Since Jesus’s resurrection, Christianity has expanded across the globe and shaped a vast array of groups and movements. A Survey of the History of Global Christianity, Second Edition, provides an overview of the Christian faith from the apostolic age to the global present. In a friendly and informative tone, author Mark Nickens outlines the historical context of important developments in doctrine and practice, including:
In addition to historical information, this book features quotes and spiritual lessons from noteworthy Christians throughout the centuries. By understanding how Christian doctrine has developed over the ages and across the globe, readers will better understand where their own faith tradition comes from.
Section 1: The Early Church: 30–400
1. Enduring Persecution and Developing Theology
2. The Church Develops Its Structure
Section 2: Medieval Christianity
3. Medieval Christianity I: 400–1000
4. Medieval Christianity II: 1000–1500
Section 3: Pre-Reformers, the Protestant Reformation, and European Christianity: 1500–1900
5. Pre-Reformers and Martin Luther
6. The Swiss Reformation
7. The English and Counter Reformations
8. European Christianity: 1600–1900
Section 4: American Christianity: 1500 to the Present
9. American Christianity I: Precolonial and Colonial America
10. American Christianity II: The American Revolution to the Civil War
11. American Christianity III: After the Civil War to World War II
12. American Christianity IV: After World War II to the Present
Section 5: The Global South
13. Orthodox Christianity and the History of Missions
14. Latin America: 1492 to the Early Twentieth Century
15. Africa: The Day of Pentecost to the Early Twentieth Century
16. Asia: AD 52 to the Early Twentieth Century
17. The Global South: 1900 to the Present
Since Jesus’s resurrection, Christianity has expanded across the globe and shaped a vast array of groups and movements. A Survey of the History of Global Christianity, Second Edition, provides an overview of the Christian faith from the apostolic age to the global present. In a friendly and informative tone, author Mark Nickens outlines the historical context of important developments in doctrine and practice, including:
o the persecution and resilience of the early church
o the results of increasing papal power in Europe during the Middle Ages
o the Reformation and later movements that influenced European Christianity
o the various sects of American Christianity that arose in cycles of revival
o an examination of Orthodoxy and the history of Christianity in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the West Indies.
In addition to historical information, this book features quotes and spiritual lessons from noteworthy Christians throughout the centuries. By understanding how Christian doctrine has developed over the ages and across the globe, readers will better understand where their own faith tradition comes from.
