Contents:
1. Introduction
Part I: The Early Church
2. The Fullness of Time: Judaism in Palestine; Diaspora Judaism; The Greco-Roman World
3. The Church in Jerusalem: Unity and Diversity; Religious Life; The Waning of the Jewish Church
4. Mission to the Gentiles: The Scope of the Mission; Paul's Work; The Apostles: Facts and Legends
5. First Conflicts with the Senate: A New Jewish Sect; Persecution Under Nero; Persecution Under Domitian
6. Persecution in the Second Century: The Correspondence Between Pliny and Trajan; Ignatius of Antioch, the Bearer of God; The Martyrdom of Polycarp; Persecution Under Marcus Aurelius; Toward the End of the Second Century
7. The Defense of the Faith: Base Rumors and Lofty Criticism; The Main Apologists; Christian Faith and Pagan Culture; The Arguments of the Apologists
8. The Deposit of the Faith: Gnosticism; Marcion; The Response: Canon, Creed, and Apostolic Succession; The Ancient Catholic Church
9. The Teachers of the Church: Irenaeus of Lyons; Clement of Alexandria; Tertullian of Carthage; Origen of Alexandria
10. Persecution in the Third Century: Persecution under Septimius Severus; Under Decius; The Question of the Lapsed: Cyprian and Novatian
11. Christian Life: The Social Origins of Early Christians; Christian Worship; The Organization of the Church; Missionary Methods; The Beginnings of Christian Art
12. The Great Persecution and the Final Victory
Part II: The Imperial Church
13. Constantine: From Rome to Constantinople; From the Unconquered Sun to Jesus Christ; From Persecution to Dominance; The Impact of the New Order; Reactions to the New Order
14. Official Theology: Eusebius of Caesarea
15. The Monastic Reaction: The Origins of Monasticism; The First Monks of the Desert; Pachomius and Communal Monasticism; The Spread of the Monastic Ideal
16. The Schismatic Reaction: Donatism
17. The Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicea: The Outbreak of the Controversy; The Council of Nicea
18. The Pagan Reaction: Julian the Apostate: Julian's Religious Policy
19. Athanasius of Alexandria: The Early Years; Through Many Trials; A Theological Agreement; Further Trials
20. The Great Cappadocians: Macrina; Basil the Great; Gregory of Nyssa; Gregory of Nazianzus
21. Ambrose of Milan: An Unexpected Election; The Bishop and the Throne
22. John Chrysostom: A Voice from the Wilderness; Return to the Wilderness
23. Jerome
24. Augustine of Hippo: A Tortuous Path to Faith; Minister and Theologian of the Western Church
25. Beyond the Borders of the Empire
26. The End of an Era
Part III: Medieval Christianity
27. The New Order: The Germanic Kingdoms; Benedictine Monasticism; The Papacy; The Arab Conquests
28. Eastern Christianity: The Christological Debates to the Council of Chalcedon; Further Theological Debates; The Dissident Churches of the East; Eastern Orthodoxy After the Arab Conquests
29. Imperial Restoration and Continuing Decay: Charlemagne's Reign; Theological Activity; New Invasions; Decay in the Papacy
30. Movements of Renewal: Monastic Reform; Canonical and Papal Reform; The Papacy and the Empire in Direct Confrontation
31. The Offensive Against Islam: The First Crusade; Later History of the Crusades; The Spanish Reconquista; Consequences of the Offensive against Islam
32. The Golden Age of Medieval Christianity: The Mendicant Orders; One Flock Under One Shepherd; Theological Activity: Scholasticism; Missionary Endeavors; Stones that Bear Witness: Architecture
33. The Collapse: New Conditions; The Papacy Under the Shadow of France; The Great Western Schism
34. In Quest of Reformation: The Conciliar Movement; John Wycliffe; John Huss; Girolamo Savonarola; The Mystical Alternative; Popular Movements
35. Renaissance and Humanism: The Later Course of Scholasticism; The Revival of Classical Learning; A New Vision of Reality; The Popes of the Renaissance
Part IV: The Beginnings of Colonial Christianity
36. Spain and the New World: The Nature of the Spanish Enterprise; The Protest; The Carribean; Mexico; Golden Castile; Florida; Colombia and Venezuela; The Four Corners of the Earth: The Incan Empire; La Plata
37. The Portuguese Enterprise: Africa; Toward the Rising Sun; Brazil
38. The New World and the Old

Includes bibliographic references and index.