Illustrated history of Christianity

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Illustrated history of Christianity

by Franklin H. Littell

Continuum, 2003, c2001

  • : pbk

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Historical atlas of Christianity

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Formerly published: Historical atlas of Christianity. 2nd rev. and expanded ed

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How does one graphically portray "Lutheran" Sweden or "Catholic" Spain, where 98% of the population is claimed but only 3.6% and 15%, respectively, are actually practicing? How many Orthodox Christians are left in Russia and other states of the former USSR? How to reckon the number and life of Christians persecuted in China or Indonesia? Atlases are generally limited to sketching political hegemony, along ethnic and national lines. Indeed, the first 1500 years of Christianity can be largely conveyed by graphics that are primarily geographical. Yet as we approach the modern period, where the creedal preferences of rulers and governments are no longer determinative, and the bonds of the old ethnic religions have slackened, the geographical portrayal of religion becomes problematic. Franklin Littell's method in "The Illustrated History of Christianity" is best conveyed by the term "confrontation." He highlights those times and places of crisis and decision in which the shape and direction of the Christian movement was determined. Particular attention is paid to the interaction of Christians and Jews and to the encounter of Christianity and Islam.

Table of Contents

  • Early Christianity in its setting
  • the world of the Jews
  • the world of the Greeks
  • the Greco-Roman world
  • the Christian Roman Empire
  • Christianity become official
  • division of the Christian Imperium
  • the empire of Charlemagne and his successors
  • disintegration of the Carolingian Empire
  • papal efforts at integration
  • disintegration of papal authority
  • rebellion in Latin Christendom
  • the magisterial reformation and reformers
  • wars of religion
  • imperial and national efforts at reintegration
  • European Christendom in the Age of Colonialism
  • the Age of Personal Decision
  • Christianity and ideology
  • religions in America
  • the great century of Christian missions
  • the ecumenical movement
  • new perspectives
  • destruction and renewal.

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