Modern Christianity to 1900 (People's History of Christianity) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800634160 ISBN 13: 9780800634162

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2007

Synopsis

After the Reformation, Christians found themselves living amidst wars of religion, Enlightenment, and colonization. This volume explores the spread of Christianity to lands outside Europe and the Middle East, the new pluralism within Christianity, and the incredible transformation of the Americas and of Christianity in the Americas, including the advent of Evangelical, African American, and Asian Christianities. Includes 50 illustrations, maps, bibliographies, and an 8-page color gallery.

In this volume, the way in which lived Christianity and its practices were altered by these global changes is probed by an illustrious group of scholars led by distinguished historian Amanda Porterfield.

The contributors include: Amanda Porterfield, Florida State University John Corrigan, Florida State University Carlos Eire, Yale University Peter Gardella, Manhattanville College Ava Chamberlain, Wright State University Douglas Winiarski, University of Richmond Charles H. Lippy, University of Tennessee Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Graduate Theological Union Marilyn Westercamp, Merrill College Leo Cavalcanti, University of Richmond Vera Shevzov, Smith College Ronald L.

About this title

About the Author:

Amanda Porterfield is the Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion and Director of Graduate Studies at Florida State University, Tallahassee. Her extensive academic service includes as President of the American Society of Church History in 2001. She is the author of ten books on American religion.

Review:

"These stories may come up from the basement of church history, but news about their existence deserves to be shouted from the housetops....This new series turns history upside down..." --Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School

"Hidden for centurise by their anonymity and illiteracy, the people of God are finally having their story told, and by some of today's finest historians of the church. The saints, bishops, and theologians of traditional histories can now be placed against the panoramic and fascinating backdrop of the lived religion of ordinary men and women of faith. Highly recommended." --Mark U. Edwards Jr., Harvard Divinity School

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0800634160
• ISBN 13: 9780800634162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 3448
• Editor: Porterfield Amanda, Janz Denis R.