History of Global Christianity, Vol. I

European and Global Christianity, Ca. 1500-1789
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-34192-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 458 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 266 mm, Gewicht: 1261 g

Christianity was a global religion prior to the history recounted in
European and Global Christianity, ca. 1500 - 1789
. There were Christians in Asia and Africa before Europeans arrived in those places as well as in Latin America and North America, by movements of economic and political conquest and migration, and also Christian mission. This volume attests to the intensification of this globalization - in these 'new' continents as well as in Russia and the Ottoman territories. Simultaneously, in Europe Christianity was marked by Reformations, by confessional divisions, and by the Enlightenment. This global religion affected all structures of human life - society, politics, economics, philosophy, art, and the myriad ventures that form civilizations.

Contributors are: Carsten Bach-Nielsen, Alfons Brüning, Mariano Delgado, Andreas Holzem, Thomas Kaufman, Hartmut Lehmann, Bruce Masters, Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, Jan Stievermann and Kevin Ward.

This is part of a three volume work on the history of global Christianity. Volume II and III address the 19th and 20th centuries respectively and will appear in 2018.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schjørring, Jens Holger

Hjelm, Norman A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Volume 1

Introduction: European and Global Christianity in the Early Modern Period, ca. 1500–ca. 1800

Hartmut Lehmann

1 Catholicism in Spain, Portugal, and their Empires

Mariano Delgado

2 The Russian Church, 1448–1701

Alfons Brüning

3 Christians under Ottoman Rule, 1453–1800

Bruce Masters

4 Christianity in Africa, 1500–1800

Kevin Ward

5 Latin-European Christianity in the 16th Century

Thomas Kaufmann

6 Christianity in Asia, ca. 1500–1789

Ronnie Po-chia Hsia

7 European and Global Christianity, 1500–1789

Andreas Holzem

8 Famine, Epidemics, War: The Triple Challenge of Central European Christianity, 1570–1720

Hartmut Lehmann

9 Christian Churches and Communities in North America to 1800

Jan Stievermann

10 Christianity in 18th Century Europe

Carsten Bach-Nielsen

Summary and Prospective

Hartmut Lehmann

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hjelm, Norman A.
Norman A. Hjelm, Teol.Dr. (h.c.) (Uppsala University, 2009), has been senior theological editor and director of Fortress Press in the United States, an executive with the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland, and an ecumenical officer for the National Council of Churches in the U.S. Most recently he has contributed to "The Finnish and Estonian Churches during the Cold War" (2016) and to "The North American Christian Community and the Cold War" (2017).

Schjørring, Jens Holger
Jens Holger Schjørring, Dr. Theol. (Aarhus University), is Professor of Church History emeritus at Aarhus University, Denmark. His publications include "Theologische Gewissensethik und politische Wirklichkeit: Das Beispiel Eduard Geismars und Emmanuel Hirschs" (1979) and "Ökumenische Perspektiven des deutschen Kirchenkampfes" (1985) and studies of the relationship between African and European churches and those of Eastern Europe under Communist rule.

Jens Holger Schjørring, Dr. Theol. (Aarhus University), is Professor of Church History emeritus at Aarhus University, Denmark. His publications include Theologische Gewissensethik und politische Wirklichkeit: Das Beispiel Eduard Geismars und Emmanuel Hirschs (1979) and Ökumenische Perspektiven des deutschen Kirchenkampfes (1985) and studies of the relationship between African and European churches and those of Eastern Europe under Communist rule.

Norman A. Hjelm, Teol.Dr. (h.c.) (Uppsala University, 2009), has been senior theological editor and director of Fortress Press in the United States, an executive with the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland, and an ecumenical officer for the National Council of Churches in the U.S. Most recently he has contributed to The Finnish and Estonian Churches during the Cold War (2016) and to The North American Christian Community and the Cold War (2017).