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A Concise History Of Christianity

by: Peterson,R. Dean

A Concise History Of Christianity

by: Peterson,R. Dean

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9780495130307
ISBN 10:
0495130303
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/26/2006
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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It's concise, easy to read, and full of interesting material! A CONCISE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY shows you exactly how Christianity came to be, the major highlights of its history, and why appreciating its diversity is such an important component of properly understanding it. Plus, Peterson's lively writing style will keep your attention and the many study tools will help you succeed on midterms and finals.

Tables, Boxes, and Maps

xiv

Preface to the Third Edition

xvi

Introduction

(29)

Christianity and History

(1)

Historians and History

(3)

History and the Problem of Interpretation

(1)

The Historian's Toolbox

(2)

Understanding the Historical Process

(1)

The Historical Process and Church History

(1)

The Jewish Background of Christianity

(10)

The Founding Fathers and the Exodus

(1)

The Judges and the United Kingdom

(2)

The Prophets

(1)

The Babylonian Captivity

(3)

The Greek Period

(1)

Jewish Independence and Roman Domination

(1)

The Roman World of Jesus of Nazareth

(2)

The Jewish World of Jesus of Nazareth

(2)

The Messiah and the Kingdom

(1)

Jewish Groups

(1)

Conclusions

(1)

Notes

(1)

Additional Readings

(1)

Websites

(2)

I. Early Christianity

Introduction: The Growth and Decline of the Roman Empire

(4)

Republic to Empire

(1)

The High Point of the Empire

(1)

A Declining Empire

(1)

Reforms of Diocletian and Constantine

(2)

Notes

(1)

Beginnings (6 B.C.E.--100 C.E.)

(24)

The Life, Teachings, and Ministry of Jesus

(7)

The Life of Jesus

(4)

The Teachings of Jesus

(1)

The Miracles and Ministry of Jesus

(1)

The Post-Resurrection Church

(3)

The Question and the Power of the Resurrection

(1)

The Church at Jerusalem

(1)

The Church Spreads

(1)

Pauline Christianity

(5)

Paul as Missionary and Pastor

(1)

Pauline Theology

(3)

Johannine Christianity

(1)

The Church at the Close of the First Century

(4)

The Church and the World

(1)

Emerging Orthodoxy

(1)

Conclusions

(1)

Notes

(1)

Additional Readings

(1)

Websites

(1)

The Faith of the Fathers: Persecution to Establishment (100--500 C.E.)

(22)

Church-State Relations

(10)

Persecution and Conflict

(8)

Fourth-Century Persecution

(1)

Christ and Culture: The Apologists

(2)

Christ Against Culture

(1)

Christ in Dialogue with Culture

(1)

Beginnings of an Age-Old Dispute

(1)

Triumph and New Challenges

(5)

Constantine and the Donatists

(1)

Triumph and Establishment

(1)

The Rise of Monasticism

(2)

Conclusions

(1)

Notes

(1)

Additional Readings

(1)

Websites

(1)

The Faith of the Fathers: Controversies and Councils (100--500 C.E.)

(35)

The Quest for Authority

(6)

Gnostic Christianity

(1)

The Establishment of an Official Canon

(1)

The Development of Creeds

(1)

The Establishment of Bishops

(3)

The Nature of Christ and the Trinity

(6)

One God: Monarchianism

(1)

The Equality of Christ: The Arian Controversy

(1)

Coeternal and Coequal: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

(3)

Augustine: The Theologian of the West

(5)

Augustine's Life

(1)

Controversy with the Manichees

(1)

Controversy with the Donatists

(1)

Controversy with Pelagius

(1)

Controversy with the Pagans

(1)

The Church at the Close of the Patristic Period

(3)

Conclusions

(1)

Notes

(1)

Additional Readings

(1)

Websites

(2)

II. Christianity in the Middle Ages

Introduction: The Middle Ages

101

(1)

The World in the Early Middle Ages

101

(7)

The Byzantine Empire

101

(2)

The State and the Church in Western Europe

103

(4)

The Rise of Islam

107

(1)

Western Europe in the High Middle Ages

108

(1)

Nation Building, Trade, and New Rights

108

(2)

Black Death and Rebirth

110

(1)

Notes

110

(1)

The Church in the Early Middle Ages: Chaos, Darkness, and Emerging Order (500--1000 C.E.)

111

(26)

The Eastern Church

112

(7)

Symphonia

112

(1)

Monastics

113

(2)

The Expansion of Eastern Christianity

115

(2)

Controversies and the Seven Councils

117

(2)

The Western Church

119

(13)

The Rise of the Papacy

119

(6)

The Decline of the Papacy

125

(1)

Missionary Expansion

126

(4)

The Body and Blood of Christ and Other Controversies

130

(2)

The Church at the Close of The Early Middle Ages

132

(1)

Conclusions

133

(1)

Notes

134

(1)

Additional Readings

135

(1)

Websites

136

(1)

The Church in the High Middle Ages: Flowering of Christian Society (1000--1500 C.E.)

137

(29)

Empire and Church Revived

138

(8)

The Holy Roman Empire

138

(1)

Cluny and Monastic Reform

139

(4)

The Papacy and the Investiture Controversy

143

(3)

The Peak of Papal Power

146

(2)

The Crusades

148

(3)

Reasons for the Crusades

148

(1)

A Brief Overview of the Crusades

149

(1)

The Results of the Crusades

150

(1)

Scholasticism

151

(12)

Anselm of Canterbury

152

(2)

Peter Abelard

154

(1)

Thomas Aquinas

155

(2)

Plato and Aristotle

157

(1)

Realism and Nominalism

158

(1)

Implications of the Realists-Nominalist Debates

159

(3)

Triumph of Aristotle and Nominalism

162

(1)

Conclusions

163

(1)

Notes

163

(1)

Additional Readings

164

(1)

Websites

165

(1)

The Church in the High Middle Ages: Reform and Decline (1000--1500 C.E.)

166

(30)

Reform Within the Church

167

(2)

The Franciscans

167

(1)

The Dominicans

168

(1)

Reform Movements Outside the Church

169

(2)

The Cathari and the Waldenses

169

(1)

Wycliffe and Hus

170

(1)

Decline and Rebirth

171

(6)

Papal Decline

172

(3)

The Renaissance and Humanism

175

(2)

The Orthodox Church in the High Middle Ages

177

(5)

Byzantine Orthodoxy

177

(4)

Russian Orthodoxy

181

(1)

The Church at the Close of the Middle Ages

182

(2)

Conclusions

184

(1)

Notes

185

(1)

Additional Readings

185

(1)

Websites

186

(1)

III. The Reformation

The World of the Reformation

187

(5)

The Nation-States

187

(2)

Capitalism and World Expansion

189

(1)

The Context of the Reformation

190

(2)

The World in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

192

(3)

States and Empires

192

(1)

Royal Absolutism

193

(1)

New States

194

(1)

Notes

195

(1)

The Protestant Reformation: A Watershed in History (1500--1600 C.E.)

196

(24)

Luther and Lutheranism

197

(11)

Luther and Early Lutheranism

198

(5)

Luther's Later Life

203

(2)

Luther's Theology

205

(3)

Calvin and the Reformed Tradition

208

(9)

Ulrich Zwingli

208

(4)

John Calvin

212

(1)

Calvin's Theology

213

(4)

Conclusions

217

(1)

Notes

218

(1)

Additional Readings

218

(1)

Websites

219

(1)

The Protestant Reformation: Further Reform and Reaction (1500--1600 C.E.)

220

(27)

The English Reformation

221

(5)

Henry VIII and the Early Reformation

221

(2)

Edward VI and Mary Tudor

223

(2)

Elizabeth and the Elizabethan Settlement

225

(1)

The Anabaptists

226

(6)

The Early Anabaptists

226

(2)

The Radical Anabaptists

228

(1)

Other Anabaptists: Moderate and Radical

228

(4)

The Catholic Reformation

232

(9)

Renewal Efforts and Spiritual Movements

232

(2)

Loyola and the Jesuits

234

(3)

The Council of Trent

237

(1)

The Immediate Aftermath of the Reformation

237

(4)

The Orthodox Church During the Reformation

241

(2)

The Russian Church

241

(1)

The Reformation and Orthodoxy

242

(1)

The Church at the Close of the Sixteenth Century

243

(1)

Conclusions

244

(1)

Notes

245

(1)

Additional Readings

245

(1)

Websites

246

(1)

The Aftermath of the Reformation: War, Piety, and Reason (1600--1800 C.E.)

247

(32)

Religious Wars

248

(10)

The Thirty Years' War

249

(4)

The Church in the Desert

253

(1)

The Puritans and the Puritan Revolt

254

(4)

Protestant Orthodoxy and Pietism

258

(6)

Fox and the Quakers

260

(1)

The Pietists

260

(2)

Moravians and Methodists

262

(2)

The Smile of Reason

264

(5)

The Scientific Revolution

265

(1)

Rationalism in Philosophy and Religion

266

(2)

Opponents of Rationalism

268

(1)

The Orthodox Church of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century

269

(3)

Church and State in Russia

270

(1)

The Old Believers Controversy

271

(1)

The Church at the Close of the Eighteenth Century

272

(2)

Conclusions

274

(1)

Notes

274

(1)

Additional Readings

275

(1)

Websites

276

(1)

IV. Christianity in the Modern and Global Eras

Introduction

277

(2)

Christianity from Modern to Global Society: Modernization, Globalization, and the Catholic Reaction (1800--Present)

279

(31)

The World in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

280

(11)

Revolutions, New Powers, and the New Imperialism

280

(4)

Industrialization, Urbanization, and Population Growth

284

(3)

World Wars I and II

287

(3)

Emerging Global Society

290

(1)

Perspectives of the Modern Era

291

(5)

Political Liberalism

291

(2)

Scientific Advances

293

(1)

The Social Sciences, History, and Philosophy

294

(2)

Shifting Perspectives and Standards of Global Society

296

(5)

Human Rights, One Humanity, and Global Civil Society

297

(2)

Fluidity and Identity

299

(2)

The Catholic Reaction to the Modern World

301

(5)

Ultramontanism

302

(1)

Second Vatican Council

303

(2)

Pope John Paul II

305

(1)

Conclusions

306

(1)

Notes

307

(1)

Additional Readings

308

(1)

Websites

309

(1)

Christianity from Modern to Global Society: Optimism, Uncertainty, and Opportunity (1800--Present)

310

(41)

The Protestant Reaction to the Modern World

311

(3)

Liberal Theology

311

(1)

Biblical Criticism and Historical Studies

312

(2)

Reactions Against Liberalism

314

(2)

Reactions Against Christian Culture

316

(1)

Revivalism, Missions, and Sunday School

317

(6)

Revivalism

317

(3)

Missions

320

(3)

Sunday School

323

(1)

Other Twentieth-Century Movements

323

(3)

Neo-Orthodoxy

324

(2)

Liberalism and Fundamentalism

326

(8)

Church Decline and Growth in the United States

331

(1)

The Death of God and Process Theology

332

(2)

The Ecumenical Movement

334

(2)

The Dispossessed and the Prospects of Global Christianity

336

(6)

Christianity in Latin America

338

(1)

Christianity in Africa

339

(2)

Christianity in Asia

341

(1)

The Orthodox Church in the Modern Era

342

(2)

Christianity at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

344

(2)

Conclusions

346

(1)

Notes

347

(1)

Additional Readings

348

(1)

Websites

349

(2)

Glossary

351

(10)

Index

361

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