Global Church—The First Eight Centuries: From Pentecost through the Rise of IslamThe Global Church The First Eight Centuries by Donald Fairbairn introduces students to the initial, formative centuries of Christian history, paying special attention to Christianity's nonWestern roots, global expansion, and interaction with the changing world around it from late Antiquity to the Islamic conquests. Discover the Diversity and Unity of the Early Church The Christian church of the early centuries spread throughout much of Asia, Africa,