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History of Global Christianity, Vol. I
European and Global Christianity, ca. 1500-1789
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.
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.
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).
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).
"It will be indispensable for early modern historians, global historians and scholars of religious history alike. (...) illustrate[s] the fascinating and breathtaking spectacle of the spread and nature of global Christianity in the early modern age, and mark[s] both the achievements as well as the challenges for researchers in the field.", David Onnekink, in:
Journal of Ecclesiastical History Volume 70 (2019). "Focusing more on movements, institutions, and geographical regions than on individual personalities, this resource will help nonspecialists and specialists alike map out topics for further research in the last 500 years of global church movements." - M.S. Hill,
Liberty University in *Choice*, November 2018.
"Drie eeuwen christendom, past dat in één boek? Elf kerkhistorici is het gelukt om een spade dieper te gaan dan veel andere auteurs doen in hun kerkhistorische overzichten. Zo is er aandacht voor een breed scala aan onderwerpen, zoals het katholicisme in Spanje, Portugal en de nieuw ontdekte gebieden in Amerika en de Filipijnen (Delgado); de groeiende macht van de Russische kerk (Brüning); het christendom in Afrika (Ward) en Azië (Hsia) en de christelijke gemeenschappen in Noord-Amerika (Stievermann)."
[English translation:] "Three centuries of Christianity, does that fit into one book? Eleven church historians have managed to go a bit deeper than many other authors do in their church historical overviews. The [first] volume includes a wide range of topics, such as Catholicism in Spain, Portugal and the newly discovered areas in America and the Philippines (Delgado), the growing influence of the Russian church (Brüning), Christianity in Africa (Ward) and Asia (Hsia) and the Christian communities in North America (Stievermann)."
Maarten Stolk, in: Reformatorisch Dagblad, March 23, 2018.
"Drie eeuwen christendom, past dat in één boek? Elf kerkhistorici is het gelukt om een spade dieper te gaan dan veel andere auteurs doen in hun kerkhistorische overzichten. Zo is er aandacht voor een breed scala aan onderwerpen, zoals het katholicisme in Spanje, Portugal en de nieuw ontdekte gebieden in Amerika en de Filipijnen (Delgado); de groeiende macht van de Russische kerk (Brüning); het christendom in Afrika (Ward) en Azië (Hsia) en de christelijke gemeenschappen in Noord-Amerika (Stievermann)."
[English translation:] "Three centuries of Christianity, does that fit into one book? Eleven church historians have managed to go a bit deeper than many other authors do in their church historical overviews. The [first] volume includes a wide range of topics, such as Catholicism in Spain, Portugal and the newly discovered areas in America and the Philippines (Delgado), the growing influence of the Russian church (Brüning), Christianity in Africa (Ward) and Asia (Hsia) and the Christian communities in North America (Stievermann)."
Maarten Stolk, in: Reformatorisch Dagblad, March 23, 2018.
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
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
All interested in the global history of Christianity, its expansion, its relationships to societies and civilizations, and its internal confessional development. Undergraduate and postgraduate students, and students and specialists in history, culture, and ecclesiology.