Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287) and index.

Shaping a Christian tradition -- "Who is this man?" -- Going out into the world -- Defending and defining -- Living in a hostile world -- Embracing the world -- The Constantinian revolution -- Defining and dividing -- Out of one many -- The shifting center -- The emergence of Christian Europe -- Endings and beginnings -- The dividing of western Christendom -- Contesting boundaries -- The battle for the soul of Europe -- The reinternationalization of Christianity -- Reason and faith -- Placing Christianity in a new world -- Challenging Christendom -- Creating a new world (nineteenth century style) -- The great divide -- The "great century" -- Wrestling with modernity -- The end of innocence -- The modern quest for unity -- Facing post-modernity -- A new Christian world.