Church History—Five Approaches to a Global Discipline

Daughrity (religion, Pepperdine U., California) presents a textbook for a first course in church history that traces the development of Christianity but also explains how church history is created and organized. He takes a global approach, recognizing the changing Christian demographics from the northern hemisphere to the southern in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dyron B. Daughrity (PhD, University of Calgary) is Associate Professor of Religion at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He teaches courses in comparative religion, history of Christianity, and world Christianity. He is the author of The Changing World of Christianity: The Global History of a Borderless Religion among many other works. He lectures and researches internationally, specializing in the intersection of religion and culture. His work has been featured on National Public Radio, The History Channel, and Inside Higher Ed.