Geschichte des globalen Christentums
Teil 1: Frühe Neuzeit
Peter Antes, Carsten Bach-Nielsen, Gerlinde Baumann, Alfons Brüning, Mariano Delgado, Norman A. Hjelm, Andreas Holzem, Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, Manfred Hutter, Thomas Kaufmann, Hartmut Lehmann, Bruce Masters, Jörg Rüpke, Jens Holger Schjørring, Jan Stievermann, Kevin Ward
The way in which the world’s religions are intertwined in the dynamics of global development has become obvious in the twenty-first century. This also applies to Christianity. In view of the fact that its historiography is still predominantly regional or national, however, little is known about Christianity’s historical process of development to become a religion that is globally active and plurally differentiated.
The first volume takes up this challenge by presenting a comprehensive, interdenominational and interdisciplinary history of global Christianity from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, for the first time in German-speaking countries. Renowned theologians and (church) historians clarify the turning-points in the Early Modern period that set the course for the global spread and fascinating plurality of modern Christianity.
