This authoritative volume presents the history of Christianity from the eve of the Protestant Reformation to the height of Catholic Reform. It thoroughly examines the impact of the permanent schism on Latin Christendom, the Catholic responses to it, and the influence on the development of the Orthodox churches. The volume covers the history of society, politics, theology, liturgy, religious orders, and art in the lands of Latin Christianity, while expanding the boundaries of inquiry to the relationship between Christianity and non-Christian religions both in Europe and in the non-European world.

Review

"Detailed and scholarly, the relationship between Christianity and other major religions and faiths is maintained by each contributor...a major work of academic orientation from which both the historian and religious scholar will benefit....Public libraries and churches with a teaching mission should not hesitate to purchase."
--American Reference Books Annual

"...inspires awe....enormous diversity of of excellent scholars....stands out from rivals by its sheer scale....provide an effective structure....identification and development of themes is thoroughly successful....deeply impressive..."
--Philip Jenkins

"With the publication of volume 6 of Cambridge University Press's splendid new history of Christianity, scholars are now in possession of what will surely become, for the foreseeable future, the standard reference history of Western Christianity during the Reformation and Confessional eras." --David C. Fink, Duke University: Religious Studies Review

Book Description

This history of Christianity from the Protestant Reformation to the height of Catholic Reform details the history of society, politics, theology, liturgy, religious orders, and art in the lands of Latin Christianity. It also examines the relationship between Christianity and non-Christian religions both in Europe and in the non-European world.