The Modern Church: From the Dawn of the Reformation to the Eve of the Third Millennium answers a wide variety of questions related to the history of Christianity in the modern period. Comprehensive in scope and ecumenical in outlook, it introduces the reader to the broad sweep of events that have shaped the Christian church from the year 1500 C.E. onward.

Engagingly written with introductory-level students in mind, The Modern Church brings the history of theological and spiritual developments, social and cultural phenomena, noteworthy leaders and ordinary Christians, long-standing institutions and spontaneous mass movements together into a single, fascinating narrative.