The Cambridge History of Christianity
The Cambridge History of Christianity
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USDThis authoritative volume presents the history of Christianity from the eve of the Protestant Reformation to the height of Catholic Reform. It thoroughly examines the impact of the permanent schism on Latin Christendom, the Catholic responses to it, and the influence on the development of the Orthodox churches. The volume covers the history of society, politics, theology, liturgy, religious orders, and art in the lands of Latin Christianity, while expanding the boundaries of inquiry to the relationship between Christianity and non-Christian religions both in Europe and in the non-European world.
- The multi-disciplinary approach of the volume brings a new dimension to this crucial chapter in the history of Christianity
- The history of Christianity in this period is treated with the broadest geographic and thematic scope
- Contributions come from an international team of experts
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"Detailed and scholarly, the relationship between Christianity and other major religions and faiths is maintained by each contributor...a major work of academic orientation from which both the historian and religious scholar will benefit....Public libraries and churches with a teaching mission should not hesitate to purchase."
--American Reference Books Annual
"...inspires awe....enormous diversity of of excellent scholars....stands out from rivals by its sheer scale....provide an effective structure....identification and development of themes is thoroughly successful....deeply impressive..."
--Philip Jenkins
"With the publication of volume 6 of Cambridge University Press's splendid new history of Christianity, scholars are now in possession of what will surely become, for the foreseeable future, the standard reference history of Western Christianity during the Reformation and Confessional eras." --David C. Fink, Duke University: Religious Studies Review
Product details
July 2014Paperback
9781107423688
772 pages
229 × 152 × 43 mm
1.11kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface R. Po-chia Hsia
- Part I. Luther and the Holy Roman Empire:
- 1. Martin Luther, reformer Scott Hendrix
- 2. Emergence and consolidation of Protestantism Thomas A. Brady
- 3. Anabaptists and dissenters Emmet McLaughlin
- 4. Lutheranism in the seventeenth century Hartmut Lehmann
- Part II. The Second Reformation:
- 5. Communal reformation - Zwingli and south Germany Peter Blickle
- 6. Calvin and his successors Robert Kingdon
- 7. Theology and liturgy of reformed Christianity Mark Greengrass
- 8. The second wave of Protestant expansion Philip Benedict
- Part III. Catholic Renewal:
- 9. Redefining Catholicism - Trent and beyond Robert Bireley
- 10. New religious orders John Patrick Donnelly
- 11. Female sanctity Gabriella Zarri
- 12. Tridentine worship and the cult of saints Simon Ditchfield
- 13. Peace without concord: religious toleration in theory and practice Nicolette Mout
- 14. Imposing church and social discipline Ute Lotz-Heumann
- 15. Persecutions and martyrdoms Brad Gregory
- 16. The Mediterranean inquisitions of early modern Europe William Monter
- 17. Religious colloquies and making peace Oliver Christin
- 18. Latin Christianity and eastern Orthodoxy Mikhail Dmitriev
- Part IV. Religion, Society and Culture:
- 19. Reformation and the visual arts Lee Palmer Wandel
- 20. Ritual in early modern Christianity Susan Karant-Nunn
- 21. Music and religious change Alexander J. Fisher
- 22. Demonology Wolfgang Behringer
- 23. Science and religion Ann Blair
- 24. The new clergies Luise Schorn-Schütte
- 25. Women and religious change Merry Wiesner-Hanks
- Part V. Evangelising the Non-Christian World:
- 26. Christianity and Judaism Miriam Bodian
- 27. The naturalisation of Andean Christianities Kenneth Mills
- 28. Between Islam and Orthodoxy: Protestants and Catholics in southeastern Europe Istvan G. Toth
- 29. Christianity shaped by the Chinese Nicolas Standaert
- 30. Reception of Hinduism and Buddhism in early modern Christianity Ines Zupanov and R. Po-chia Hsia.
