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Christianity: A Social and Cultural History 2/e
Howard C. Kee
Jerry W. Frost
Emily Albu
Carter Lindberg
Dana L. Robert
Published December 1997 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 1998, 600 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-13-578071-3
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Summary

Written by contributing scholars who are experts in specific facets of developing Christianity, this survey provides a well-rounded introduction to the history of Christianity and is ideal for anyone interested in the impact of Christianity of world culture down through history. It shows how Christianity emerged from its original Jewish context and developed into a worldwide religion, offering perceptive studies on how its origins and development were influenced by the changing social and cultural contexts in which the founders and leaders of this tradition lived and thought.KEY TOPICS:Provides detailed evidence of the influence of Greco-Roman and Jewish religious concepts and religious movements on the origins of Christianity, considers the structuring of the church conceptually and organizationally in Europe, and discusses Christianity's spread and growth in America and throughout the world. Looks at the profound impact of the culture of the later Roman and medieval world on the development of Christian doctrine and intellectual traditions and helps readers understand the reasons for the divisions between Catholic and Protestant traditions. MARKET:
Features

  • Presents analyses from contributing scholars who are experts in specific facets of developing Christianity. Pg.___

    • Provides detailed evidence of the influence of Greco-Roman and Jewish religious concepts and religious movements on the origins of Christianity, enabling students to perceive both continuities and differences between early Christianity and the wider socio-cultural setting out of which it came (Kee and Albu). Pg.___

    • Considers the structuring of the church conceptually and organizationally in Europe (Lindberg). Pg.___

    • Discusses Christianity's spread and growth in America (Frost), and throughout the world (Robert). Pg.___

  • Discusses the profound impact of the culture of the later Roman and medieval world on the development of Christian doctrine and intellectual traditions. Pg.___

    • Sheds light on the correlation between developing Christianity and the conceptual and philosophical traditions of Western culture. Pg.___

  • Helps students understand the reasons for the divisions between Catholic and Protestant traditions, and the appearance of other independent forms of Christianity. Pg.___
  • Explores how Christianity has taken such diverse forms in recent centuries. Pg.___
  • Places greater emphasis on the development of Christianity in western Europe and in America in light of the cultural and social developments. Pg.___
  • Expands coverage of the development of the church in the non-western world. Pg.___
  • Includes deeper discussions of social issues such as poverty and welfare, perspectives and relations with women, Jews, and other religions. Pg.___
Table of Contents

I. THE CONTEXT, BIRTH, AND EARLY GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY.

 1. From Alexander to Augustus: Cultural and Political Challenge to Jewish Religious Identity.

 2. Jesus of Nazareth and the Radical Alternative for Redefining the Covenant.

 3. Paul: Christian Encounter with the Roman World.

 4. From Charismatic Movement to Institution.

 5. Challenges to Christianity from Roman Culture.

 6. Christian Responses to the Challenges from the Culture.

 7. The Challenge from Within Christianity.

 8. Conflict of Church and Empire.

II. THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES.

 9. The Christian Empire and Arianism.

10. Pagan Reaction and Christian Victory.

11. West and East After the Fall.

12. The Eastern Empire and the Struggle Against Islam.

13. The Early Medieval Church in the West.

14. The Flowering of Medieval Christendom.

III. THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND THE REFORMATION.

15. The Bloom of the Twelfth Century.

16. The Harvest of the Medieval Church.

17. “The Haywain,” or “All Flesh is Grass”: The Withering of the Medieval Bloom.

18. The Reformations of the Sixteenth Century.

19. The Radical Reformers.

20. “The Most Perfect School of Christ”: The Genevan Reformation.

21. The Protestant Mission and Evangelism: The “International Conspiracy.”

22. Catholic Renewal and the Counter-Reformation.

IV. EUROPEAN CHRISTIANITY CONFRONTS THE MODERN AGE.

23. The Confessional Era.

24. From Pietism to the Early Enlightenment.

25. The Church in the Nineteenth Century.

26. Church History and Theology Since World War I.

V. CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE IN AMERICA.

27. The New England Way.

28. The Southern and Middle Colonies.

29. The Great Awakening.

30. Wars and Revolution.

31. The Second Great Awakening.

32. The Churches and Slavery.

33. An American Roman Catholic Church.

34. Sentimentality and Science.

35. Responses to the City.

36. Modernism and Fundamentalism.

37. Religion in the Public Sphere, 1945—1996.

38. Discordant Voices: Christianity in America Since 1945.

VI. CHRISTIANITY IN THE WIDER WORLD.

39. Christendom and Colonization.

40. Mission in the Modern Era.

41. World Christianity in the Twentieth Century.

Selected Bibliography.

Index.



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