Introduction to the history of Christianity

God and history. God, time and history

Beginnings, 1-325. The church expands : Jerusalem to Rome ; The challenge to faith ; What the first Christians believed

Acceptance and conquest, 325-600. Constantine and the Christian empire ; Councils and creeds ; The fall of the Roman empire ; Christian ascetics and monks

A Christian society, 600-1500. The West in crisis ; The Eastern church ; Flowering : the Western church ; An age of unrest

Reform, 1500-1650. Seeds of renewal ; Reform ; The Catholic Reformation

Reason, revival and revolution, 1650-1789. Awakening ; Expansion world-wide ; Reason and unreason

Cities and empires, 1789-1914. Europe in revolt ; The first industrial nation ; A world come of age ; Outposts of empire

Present and future. An age of ideology ; An age of anxiety ; An age of liberation ; Present and future.