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Churches, Revolutions And Empires

Ian Shaw
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Track the various states and positions of the global church through one of the most politically and culturally volatile eras of history. This insightful book will provide a unique historical perspective along with some enormously helpful context towards understanding the state of modern Christianity.

1789 to 1914 was a time of momentous and often violent change religiously, socially, politically and economically in the western world. The revolutions in the churches and the powerful empires of the day were to have a profound effect upon society at large both then and in the years that followed. In this detailed yet fascinating study, Ian Shaw gives context and understanding to this legacy which has been passed on from that era by providing an expert analysis of the period with a focus on the key leaders, influences and issues.

Specifications
  • Cover Type
    Hardcover
  • ISBN
    9781845507749
  • Page Count
    576
  • Weight
    2.18 lb
  • Publisher
    Christian Focus
  • Publication Date
    July 2012

Endorsements (5)

“Ian Shaw's book will give a sure and illuminating guide to these multiple processes of revolutionary change which began to redraw the contours of world Christianity.”

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Brian Stanley

Professor of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh and editor of Cambridge History of Christianity: World Christianities, 1815-1914

“The book is clear, well arranged and up-to-date in its absorption of recent research. It covers the full range of denominations across the globe, setting religion firmly in its socio-political context and so addressing central historical issues such as empire and national identity. It is likely to command a wide readership in universities, theological colleges, ministers' studies and private homes. It well deserves to be published.”

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David Bebbington

Professor of History, University of Stirling

“I think this is a most impressive book. A book like this should become a standard work in the way that Alec Vidler's Church in an Age of Revolution used to be.”

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Ian Randall

International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague

“I have long been looking for a text that would help my students in Africa understand the double development of a post western Christianity as well as a post Christian west. With Ian Shaw's extraordinary book Churches, Revolutions and Empires, that search is over.”

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Mark Shaw

Director of the Centre for World Christianity, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya

“Clear, comprehensive, well-informed about the history of western churches, unusually perceptive about Christian developments elsewhere in the world, and throughout written in entirely accessible prose. Students and experienced readers should both welcome this most helpful volume.”

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Mark A. Noll

Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

About the Author

Ian J. Shaw is currently the Director of Langham Scholarship programme in the UK. He previously served as Lecturer at International Christian College, Glasgow. Ian also served in pastoral ministry in London and Manchester.

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