A History of Christian Conversion

David W. Kling is the author of A Field of Divine Wonders: The New Divinity and Village Revivals in Northwestern Connecticut, 1792-1822; The Bible in History: How the Texts Have Shaped the Times; co-editor (with Douglas A. Sweeney) of Jonathan Edwards at Home and Abroad: Historical Memories, Cultural Movements, Global Horizons; and an area editor (American Christianity) for the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Miami.

Introduction

1. An Anatomy of Conversion

Part One: The Roman World

2. The New Testament (50-100)

3. The Early Church through Constantine (100-337)

4. The Western Imperial Church and Beyond (312-500)

Part Two: Medieval Europe

5. Late Antiquity and Early Medieval Europe (500-1000)

6. Rulers, Missionaries, Popes, and Patriarchs (400-1200)

7. Conversion by Coercion: Jews and Pagans (400-1500)

8. Interior Conversion: Monks, Mendicants, Mystics (1050-1500)

Part Three: Early Modern Europe

9. Protestants and Continental Reformers (1517-1600)

10. English Protestantism (1520-1700)

11. European Catholicism (1500-1700)

12. The Rise of Evangelicalism (1675-1750)

Part Four: The Americas

13. Catholics in Colonial America (1500-1700)

14. The Puritans and the Great Awakening in America (1630-1790)

15. American Evangelicalism in Black and White (1750-present)

16. Protestants and Pentecostals in Latin America (1900-present)

Part Five: China

17. The Church of the East and the First Catholic Mission (635-1840)

18. Protestant Entrance and Christian Expansion (1840-1950)

19. Independent Protestant Movements (1930-present)

Part Six: India

20. Upper Caste Conversions (1500-1900)

21. Lower-Caste Conversions (1530-present)

Part Seven: Africa

22. The Age of the Prophets (1900-1930)

23. The East African Revival (1930-2000)

24. Catholic East and Pentecostal West (1800-present)

Conclusion

25. Revisiting Themes in the History of Christian Conversion