A Brief History of Christianity Book

I picked up this book as part of reading material for a research paper. Incidentally the book I read just before this was Strobel's The Case for Easter, which is actually an excerpt from the bestselling The Case for Christ. While Hanegraaff does make some unique contributions and substantives on his own, it seemed that many of the citations were secondary material from Strobel. Seeing the Gold Medallion Book Award and the many pages of recommendations by famous scholars, I however felt that the book was underwhelming for the amount of accolades and good reviews it received.

The distinguishing factor from Strobel's more popular level material would be the more technical aspects of Part 2 (Defense of the Resurrection of Creation) and Part 3 (Definite Answers to Questions Regarding the Resurrection). However, I felt that Part 1 (Defense of the Resurrection of Creation) is far too brief before the hard hitting matter comes along.

That's not to say that this is a mediocre book, it's one of the better ones on the topic of the resurrection, just that it is not brilliant. I will still recommended Strobel's to anybody who wants to get a grasp on the subject.