Analysis Of Turning Points: Turning Points: Decisive Moments The History Of Christianity '

Turning Points: Decisive Moments the History of Christianity. By Mark A. Noll. Grand Rapids,

Mich.: Baker, 2012. 326 pp. n.p.

The extremely creative writer Mark Noll of Wheaton College (Illinois) on his inspiring survey of the history of Christianity designed for the general reader. Dr. Noll graduated from Wheaton as an English major and from Vanderbilt with his PhD in the

History of Christianity in 1975. After four years of Trinity College (IL), Noll joined the Wheaton

College in 1979. Author of several other books.

Unlike the usual this book is one fact after another church history "turning points" Dr Noll end each chapter with a prayer a figure related in some way to the turning points, this twelve textbooks volume populate the

He covers the developments within the church with considerable objectivity, but lets the reader know where his own Protestant biases shape his thinking and choice of material. He references on the works of other scholars and suggested the sources he drew upon to construct the various sections of the book.

The result of the turning Points: is the History of Christianity. I will summarize the achievement in those seven chapters of this book, base on his uniqueness and his thoughts of the Christian history. The discussion questions at the end of the book provide a more indepth challenge to students and readers whether to agree or disagree with the author. His interpretation of Church history in his book of turning point.

It contains thirteen separate chapters in which specialists in various regions or eras will doubtless find weaknesses. But to an aspiring globalist with formal training only in Western subjects, I judge the results to be superlative. Seven sections authoritatively treat the