Turning points : decisive moments in the history of Christianity - Noll, Mark A., 1946- (Grand Rapids, MI : Baker, 1997)
Contents : The church pushed out on its own : the fall of Jerusalem (70) -- Realities of Empire : the Council of Nycea (325) -- Doctrine, politics and life in the Word : The Council of Chalcedon (451) -- The Monastic rescue of the Church : Benedict's rule (530) -- The culmination of Christendom : the coronation of Charlemagne (800) -- Division between East and West : the Great Schism (1054) -- The beginnings of Protestantism : the Diet of Worms (1521) -- A new Europe : The English Act of Supremacy (1534) -- Catholic reform and worldwide outreach : the founding of the Jesuits (1540) -- The New Piety : the conversion of the Wesleys (1738) -- Discontents if the Modern West : The French Revolution (1789) -- A faith for all the world : The Edinburgh Missionary Conference (1910) -- Further turning points of the twentieth century.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Church history