UPDATE: I just found out that Amazon's price is
supposed to last through May 7.
The markdown is 85% off of the digital list price!
This is a Christianbook Daily Deal for today (Thursday). Thursday here is just about over. I don't know if Amazon was just matching the price for the day. I'm posting because this is such a great price on a great book and am hoping that the price of
$2.99 will last long enough for everyone who would want this ebook to be able to get it at that price.
Church History in Plain Language: Fourth Edition. By Bruce L. Shelley. Rated 4.8 stars, from 93 reviews at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $34.99; digital list price $19.99; Kindle price now
$2.99. Thomas Nelson, publisher. 543 pages.
https://www.amazon.com/Church-Histor.../dp/B00GCG55EM.
Book Description
With more than 315,000 copies sold, this is the story of the church for today’s readers. The fourth edition of Shelley’s classic one-volume history of the church brings the story of Christianity into the twenty-first century. This latest edition of the book takes a close look at the rapid growth of evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in the southern hemisphere, addresses the decline in traditional mainline denominations, examines the influence of technology on the spread of the gospel, and discusses how Christianity intersects with other religions in countries all over the world.
This concise book provides an easy-to-read guide to church history with intellectual substance. The new edition of Church History in Plain Language
promises to be the new standard for readable church history.
Features include:
- Includes contemporary developments related to the spread of the gospel
- Discusses how technology has an impact on how the church worships and grows
- Covers the explosion of Christianity in the southern hemisphere