Nelson's Dictionary of Christianity: The Authoritative Resource on the Christian World

This is a “Christian” dictionary of Christianity. The Editor, George Kurian, makes this clear in the introduction. It is not just a glossary but also an expression of the legacy of Christianity. Christianity is more than a religion because of the Great Commission to evangelise the world and harvest believers. Its three main challenges are orthodoxy, evangelism, and persecution. It is a faith offering direct access to salvation, which, despite different traditions and denominations, has a unity in the body of Jesus Christ, and which under girds the moral order.

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