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Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

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Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

Overview

Now in its fourth edition, this bestselling textbook (over 125,000 copies sold) isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience.

This popular textbook is organized around 14 key moments in church history, providing contemporary Christians with a fuller understanding of God as he has revealed his purpose through the centuries. The new edition includes a new preface, updates throughout the book, revised "further readings" for each chapter, new sidebar content, and study questions. It also more thoroughly highlights the importance of women in Christian history and the impact of world Christianity.

Turning Points is well suited to introductory courses on the history of Christianity as well as study groups in churches. Additional resources for instructors are available through Textbook eSources.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781540964885
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/18/2022
Edition description: 4th Edition
Pages: 368
Sales rank: 409,629
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Mark A. Noll (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is research professor of history at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, and professor of history emeritus at the University of Notre Dame.

David Komline (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of church history at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan.

Han-luen Kantzer Komline (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of church history and theology at Western Theological Seminary.

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

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