Contents
Contents
Part I: The Early Church through the Magisterial Reformation
1. A Resurrection People: The New Testament Era
2. A Persecuted People: The Post-Apostolic Generations
3. Creeds and Councils: Debating and Defining Doctrine
4. Desert Fathers: Early Monastic Life and Writings
5. City of God in the “Dark Ages”: Benedict to Gregory the Great
6. Byzantine Religion: The Expansion of Eastern Orthodoxy
7. The Reconstituted Roman Empire: Charlemagne and Papal Power
8. Medieval Theology: Anselm to Aquinas
9. Beyond the Cloistered Walls: Monasticism, Mysticism, and Social Outreach
10. Renaissance Humanism and the Dawn of the Reformation: Waldo to Wycliffe
11. The German Reformation: Luther and Colleagues
12. The Swiss Reformation: Zwingli, Calvin, and Company
Part II: Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism to the Twenty-first Century
13. The Anabaptists: Separation of Church and State
14. The Catholic Reformation: Doctrine Defined and Mission Worldwide
15. The English Reformation: Royalty Exploiting Religion
16. Puritans in England and America: Theologians and Preachers
17. Sectarian Movements in Europe and America: Visions and Voices
18. The Catholic Church: Centuries of Struggle
19. Trans-Atlantic Awakenings: Revivals in England and America
20. An Age of Societies: Nineteenth-Century Revival and Social Outreach
21. The Modern Missionary Movement: Families in Cross-Cultural Ministry
22. Fragmentation and Revival: Salvation Army to Foursquare Gospel
23. Theological Ferment: Twentieth-Century Protestants and Catholics
24. Worldwide Christian Outreach: The Twentieth Century and Beyond