History of the World Christian Movement: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity To 1453

Dale T. Irvin, Scott Sunquist

Continuum International Publishing Group, Jan 10, 2002 - Religion - 455 pages

This thorough, lucid, solidly researched book, the first of two volumes, charts the history of global Christianity.

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Contents

• The Civilizations and Cultures of the World: 3
• Judaism at the Time of Jesus: 11
• Christian Beginnings: 22
• PART II: 47
• The Early Christian Movement in Syria and Mesopotamia: 57
• The Early Christian Movement in Greece and Asia Minor: 66
• The Early Christian Movement in the Western Mediterranean: 74
• The Early Christian Movement in Alexandria and Egypt: 86
• Every Foreign Land: 92
• THE GREAT CHURCH TAKES SHAPE: 99
• Gnostics Catholics and Manichaeans: 115
• Christians Jews and Israels Heritage of Monotheism: 129
• Spiritual Currents and Social Life across Cultures: 137
• PART IV: 155
• Donatists and Catholics A Struggle over Holiness and Unity in Roman North Africa: 166
• The ArianNicene Controversy and the Making of Orthodoxy: 173
• The Road to Chalcedon and Christological Diversity: 184
• The Christian Movement in the East Syria and the Emergence of a Persian National Church: 195
• Christianity in Egypt and Ethiopia: 209
• Rome and the Latin Churches in the West: 220
• The Age of Justinian and Theodora in the Eastern Roman Empire: 240
• PARTY: 241
• NEW CHALLENGES NEW BEGINNINGS 600 to 1000: 257
• The Land of Arabia the Prophet Muhammad and the Rise of Islam: 260
• The Christian Movement and the Islamic Caliphate 1: 271
• The Christian Movement in Africa and Spain: 289
• Expansion of the Christian Movement in India Central Asia and China: 305
• The Making of Christendom in the West: 323
• Monasticism in the West: 343
• Christianity in the East Roman Empire: 354
• Christian Expansion Northward: 372
• PART VI: 383
• Controversy and Crisis in Christendom: 387
• Christendom on Crusade in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: 395
• Spiritual Renewal in Western Christendom 1 1001300: 406
• Intellectual Renewal in Western Christendom 1 1001300: 423
• Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century: 440
• Christianity in Asia under the Mongols: 450
• Egypt Nubia and Ethiopia: 470
• Western Christendom 13001450: 476
• The Christian Movement in the East until 1453: 492
• Index to Names of Persons and Deities: 507
• Index to Subjects 514: 516

About the author

Dale T. Irvin is Professor of World Christianity at New York Theological Seminary. Scott W. Sunquist is Associate Professor of World Mission and Evangelism at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of the World Christian Movement: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity To 1453; Volume 1 of History of the World Christian Movement, Scott Sunquist
• Authors: Dale T. Irvin, Scott Sunquist
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2002
• ISBN: 0567088669, 9780567088666
• Length: 455 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christianity / General