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Local priest authors important book on story of the Christian church.
The Rev. Dr. Ron Kydd, a local Anglican priest, has written a book expected to make an important contribution both to knowledge of the Christian church and as a key to better understanding of Christianity in the world today.
Entitled: “Finding Pieces of the Puzzle — A fresh look at the Christian story,” Kydd describes his book as breaking away from the way in which history is usually written and providing a sweeping overview of the story of Christianity that takes the reader to parts of the world seldom visited.
As Christianity is a global undertaking, and the largest religious family in the world, the book tells how the message of Christ encounters cultures such as those of Asia and Northern Africa and in countries as different as ninth century Persia and sixteenth century Kongo (now Angola).
Kydd feels that watching Christians of the past face their challenges helps us understand who modern Christians really are. Thus his story is carried from the first century to the twenty-first century by a series of mini-biographies.
Finding Pieces of the Puzzle by Ronald A.N.Kydd, 272 pp, is published by WIPF & Stock., Eugene, OR, USA. www.wipfandstock.com.
Rev. Dr. Ron Kydd, who lives in Lakeport, is an honorary assistant priest at St. Peter’s Church, Cobourg. He is currently Research Professor of Church History at Tyndale Seminary, Toronto.
For more information contact: rkydd@tyndale.ca