studies,
Otago University

Volume 6

Modern Christianity to 1900
Edited by Amanda Porterfield
Florida State University

Volume 7

Twentieth-Century Global Christianity
Edited by Mary Farrell Bednarowski
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities