Christianity: A Short Global History

CONTENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
1 LITTLE-KNOWN TO PERSECUTED MINORITY: BEGINNINGS TO 313......Page 16
CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS......Page 19
CHRISTIANS AND THEIR CULTURES......Page 26
A CHRISTIAN CORE......Page 37
CONCLUSION......Page 42
2 PERSECUTED AND PERSECUTING, 300-630......Page 44
CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS......Page 49
CHRISTIANS AND THEIR CULTURES......Page 55
A CHRISTIAN CORE......Page 65
CONCLUSION......Page 79
3 ENDANGERED AT THE CENTER, MOVING NORTH-WEST AND EAST, 630-1100......Page 80
CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS......Page 86
CHRISTIANS AND THEIR CULTURES......Page 100
A CHRISTIAN CORE......Page 105
CONCLUSION......Page 115
4 CRUSADES TO THE NEAR EXTINCTION OF ASIAN CHRISTIANS, 1100-1500......Page 117
CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS......Page 120
CHRISTIANS AND THEIR CULTURES......Page 128
A CHRISTIAN CORE......Page 136
CONCLUSION......Page 144
5 CONQUEST, REFORMATION AND INDIGENOUS GROWTH, 1433-1600......Page 146
CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS......Page 147
CHRISTIANS AND THEIR CULTURES......Page 162
A CHRISTIAN CORE......Page 169
CONCLUSION......Page 183
6 WEAKENED CHRISTENDOM AND EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT, 1600-1800......Page 184
CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS......Page 189
CHRISTIANS AND THEIR CULTURES......Page 196
A CHRISTIAN CORE......Page 206
CONCLUSION......Page 214
7 WESTERN MISSIONARY EXPANSION, 1800-1920......Page 215
CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS......Page 217
CHRISTIANS AND THEIR CULTURES......Page 225
A CHRISTIAN CORE......Page 241
CONCLUSION......Page 245
8 POST-CHRISTENDOM WEST, NON-WESTERN CHRISTIANS, 1900-2000......Page 247
CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS......Page 249
CHRISTIANS AND THEIR CULTURES......Page 261
A CHRISTIAN CORE......Page 268
CONCLUSION......Page 284
CONCLUSION......Page 286
INDEX......Page 292