The Age of Reason: From the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, 1570-1789 (Baker History of the Church)
Global Upheavals That Shaped Modern Christianity The Baker History of the Church is a multivolume series by world-renowned historians and theologians. Each comprehensive volume offers an even-handed and readable assessment of the main strands of Christianity within its period. The Age of Reason covers 1570-1789, an era in which events such as the French Revolution and movements such as The Enlightenment spawned religious, cultural, and political upheavals that have not ceased to reverberate. The text explores the conflicts between Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christianity, as well as schisms within those groups. The rise of sectarianism and Pietism, the spread of the faith to various regions of the globe, and the impact of the Great Awakening all played a large role in shaping the context for today's global church and its quest for relevance in a rapidly changing world. Praise for the Series and Previous Volumes "This judiciously crafted, ecumenical survey of early Christianity by Davidson offers just the right combination of social, liturgical, institutional, and intellectual history."--Douglas A. Sweeney, associate professor of church history, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School "Anyone interested in church history will find Reform and Conflict to be the best introduction to one of the critical turning points in Western history."--Robert V. Schnucker, professor of religion, University of Northern Iowa "Four decades ago an excellent multivolume church history appeared with the title The Advance of Christianity through the Centuries under the editorship of the late F. F. Bruce. The Baker History of the Church replaces that series for the twenty-first century."--Robert G. Clouse, professor of history, Indiana State University Meic Pearse is assistant professor of history at Houghton College, New York. He is the author of Why the Rest Hates the West.  John D. Woodbridge is research professor of church history and the history of Christian thought at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. David F. Wright is professor of patristic and Reformed Christianity at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Tim Dowley has written and edited many books, including The Lion Handbook to the History of Christianity.