A history of Christian conversion /
"Conversion has played a central role in the history of Christianity. In this first in-depth and wide-ranging narrative history, David W. Kling examines the dynamic of individuals, families, and people groups who turn to the Christian faith. Global in reach, this book progresses from early Chri...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: An anatomy of conversion
- I. The Roman world: The New Testament (50-100)
- The early church through Constantine (100-337)
- The Western imperial church and beyond (312-500)
- II. Medieval Europe: Late antiquity and early medieval Europe (500-1000)
- Rulers, missionaries, popes, and patriarchs (400-1200)
- Conversion by coercion: Jews and pagans (400-1500)
- Interior conversion: monks, mendicants, and mystics (1050-1500)
- III. Early modern Europe: Protestants and Continental reformers (1517-1600)
- European Catholicism
- English Protestantism (1520-1700)
- The rise of evangelicalism (1675-1750)
- IV. The Americas: Catholics in colonial America (155-1700)
- Puritans and the Great Awakening in America (1630-1790)
- American evangelicalism in Black and White (1750-present)
- Protestants and Pentecostals in Latin America (1900-present)
- V. China: The church of the East and the first Catholic missions (635-1840)
- Protestant entrance and Christian expansion (1840-1950)
- Independent Protestant movements (1930-present)
- VI. India: Upper-caste conversions (1500-1900)
- Lower-caste conversions (1530-present)
- VII. Africa: The age of the prophets (1900-1930)
- The East African revival
- Catholic East and Pentecostal West (1800-present )
- Conclusion: Revisiting themes in the history of Christian conversion.