The History of Christianity II: From the Reformation to the Modern Megachurch

by Molly Worthen

Streaming video, 2017

Status

Available

Call number

270

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Publication

Great Courses (2017), 36 lectures, 18 hours, 385 pages

Description

Discover new views of world history through the lens of Christianity.

User reviews

LibraryThing member datrappert
Worthen is an affable and knowledgeable guide through the history of Christianity since the Reformation. She is sometimes so reasonable and perhaps smiles a bit too much that you may lose sight of how well she has put this course together. I found when she was speaking of things I have done some
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reading about, such as the Taiping Rebellion in China, that her summaries were concise, understandable, and balanced. Highly recommended.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

385 p.

Local notes

[01] Prophets of Reform before Protestantism [02] Luther and the Dawn of Protestantism [03] Zwingli, Calvin, and the Reformed Tradition [04] The Anabaptist Radicals [05] The Catholic Reformation [06] The Church Militant in the Spanish Empire [07] War and Witchcraft in the Holy Roman Empire [08] Puritans, Kings, and Theology in Practice [09] Religious Dissent and the English Civil War [10] Eastern Orthodoxy: From Byzantium to Russia [11] Christians under Muslim Rule [12] The Church and the Scientific Revolution [13] The Enlightenment Quest for Reasonable Faith [14] Pietist Revival in Europe [15] The First Great Awakening [16] Religion and Revolution in the 18th Century [17] The Second Great Awakening [18] The Mormons: A True American Faith [19] Slave Religion in the Americas [20] Christian Missions and Moral Reform [21] The Church’s Encounter with Modern Learning [22] The Social Gospel [23] Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism [24] Apocalyptic Faith in the 1800s and Beyond [25] The Church and the Russian Revolution [26] The Rival Gods of the Cold War [27] Rebellion and Reform in Latin America [28] Vatican II and Global Renewal [29] Secularism and the Death of God [30] The Gospel and Global Civil Rights [31] Culture Wars and the Christian Right [32] Liberation Theologies in Latin America [33] Prophetic Religion in Modern Africa [34] Chinese Christianity: Missionaries to Mao [35] Revival and Repression in Korea [36] The Challenge of 21st-Century Christianity

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