From a handful of frightened people to one-third of the world's population the 2,000-year history of Christianity is a story of growth. It is an exciting story, told in this Lion Handbook in words, pictures and charts. It is a story of people and movements a global history presented period by period, from the world of Greece and Rome to events in China and Eastern Europe in the 1990s. More than sixty specialists from ten countries have contributed their expertise to the main chapters and short feature articles on people, movements and subjects of special interest. Over 400 photographs and thirty maps, charts and diagrams illustrate the story.