The story of Christianity
Subtitle: The reformation to the present day
By: Justo L. González
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and updated.
Series: The Story of Christianity -- v. 2
Publisher: HarperOne/HarperCollins
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9780061855894
Subjects: Modern period; Church history
Other titles: Reformation to the present day
Description: A revised edition of an accessible narrative history assesses crucial theological developments while offering insight into the social, political, and economic forces that influenced the Church's development, in a volume that includes coverage of such subjects as emerging Protestantism and the origins of modern movements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-534) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Reformation. Chronology; title: The call for reformation; title: Martin Luther : pilgrimage to reformation; title: An uncertain decade; title: Luther's theology; title: Ulrich Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation; title: The radical Reformation; title: John Calvin; title: The Reformation in Great Britain; title: Further developments within Lutheranism; title: The Reformation in the Low Countries; title: Protestantism in France; title: The Catholic Reformation; title: Protestantism at the edges; title: A convulsed age; title: Orthodoxy, rationalism, and pietism. Chronology; title: An age of dogma and doubt; title: The Thirty Years' War; title: The church of the desert; title: The Puritan revolution; title: Catholic orthodoxy; title: Lutheran orthodoxy; title: Reformed orthodoxy; title: The rationalist option; title: The spiritualist option; title: The pietist option; title: The thirteen colonies; title: Beyond Christendom. Chronology; title: An age beyond Christendom; title: A shifting landscape : the United States; title: A shifting landscape : Western Europe; title: A shifting landscape : Latin America; title: A shifting landscape : Eastern Christianity; title: Protestant theology; title: Catholicism in the face of modernity; title: Geographic expansion; title: Roman Catholic Christianity; title: Crisis at the center : Protestantism in Europe; title: Crisis at the center : Protestantism in the United States; title: Vitality at the periphery; title: Epilogue : a global history.