Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Idea of Turning Points and Reasons for Studying the History of Christianity
1 The Church Pushed Out on Its Own: The Fall of Jerusalem (70)
2 Realities of Empire: The Council of Nicaea (325)
3 Doctrine, Politics, and Life in the Word: The Council of Chalcedon (451)
4 The Monastic Rescue of the Church: Benedict's Rule (530)
5 The Culmination of Christendom: The Coronation of Charlemagne (800)
6 Division between East and West: The Great Schism (1054)
7 The Beginnings of Protestantism: The Diet of Worms (1521)
8 A New Europe: The English Act of Supremacy (1534)
9 Catholic Reform and Worldwide Outreach: The Founding of the Jesuits (1540)
10 The New Piety: The Conversion of the Wesleys (1738)
11 Discontents of the Modern West: The French Revolution (1789)
12 A Faith for All the World: The Edinburgh Missionary Conference (1910)
13 Further Turning Points of the Twentieth Century
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Index