Understanding Christianity / Gilleasbuig Macmillan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approaching understanding : going to church -- Approaching understanding : the apostles' creed -- One man's life -- Developing the Jewish heritage -- cross of the risen Chrsit -- From synagogue to church -- Believing with bread and wine -- establishment of Christendom -- Basic convictions settled -- Living a devoted life -- Jesus the Saviour -- West and East -- Searching for better ways -- church's new formations -- wider, deeper Catholicism -- Entering the modern world -- Southern church -- family of customs and opinions -- Some questions -- some replies.

"Understanding Christianity asks how Christian belief and worship helps believers to express wonder and gratitude, relationship with the divine, forgiveness and renewal, identity and belonging - features found in most forms of religion. The author loves much of the Christian tradition but is not complacent about its record or combative about its place with other contemporary ways."--Jacket.