TY - BOOK AU - Chidester,David TI - Christianity: a global history SN - 0062517708 (paper) PY - 2001/// CY - San Francisco PB - HarperSanFrancisco KW - Church history N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-598) and index; Ancient origins: Beginnings -- Jesus -- Christ -- Christians -- Churches -- Martyrs -- Christian empire -- Holiness -- Faith and reason -- Power -- Historical transitions: Christendom -- Hierarchy -- Objects -- Scholars -- Mystics -- Heretics -- Mary -- Renaissance -- Reformation -- Europe -- Global transformations: New world -- Holy Russia -- American Zion -- African prophets -- Asian heavens -- Hindu christians -- Christian cargo -- Holocaust -- Cold war -- New world order ER -