History of Global Christianity, Vol. II

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).

• Foreword Volume 2List of ContributorsIntroduction to Volume 2Hugh McLeod1 Revolutions and the Church: The New Era of ModernityHugh McLeod2 Roman Catholicism, European Ultramontanism, and the First Vatican CouncilAndreas Holzem3 The Protestant Missionary Movement in the Nineteenth Century (Late 18th Century to 1914)Kevin Ward4 Christianity in Russia, 1700–1917Christia0n Gottlieb5 Christianity in Nineteenth-Century North AmericaMargaret Bendroth6 Latin America and the Caribbean in the 19th CenturyMartin N. Dreher7 Christianity in Africa: The Late 18thKevin Ward8 Christianity in the Middle East, 1799–1917Mitri Raheb9 Asia in the 19th and Early 20th CenturiesKlaus Koschorke10 Christianity in the Context of Other World Religions: Interreligious Dynamics and Developments in the 19thUlrike Schröder and Frieder LudwigConcluding Reflections/OutlookHugh McLeodIndex of NamesIndex of Places

"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."[T]his is an important book because of its ambition to present an international, if not ‘global’, overview. As Kevin Ward rightly points out in the chapter on Africa, by 1900 Christianity may have become global, but in many parts of the world, Christianity, despite its missionary zeal and revivalist momentum, was still a religion of minorities.At its core, History of Christianity in the 19th century remains a fairly classical retreading of older historiographical paths that lead through the Christian nineteenth century, which will be a useful scholarly introduction for students of history and religion and a valid work of reference for researchers." - Kristof Smeyers, University of Antwerp, in: British Catholic History 34:3, pp. 521-523."The volumes take a fresh approach in presenting historical research from a global angle, so as to not be constrained by the typical European ethnocentric tunnel vision. Too often Church history was written and prescribed from a Eurocentric perspective, which is as much apparent in its terminology (e.g. Middle East, Near East) as in its proportional selection (more attention for the Atlantic axis). In this regard the series is a ‘Fundgrube’ of data, narratives, and historical reflections not hindered by cultural biases given with the false assumption that modernity and civilisation only started with the wake of Europe." - Henk Bakker, Free University Amsterdam, JEBS 21:1 (2021), pp. 201-203.