A short introduction to the history of Christianity edited by Tim Dowley ; consulting editors, John H.Y. Briggs, Robert Linder, David F. Wright.

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9781506445977
1506445977

Subject(s):

Church history

DDC classification:

270 SHO

Contents:

pt. 1. Beginnings AD 1-325 -- 1. The church begins: from Jerusalem to Rome -- 2. Establishing Christianity: challenges to the new faith -- 3. What the first Christians believed: the faith is defended -- 4. How the first Christians worshipped [sic] -- pt. 2. Acceptance and Conquest: AD 325-600 -- 5. Constantine and the Christian Empire: Christianity recognized -- 6. Councils and Creeds: defining and defending the faith -- 7. The church in North Africa: the making of a distinctive tradition 8. The fall of the Roman Empire: how and why it came to an end -- 9. Ascetics and monks: the rise of Christian monasticism -- pt. 3. A Christian Society: AD 600-1500 10. --- The West in crisis -- 11. The Eastern church -- 12. Flowering: the Western church: reform and resurgence -- 13. Monasticism in the West -- 14. The Orthodox church in Eastern Europe and Russia -- 15. An age of unrest: the Western church in the late middle ages -- pt. 4. Reform and renewal: 1500-1650 -- 16. Seeds of renewal: the origin of the Reformation -- 17. Reformation -- 18. The radical reformation: the Anabaptists -- 19. The Catholic Reformation -- pt. 5. Reason, revival, and revolution 1650-1789 -- 20. Expansion worldwide: European missions -- 21. Awakening: the Evangelical revival and the great awakening -- 22. The Russian church: 1500-1900 -- pt. 6. Cities and Empires 1789-1914 -- 23. Europe in revolt: church and state in the nineteenth century -- 24. The first industrial nation: the industrial revolution and the British churches -- 25. A crusade among equals: revivalism, abolition, and evangelism in the USA -- 26. Outposts of empire: the nineteenth-century missionary explosion -- pt. 7. A Century of Conflict 1914-2001 -- 27. An age of ideology: nationalism, communism, and individualism take on Christianity -- 28. Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement -- 29. Organizing for unity -- 30. An age of liberation -- pt. 8. Epilogue: A New Millennium -- 31. Present and future: the church in an ever-changing world.

Tim Dowley's masterful one-volume survey of church history is now available in a new concise format designed with today's student in mind. Each section of Dowley's Introduction to the History of Christianity has been reviewed and content edited to create a more compact summary of Christian history. This new, shorter introduction retains the full-color format of the popular full edition, including the third edition's new images and maps.

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pt. 1. Beginnings AD 1-325 --
1. The church begins: from Jerusalem to Rome --
2. Establishing Christianity: challenges to the new faith --
3. What the first Christians believed: the faith is defended --
4. How the first Christians worshipped [sic] --
pt. 2. Acceptance and Conquest: AD 325-600 --
5. Constantine and the Christian Empire: Christianity recognized --
6. Councils and Creeds: defining and defending the faith --
7. The church in North Africa: the making of a distinctive tradition 8. The fall of the Roman Empire: how and why it came to an end --
9. Ascetics and monks: the rise of Christian monasticism --
pt. 3. A Christian Society: AD 600-1500 10. ---
The West in crisis --
11. The Eastern church --
12. Flowering: the Western church: reform and resurgence --
13. Monasticism in the West --
14. The Orthodox church in Eastern Europe and Russia --
15. An age of unrest: the Western church in the late middle ages --
pt. 4. Reform and renewal: 1500-1650 --
16. Seeds of renewal: the origin of the Reformation --
17. Reformation --
18. The radical reformation: the Anabaptists --
19. The Catholic Reformation --
pt. 5. Reason, revival, and revolution 1650-1789 --
20. Expansion worldwide: European missions --
21. Awakening: the Evangelical revival and the great awakening --
22. The Russian church: 1500-1900 --
pt. 6. Cities and Empires 1789-1914 --
23. Europe in revolt: church and state in the nineteenth century --
24. The first industrial nation: the industrial revolution and the British churches --
25. A crusade among equals: revivalism, abolition, and evangelism in the USA --
26. Outposts of empire: the nineteenth-century missionary explosion --
pt. 7. A Century of Conflict 1914-2001 --
27. An age of ideology: nationalism, communism, and individualism take on Christianity --
28. Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement --
29. Organizing for unity --
30. An age of liberation --
pt. 8. Epilogue: A New Millennium --
31. Present and future: the church in an ever-changing world.

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