TY  - BOOK
AU  - Noll,Mark A.
TI  - Turning points: decisive moments in the history of Christianity 
SN  - 080106211X (paper)
AV  - BR 145.2 .N65 2000
U1  - 270 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Baker Books
KW  - Church history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; Introduction : The idea of turning points and reasons for studying the history of Christianity --
The church pushed out on its own : the fall of Jerusalem (70) --
Realities of empire : the Council of Nicaea (325) --
Doctrine, politics, and life in the word : the Council of Chalcedon (451) --
The monastic rescue of the church : Benedict's rule (530) --
The culmination of Christendom : the coronation of Charlemagne (800) --
Division between East and West : the Great Schism (1054) --
The beginnings of Protestantism : the Diet of Worms (1521) --
A new Europe : the English Act of Supremacy (1534) --
Catholic reform and worldwide outreach : the founding of the Jesuits (1540) --
The new piety : the conversion of the Wesleys (1738) --
Discontents of the modern West : the French Revolution (1789) --
A faith for all the world : the Edinburgh Missionary Conference (1910) --
Further turning points of the twentieth century
N2  - Summary;  	
Explores twelve pivotal events in the history of Christianity ranging from the fall of Jerusalem and the coronation of Charlemagne to the Edinburgh Missionary Conference.
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