A global history of Christians :

Spickard, Paul R. 1950-

A global history of Christians : how everyday believers experienced their world / Paul R Spickard; Kevin M Cragg. - Grand Rapids, MI. : Baker Academic, C.1994. - 486 p. : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

First published in 1994 as God's Peoples: A social history of Christians.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The world of the first Christians --
Christians in the Roman world --
The fourth-century turning point --
The age of faith --
Eastern Orthodoxy: Christians who never changed? --
Christians in the non-Christian world to 1500 --
Transformation and Renaissance --
The Reformation --
European expansion, 1500-1800 --
European Christianity after the Reformation, 1600-1900 --
Early America --
Nineteenth-century Europe and North America: mission and uplift --
Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon, 1750-1950 --
The context for the modern church --
Twentieth-century Europe: the church in decline --
Twentieth-century America --
Around the world since World War II.

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Churh History

BR145.2 / .S73 1994