Table of Contents
List of Sidebars ix
Preface to the Fourth Edition xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: The Idea of Turning Points and Reasons for Studying the History of Christianity xv
1 The Church Pushed Out on Its Own: The Fall of Jerusalem (70) 1
2 Realities of Empire: The Council of Nicaea (325) 27
3 Doctrine, Politics, and Life in the "Word: The Council of Chalcedon (451) 46
4 The Monastic Rescue of the Church: Benedict's Rule (530) 65
5 The Culmination of Christendom: The Coronation of Charlemagne (800) 87
6 Division between East and West: The Great Schism (1054) 107
7 The Beginnings of Protestantism: The Diet of Worms (1521) 128
8 Church and Nation: The English Act of Supremacy (1534) 152
9 Catholic Reform and Worldwide Outreach: The Founding of the Jesuits (1540) 174
10 The New Piety: The Conversion of the Wesleys (1738) 199
11 Discontents of the Modern West: The French Revolution (1789) 223
12 A Faith for All the World: The Edinburgh Missionary Conference (1910) 246
13 Mobilizing for the Future: The Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (1974) 271
Afterword: The Character of Christianity and the Search for Turning Points 291
Study Questions 313
Index 329
