A Survey of the History of Global Christianity, Second Edition

by Nickens, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781087735429
• ISBN10: 1087735424
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-12-15
• Publisher: B&H Academic

Summary

Since Jesus’s resurrection, Christianity has expanded across the globe and shaped a vast array of groups and movements. A Survey of the History of Global Christianity, Second Edition, provides an overview of the Christian faith from the apostolic age to the global present. In a friendly and informative tone, author Mark Nickens outlines the historical context of important developments in doctrine and practice, including:

• The persecution and resilience of the early church.
• The results of increasing papal power in Europe during the Middle Ages.
• The Reformation and later movements that influenced European Christianity.
• The various sects of American Christianity that arose in cycles of revival.
• An examination of Orthodoxy and the history of Christianity in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the West Indies.

In addition to historical information, this book features quotes and spiritual lessons from noteworthy Christians throughout the centuries. By understanding how Christian doctrine has developed over the ages and across the globe, readers will better understand where their own faith tradition comes from.

Author Biography

Mark Nickens (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an assistant professor and subject matter expert in church history at Liberty University. Since 1994, he has taught church history at fourteen seminaries, universities, and Bible institutes in the United States, Belize, Nigeria, Kenya, and Asia.

Table of Contents

Section 1: The Early Church: 30–400 
1. Enduring Persecution and Developing Theology 
2. The Church Develops Its Structure 

Section 2: Medieval Christianity 
3. Medieval Christianity I: 400–1000 
4. Medieval Christianity II: 1000–1500 

Section 3: Pre-Reformers, the Protestant Reformation, and European Christianity: 1500–1900 
5. Pre-Reformers and Martin Luther 
6. The Swiss Reformation 
7. The English and Counter Reformations 
8. European Christianity: 1600–1900 

Section 4: American Christianity: 1500 to the Present 
9. American Christianity I: Precolonial and Colonial America 
10. American Christianity II: The American Revolution to the Civil War 
11. American Christianity III: After the Civil War to World War II 
12. American Christianity IV: After World War II to the Present 

Section 5: The Global South 
13. Orthodox Christianity and the History of Missions 
14. Latin America: 1492 to the Early Twentieth Century 
15. Africa: The Day of Pentecost to the Early Twentieth Century 
16. Asia: AD 52 to the Early Twentieth Century 
17. The Global South: 1900 to the Present