Christian History, Volume 2
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Christian History, Volume 2

From the Reformation to the Present

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
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Christian History, Volume 2

From the Reformation to the Present

About this book

Thomas S. Kidd presents a global history of the Christian church in the modern age.

Christian History, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present provides a composite picture of important, influential, and representative Christian beliefs, thinkers, activists, trends, and practices from about 1500 to the present day. In a highly readable style, Kidd covers the events and figures from the Reformation, the Great Awakenings, higher criticism, and the culture wars of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This volume also covers the global nature of God’s church by examining historical global traditions as well as the recent the demographic shift of active Christian communities to the global South.

In addition to the major theologians, movements, and events of the period, Kidd highlights the everyday Christian experience through the centuries, including accounts of ordinary men and women who experienced conversion, lived sacrificially for the gospel, or endured persecution.

A lively, engaging, and readable text, Christian History, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present will become a staple text for students and professors alike.

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1: The Reformation Begins
  3. Chapter 2: The Reformation: Division and Reaction
  4. Chapter 3: The Catholic Reformation
  5. Chapter 4: Reform in the British Isles
  6. Chapter 5: The Fate of the Reformation into the 1600s
  7. Chapter 6: The English Civil War, Pietism, and the Early Enlightenment
  8. Chapter 7: New World Colonies
  9. Chapter 8: Skepticism, Devotion, andĀ the Enlightenment
  10. Chapter 9: The Early Evangelical Movement
  11. Chapter 10: A Transatlantic Revival
  12. Chapter 11: A Vibrant and Contested Awakening
  13. Chapter 12: Faith and the Age of Revolutions
  14. Chapter 13: Protestants and New Global Missions
  15. Chapter 14: The Second Great Awakening and a Growing Christian World
  16. Chapter 15: A New Era of Theological Change and Moral Reform
  17. Chapter 16: Missionaries, the Benevolent Empire, and Global Christian Growth
  18. Chapter 17: The Age of Societies
  19. Chapter 18: An Era of Theological Innovation
  20. Chapter 19: Christians and the ā€œHeinousĀ Sinā€ of Slavery
  21. Chapter 20 : A New Era of Biblical Criticism
  22. Chapter 21: Sources of Christian Recovery and Renewal
  23. Chapter 22: Revival, Revivalists, and the Coming of Pentecostalism
  24. Chapter 23: Theological Divisions and the Era of the World Wars
  25. Chapter 24: Resistance and Realism in the Mid-Twentieth Century
  26. Chapter 25: Global Christian Growth in the Age of Billy Graham
  27. Chapter 26: Civil Rights, Liberation Theology, and Culture War
  28. Chapter 27: Theological Conflict and a New Global Church
  29. Chapter 28: Global Churches Facing the Future
  30. Illustration Credits
  31. Index