Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity (4th Edition)

Now in its fourth edition, this bestselling textbook (over 125,000 copies sold) isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience.

This popular textbook is organized around 14 key moments in church history, providing contemporary Christians with a fuller understanding of God as he has revealed his purpose through the centuries. The new edition includes a new preface, updates throughout the book, revised "further readings" for each chapter, new sidebar content, and study questions. It also more thoroughly highlights the importance of women in Christian history and the impact of world Christianity.

Students in academic settings and church adult education contexts will benefit from this one-semester survey of Christian history.

Mark A. Noll (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is research professor of history at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, and professor of history emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author or coauthor of dozens of books, including America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, and Is the Reformation Over?

David Komline (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of church history at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan.

Han-luen Kantzer Komline (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of church history and theology at Western Theological Seminary.