Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660-1815

by Edited by Stewart J. Brown, Timothy Tackett

• ISBN13: 9780521816052
• ISBN10: 052181605X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Cambridge History of Christianity offers a comprehensive chronological account of the development of Christianity in all its aspects - theological, intellectual, social, political, regional, global - from its beginnings to the present day. Each volume makes a substantial contribution in its own right to the scholarship of its period and the complete History constitutes a major work of academic reference. Far from being merely a history of Western European Christianity and its offshoots, the History aims to provide a global perspective. Eastern and Coptic Christianity are given full consideration from the early period onwards, and later, African, Far Eastern, New World, South Asian and other non-European developments in Christianity receive proper coverage. The volumes cover popular piety and non-formal expressions of Christian faith and treat the sociology of Christian formation, worship and devotion in a broad cultural context. The question of relations between Christianity and other major faiths is also kept in sight throughout. The History will provide an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.

Table of Contents

Introduction Stewart J. Brown and Timothy Tackett

Part I. Church, State and Society in the European World, 1660-1780: 1. Continental Catholic Europe Nigel Aston

2. Continental Protestant Europe Hartmut Lehmann

3. Great Britain and Ireland J. C. D. Clark

4. The Church in economy and society Philip Hoffman

Part II. Christian Life in the European World, 1660-1780: 5. The Catholic clergy in Europe Mario Rosa

6. The Protestant clergies in the European world Andrew Holmes

7. Reaching audiences: sermons and oratory in Europe Joris van Eijnatten

8. Christian education Dominique Julia

9. Christianity and gender Merry Wiesner-Hanks

10. Popular religion Willem Frijhoff

11. Jewish-Christian relations Frances Malino

12. Architecture and Christianity Jean-Michel Leniaud

Part III. Movements and Challenges: 13. Christianity and the rise of sciences 1660-1815 Louis Châ

tellier

14. The Enlightenment critique of Christianity Margaret C. Jacob

15. The Christian Enlightenment Helena Rosenblatt

16. Jansenism and the international supression of the Jesuits Dale Van Kley

17. Evangelical awakenings in the North Atlantic world W. R. Ward

18. Toleration and movements of Christian reunion: 1660-1789 James E. Bradley

Part IV. Christian Developments in the Non-European World: 19. Christianity in Iberian America James D. Riley

20. British and French North America through 1765 Mark A. Noll

21. Christianity in Africa Lamin Sanneh

22. Christianity in South and Southeast Asia Charles J. Borges

23. Christianity in East Asia R. G. Tiedemann

24. Christian encounters with other world religions A. C. Ross

Part V. Revolution and the Christian World: 25. The American Revolution and religion: 1765-1815 Martin Marty

26. Christianity and the campaign against slavery and the slave trade Christopher Brown

27. The French Revolution and religion: through 1794 Timothy Tackett

28. The French Revolution and religion: 1795-1815 Suzanne Desan

29. Movements of Christian awakenings in revolutionary Europe, 1790-1815 Stewart J. Brown.