Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life, crucifixtion, resurection and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. It is the world's largest religion, with an estimated 2.1 billion adherents, or about one-third of the total world population. It shares with Judaism the Hebrew Bible (historically called by Christians the Old Testament), and for this reason is sometimes called an Abrahamic religion along with Judaism and Islam.

References and Select Bibliography

• Archibald Robertson, The Origins of Christianity (1954, rev. ed. 1962).
• The Story of Christianity by Justo L. Gonzalez (1984, 1985, 1999, ISBN 1565635221)
• Christian Theology: An Introduction by Alister McGrath (ISBN 0631225285)
• Christian Theology Reader by Alister McGrath (ISBN 063120637X)
• Mere Christianity. C.S. Lewis
• Systematic Theology, an ecumenical trilogy by Thomas Oden
• Volume 1: The Living God (1992, ISBN 0060663634)
• Volume 2: The Word of Life (1992, ISBN 0060663642)
• Volume 3: Life in the Spirit (1994, ISBN 0060663626)
• The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine. Jaroslav Pelikan. 5 Volumes, published between 1971-1989.
• The Kingdom of God is Within You http://www.kingdomnow.org/withinyou.html by Leo Tolstoy (1894, ISBN 0803294042)
• Tomkins, Stephen. A Short History of Christianity (Lion, 2005)