History of the Christian Tradition Vol. 1 :

An overview of Christian beliefs and practices across the centuries with an emphasis on tradition and the evolution of belief.

In the Beginning

1

(10)

Who Are the Jewish People

1

(1)

What Binds the Jewish People Together?

2

(2)

How Does the Jewish Story Being?

4

(3)

The Significance of Moses

7

(1)

Historical Setting

8

(2)

Judges, Kings and Prophets

10

(11)

The Judges

10

(1)

The Kings

11

(6)

The Prophets

17

(4)

The Exile and After

21

(8)

The Exile

21

(1)

The Return from Exile

22

(1)

Post-Exilic Judaism

23

(3)

The Hellenistic Era

26

(3)

The Ancient Religions and the God of Israel

29

(9)

The Meaning of Religion

29

(1)

Characteristics of Religion

30

(1)

Religions of the Ancient World

30

(6)

For Further Reading

36

(2)

Judaism Within the Greco-Roman World

38

(7)

The Empires of Alexander the Great and Rome

38

(2)

The Jewish World of Palestine

40

(3)

The Jewish World of the Diaspora

43

(2)

The Sources and Content of the Life and Teaching of Jesus

45

(11)

The New Testament as Revealed Word

45

(1)

The Content of the New Testament

45

(2)

The Gospels as Literary Sources

47

(1)

The Life of Jesus

48

(4)

The Teachings of Jesus

52

(4)

The Mission of Paul

56

(7)

The Life of Paul

56

(3)

Themes in Paul's Theology

59

(4)

The Apostolic Church---First Century Christianity

63

(9)

Palestinian Jewish Christianity

64

(2)

The Hellenistic Jewish-Christian Mission

66

(1)

Gentile Christianity

67

(1)

The Middle Period of First Century Christianity

68

(2)

Emergent Catholicism

70

(1)

For Further Reading

71

(1)

Apostolic Fathers and the Apologists---Second Century Christianity

72

(10)

The Apostolic Fathers

72

(2)

The Apologists

74

(3)

Heresy and Controversy

77

(4)

Historical Note

81

(1)

Expansion of the Church in the Mediterranean World---Third Century Christianity

82

(12)

The Church in Rome

84

(1)

The Church in Alexandria

85

(4)

The Church in Carthage

89

(5)

The Trinitarian Controversy---Fourth Century Christianity

94

(8)

Diolectian and Constantine

94

(1)

Donatism

95

(1)

Arius

96

(1)

The Council of Nicaea

97

(1)

Athanasius

98

(1)

The Arian Controversy: 325--337

99

(1)

The Arian Controversy: 337--361

99

(1)

The Arian Controversy: 361--381

100

(2)

Continuing Controversy and Church Structure---Fifth Century Christianity

102

(9)

Church Buildings

102

(1)

Sacraments and Worship

103

(1)

The Clergy

104

(1)

The Bishop of Rome

105

(1)

The Christological Controversies

106

(4)

For Further Reading

110

(1)

Augustine of Hippo

111

(6)

The Life of Augustine

111

(2)

The World of Augustine

113

(1)

The Theology of Augustine

114

(3)

The Rise of Monasticism

117

(8)

Antony and Pachomius

117

(2)

Basil the Great

119

(1)

Evagrius and Cassian

120

(1)

Celtic Monasticism

121

(1)

Benedict

122

(3)

Islam

125

(8)

Muhammud

126

(1)

The Teachings of Islam

127

(1)

The Prophets

128

(1)

The Five Pillars of Islam

129

(1)

The Spread of Islam

130

(3)

Eastern Christianity

133

(7)

Justinian

133

(2)

The Eastern Empire: 565--1054

135

(1)

Doctrinal Controversy

136

(1)

Structural Differences

137

(1)

Diversity of Spiritual Outlook

138

(2)

Christian Europe from 600 to 1100

140

(7)

Pope Gregory I

140

(2)

The Papacy and the Carolingians

142

(1)

Fedual Europe

142

(1)

The Reform of Cluny

143

(2)

The Gregorian Reform

145

(1)

For Further Reading

146

(1)

The Medieval Catholic Experience

147

(10)

The Monk

147

(1)

The Pilgrim

148

(1)

The Knight

149

(3)

The Scholar

152

(1)

The Cathedral

153

(4)

The Friar Movement

157

(5)

Thirteenth Century Europe

157

(1)

The Friars

158

(2)

The Friars and Society

160

(2)

Thomas Aquinas---A New World View

162

(8)

The Life of Thomas

162

(1)

Thomas as Friar Preacher

163

(1)

Thomas and the University

164

(1)

Thomas and Aristotle

165

(1)

Thomas and Gothic Art

165

(2)

Thomas and Augustine

167

(1)

The Summa Theologica

168

(1)

Thomas' Theological World View

169

(1)

Fourteenth Century Christianity

170

(9)

The Avignon Papacy and the Great Western Schism

170

(1)

The Black Death

171

(1)

Natonalism

172

(1)

Nominalism

172

(1)

The search for God in Fourteenth Century Religious Movements

173

(4)

For Further Reading

177

(2)

The Religious Humanism of the Renaissance

179

(6)

The Meaning of the Renaissance

179

(1)

The Italian or Southern Renaissance

180

(1)

The German or Northern Renaissance

181

(1)

Artists and Writers of the Renaissance

182

(1)

The Popes of the Renaissance

182

(1)

Desiderius Erasmus

183

(2)

The Reformation---Luther and Lutheranism

185

(8)

The Meaning of the Reformation

185

(1)

The Background of the Reformation

185

(3)

The Life of Martin Luther

188

(1)

The Theology of Martin Luther

189

(2)

Lutheranism

191

(2)

The Reformation---Switzerland and the British Isles

193

(7)

The Reformation in Switzerland

193

(3)

The Reformation in the British Isles

196

(4)

Catholic Renewal

200

(8)

Catholic Renewal in Spain

200

(2)

Catholic Renewal in Italy

202

(1)

The Council of Trent

203

(2)

Roman Catholic Missionary Expansion

205

(2)

For Further Reading

207

(1)

Index

208

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History of the Christian Tradition Vol. 1 : From Its Jewish Origins to the Reformation

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