ABSTRACT

The Routledge Companion to Christian History is an indispensable aid for anyone seeking comprehensive coverage of the facts in clear, concise and easy to use language. It covers:

  • all key events in the Christian calendar from the persecution of the Roman Empire to the fall of Communism and the rise of Fundamentalism
  • the impact of Islam, the Crusades, Monasticism, and the spread of popular religious movements
  • cross-cultural coverage; as well as Western Christendom, the Orthodox churches of the East and the 'new' churches of Asia and Africa.

Fully cross referenced throughout with a combination of chronologies, glossary and statistics this packed volumes contains everything for the first time student or for anyone revisiting the subject.

part I|270 pages

Outline Topic Chronologies

chapter |4 pages

Church and Empire, 313–476

chapter |3 pages

Early Heresies and Councils

chapter |3 pages

Christianity in North Africa (To 698)

chapter |2 pages

Early Monasticism (To 910)

chapter |2 pages

Christianity and The Rise of Islam

chapter |5 pages

The Western Church, 402–910

chapter |4 pages

The Conversion of Europe (TO 1198)

chapter |5 pages

Christianity in The British Isles

chapter |4 pages

Moorish and Christian Spain, 711–1492

chapter |4 pages

The Medieval Papacy, 1049–1198

chapter |3 pages

The Medieval Papacy, 1198–1305

chapter |4 pages

The Religious Orders

chapter |4 pages

The Byzantine Church, 1054–1453

chapter |7 pages

The Crusades

chapter |5 pages

The Medieval Papacy, 1309–1449

chapter |5 pages

The English Church, 1066–1485

chapter |3 pages

The Proto-Reformation

chapter |3 pages

Luther and The German Reformation

chapter |2 pages

Zwingli and The Reformation In Zurich

chapter |2 pages

Calvin and Geneva

chapter |5 pages

The English Church, 1485–1603

chapter |1 pages

The Northern Reformation

chapter |3 pages

The Inquisition

chapter |3 pages

The Jesuits

chapter |4 pages

The Expansion of Christianity Overseas

chapter |5 pages

The English Church, 1603–88∗

chapter |4 pages

Christianity in The Russian Lands

chapter |5 pages

The English Church, 1689–1837

chapter |4 pages

Religion in America, 1776–1914

chapter |5 pages

The English Church, 1828–1939

chapter |3 pages

The Missionaries and The Far East

chapter |3 pages

Christianity Under Communism, 1917–90

chapter |3 pages

The Anglican Church Since 1939

chapter |3 pages

Religion in America Since 1914

chapter |3 pages

Modern Pentecostalism

chapter |4 pages

The Modern Ecumenical Movement

part III|83 pages

Compendium of Lists, Tables and Statistics

chapter |8 pages

The Spread of Christianity

chapter |4 pages

Persecution and Martyrdom

chapter |4 pages

The Religious Orders

chapter |2 pages

The Military Orders

chapter |4 pages

The Modern Missionary Age

chapter |18 pages

The Development of Christian Doctrine

chapter |3 pages

Pilgrimage and Cults

chapter |12 pages

Church Membership in The Modern Era

chapter |16 pages

Selected Offices and Office Holders

chapter |4 pages

Rulers and Monarchs

chapter |3 pages

General Miscellany

chapter |3 pages

Bibliography