How to Read Church History: From Reformation to Present Day, Vol. 2 Book

	Introductory Note	vii
	For Further Reading	ix
11	Renaissance and Reformation	1
I	Europe at the Time of the Renaissance	2
II	The Reformers	8
III	Religious Confessions in Europe	19
12	The Catholic Renewal	23
I	Catholic Reform in the Sixteenth Century	24
II	The Religious Flowering of the Seventeenth Century	34
III	Internal Conflicts and Crises	38
13	The British and North American Experience	46
I	Reformations of the Sixteenth Century	46
II	The Seventeenth Century: Toleration out of Conflict	54
14	The Evangelization of the World	64
I	The Great Missionary Enterprises of Modern Times	65
II	Across the Continents	70
III	Missions from the European Perspective and the Crisis of the Eighteenth Century	84
15	New Worlds: Britain and North America	87
I	The Industrial Revolution	87
II	English Churches in the Eighteenth Century	88
III	Catholicism in Ireland	92
IV	The Evangelical Revival	94
V	The 'Awakenings' in America	98
16	The Church in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution	101
I	Changes in the Eighteenth Century	102
II	The Revivals in Protestantism and in the Eastern Churches	106
III	The Shock of the Revolution	111
17	Restoration and Liberalism	122
I	Restoration	123
II	God and Freedom	128
III	The First Vatican Council	134
18	The British Experience	138
I	The Fortunes of Church Establishments	139
II	English Churches beyond the Establishment	148
III	A New Outlook to Face	152
19	Secularization, the Defence of Religion and Pluralism	156
I	Across Europe up to 1914	157
II	French Catholics and the Third Republic	159
III	From the First World War to the 1930s	162
20	A Worldwide Christianity	169
I	The Beginning of the Missionary Revival in the Nineteenth Century	170
II	Across the Continents	174
III	Missions after the First World War	185
21	The Weight of Modernity	189
I	Christians in Industrial Society	190
II	The Difficult Confrontation between Catholic Tradition and Modern Science	195
III	The Hesitant Beginnings of Ecumenism	202
22	From the Second World War to the Council	210
I	Christians in the Second World War	211
II	The Religious Repercussions of Political Events in the Post-War Period	215
III	Pastoral and Theological Dynamism	220
23	The Church of Vatican II	224
I	Vatican II	225
II	The More or Less Unforeseen Results of the Council	233
III	Disillusionment and Hope	236
	Chronological Tables	242