Released in the UK May 2012
Released in the US July 2012
Royale Hardback 234 X 156 | 576 Pages
9781845507749 • £19.99 $29.99
BISAC – REL015000
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.
Ian J. Shaw
Ian J. Shaw is the Director of Langham Scholarship programme in the UK.
9781527105188 |
9781845505981 |
9781781917787 |
9781857926293 |
"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."
Mark A. Noll
Author of ‘America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794–1911’
... anyone who wants to understand the issues churches face today needs a clear understanding of the past, so serious readers besides students of history and church leaders will find this a satisfying and illuminating read.
"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."
Mark Shaw
Director of the Centre for World Christianity, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya
"...capably and confidently charts the course of the western church through this era of upheaval and change. Shaw's grasp of primary and secondary sources is impressive, as is his ability to synthesize. This is history on the big scale and an excellent example of such."
Michael A. G. Haykin
Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky