03140cam a2200277 i 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720200015000890400018001040500022001220820008001442450163001522500021003152600037003363000045003735000020004185050014004385051162004525200013016145201163016276500020027907000017028107400035028273192674AUA.120160120133542.0770330r1977 miua 001 0 eng  a 77005616  a0802834507 aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBR 146b.E35 197700a27000aEerdmans' handbook to the history of Christianity /corganizing editor, Tim Dowley ; consulting editors, John H. Y. Briggs, Robert D. Linder, David F. Wright. a1st American ed. aGrand Rapids :bEerdmans,c1977. axxiv, 656 p. :bsome col. ill. ;c23 cm. aIncludes index. aContents: aGod and history. God, time and history / John Briggs -- Beginnings 1-325. The church expands / W. Ward Gasque ; What the first Christians believed / David F. Wright -- Acceptance and conquest 325-600. Constantine and the Christian empire / Richard Todd ; Councils and creeds / David Wright ; The fall of the Roman empire / Richard Todd ; Christian ascetics and monks / Michael Smith -- A Christian society 600-1500. The West in crisis / Harry Rosenberg ; The Eastern church / Harlie Gallatin ; Flowering : the Western church / Robert Clouse ; An age of unrest / Ronald Finucane -- Reform 1500-1650. Seeds of renewal / Philip McNair ; Reform / James Atkinson ; Rome responds / Robert Linder -- Reason, revival and revolution 1650-1789. Awakening / A. Skevington Wood ; Expansion worldwide / James De Jong ; Reason and unreason / Colin Brown -- Cities and empires 1789-1914. Europe in revolt / Wayne Detzler ; The first industrial nation / John Briggs ; The ascent of man / Colin Brown ; Outposts of empire / Andrew Walls -- Towards 2000. An age of ideology / Richard Pierard ; An age of anxiety / Anthony Thiselton ; An age of liberation / C. René Padilla. aSummary: aGod and history. God, time and history / John Briggs -- Beginnings 1-325. The church expands / W. Ward Gasque ; What the first Christians believed / David F. Wright -- Acceptance and conquest 325-600. Constantine and the Christian empire / Richard Todd ; Councils and creeds / David Wright ; The fall of the Roman empire / Richard Todd ; Christian ascetics and monks / Michael Smith -- A Christian society 600-1500. The West in crisis / Harry Rosenberg ; The Eastern church / Harlie Gallatin ; Flowering : the Western church / Robert Clouse ; An age of unrest / Ronald Finucane -- Reform 1500-1650. Seeds of renewal / Philip McNair ; Reform / James Atkinson ; Rome responds / Robert Linder -- Reason, revival and revolution 1650-1789. Awakening / A. Skevington Wood ; Expansion worldwide / James De Jong ; Reason and unreason / Colin Brown -- Cities and empires 1789-1914. Europe in revolt / Wayne Detzler ; The first industrial nation / John Briggs ; The ascent of man / Colin Brown ; Outposts of empire / Andrew Walls -- Towards 2000. An age of ideology / Richard Pierard ; An age of anxiety / Anthony Thiselton ; An age of liberation / C. René Padilla.  0aChurch history.1 aDowley, Tim.0 aHandbook to Christian history.