Christianity: A Very Short Introduction offers a bold new overview of the world's largest religion. It takes as its theme contrasting types of power in Christianity - power as control and power as love. The book examines the competition for power between different forms of Christianity - church Christianity, monastic and mystical Christianity and the different forms of modern Christianity. In doing so it offers an introduction to the main manifestations of Christianity, their key symbols, ideas and teachings and their interaction with one another and with 'worldly' power. The book concludes by showing the increasing power of women and 'Third World' christians in modern Christianity.