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1、thecambridgehistoryofCHRISTIANITYDuringthetumultuousperiodofworldhistoryfrom1660to1815,threecomplexmovementscombinedtobringafundamentalcul-turalreorientationtoEuropeandNorthAmerica,andultimatelytothewiderworld.TheEnlightenmenttransformedviewsofnatureandofthehumancapacitytomasternature.Th
2、ereligiousreawakeningsbroughtarevivalofheart-felt,experientialChristian-ity.Finallyrevolution,thepoliticalandsocialupheavalsofthelateeighteenthandearlynineteenthcenturies,challengedestablishedideasofdivine-rightmonarchiesanddivinelyordainedsocialhier-archies,andpromotedmoredemocraticgove
3、rnment,notionsofhumanrights,andreligioustoleration.Anewreligiousclimateemerged,inwhichpeopleweremorelikelytolooktotheirownfeelingsandexperiencesforthebasisoftheirfaith.Duringthissameperiod,Christianityspreadwidelyaroundtheworldasaresultofcolonialismandmissions,andrespondedindiversewaysto
4、itsencounterswithotherculturesandreligioustraditions.StewartJ.BrownisProfessorofEcclesiasticalHistoryattheUniversityofEdinburgh.HispublicationsincludeWilliamRobert-sonandtheExpansionofEmpire(1997)andTheNationalChurchesofEngland,IrelandandScotland1801–1846(2001).TimothyTackettisProfessoro
5、fHistoryattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine.HispublicationsincludePriestandParishinEighteenth-centuryFrance(1977);andReligion,Revolution,andRegionalCulture(1986).CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008thecambridgehistoryofCHRISTIANITYTheCambridgeHistoryofChristianityoffersa
6、comprehensivechronologicalaccountofthedevelopmentofChristianityinallitsaspects–theological,intellectual,social,political,regional,global–fromitsbeginningstothepresentday.Eachvolumemakesasub-stantialcontributioninitsownrighttothescholarshipofitsperiodandthecompleteHistoryconstitutesamajor
7、workofacademicreference.FarfrombeingmerelyahistoryofWesternEuropeanChristianityanditsoffshoots,theHistoryaimstoprovideaglobalperspective.EasternandCopticChristianityaregivenfullconsider-ationfromtheearlyperiodonwards,andlater,African,FarEastern,NewWorld,SouthAsianandother
