DESCRIPTION

This book takes a thematic approach to Christianity, providing a series of useful article-length features on key aspects of the Christian faith including:
• Beginnings, history, groups and denominations
• The monastic tradition
• Church buildings
• Church worship
• Festivals
• Symbols
• Prayer, personal piety, faith in action
• The Bible in the life of the church
• Beliefs
It's clear layout, which includes information boxes, maps, diagrams and illustrations, ensure a useful resource book suitable for children of any faith or none.

DAVID SELF is a prolific and highly respected writer of RE textbooks, with an easy-to-read style. For Lion he has written The Lion Treasury of Saints and i>World Religions