Book

A history of Christianity

Latourette, Kenneth Scott 1884-1968 (Author).

Record details

Physical Description: print
xxvii, 1516 pages : maps (part folded) ; 24 cm
Edition: [First edition].
Publisher: New York : Harper, [1953]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographies.

Formatted Contents Note:

The pre-Christian course of mankind -- Jesus and the gospel -- The first five hundred years : Christianity wins the Roman empire and takes shape -- The darkest hours : the great recession, A.D. 500-A.D. 950 -- Four centuries of resurgence and advance, A.D. 950-A.D. 1350 -- Geographic loss and internal lassitude, confusion, and corruption, partly offset by vigorous life, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1500 -- Reform and expansion A.D. 1500-A.D. 1750 -- Repudiation and revival, A.D. 1750-A.D. 1815 -- The great century : growing repudiation paralleled by abounding vitality and unprecedented expansion, A.D. 1815-A.D. 1914 -- Vigour amidst storm : beginning in A.D. 1914 -- By way of inclusive retrospect.