From the Reformation to the Present (Christian History, vol. 2)

by Thomas S. Kidd

Publisher:

B&H

, 2024

Overview

Thomas S. Kidd presents a global history of the Christian church in the modern age.

Christian History, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present provides a composite picture of important, influential, and representative Christian beliefs, thinkers, activists, trends, and practices from about 1500 to the present day. In a highly readable style, Kidd covers the events and figures from the Reformation, the Great Awakenings, higher criticism, and the culture wars of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This volume also covers the global nature of God’s church by examining historical global traditions as well as the recent the demographic shift of active Christian communities to the global South.

In addition to the major theologians, movements, and events of the period, Kidd highlights the everyday Christian experience through the centuries, including accounts of ordinary men and women who experience conversion, live sacrificially for the gospel, or endure persecution.

A lively, engaging, and readable text, Christian History, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present will become a staple text for students and professors alike.

Key Features

• Provides a composite picture of important, influential, and representative Christian beliefs, thinkers, activists, trends, and practices from about 1500 to the present day
• Covers the events and figures from the Reformation, the Great Awakenings, higher criticism, and more
• Examines the global nature of God’s church by examining historical global traditions

Product Details

• Title: Christian History, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present
• Author: Thomas S. Kidd
• Series: Christian History
• Volume: 2
• Publisher: B&H
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 469
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church History; Protestantism; Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781087737027, 1087737028
• Resource ID: LLS:CHRSTNHSPRSNT02
• Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-20T17:05:45Z

About Thomas S. Kidd

Thomas S. Kidd (PhD, Notre Dame) is distinguished professor of history at Baylor University. He has written many books, including America’s Colonial History and The Great Awakening, and also writes and appears regularly in mainstream media.