The Jewish context of the Jesus movement
The Greek and Roman context of early Christianity
The Jesus movement in the first century
Christian diversity in the second and third centuries
The emergence of a proto-orthodox Christian consensus: bishop, creed, and canon of scripture
Roman society and the Christians
Proto-orthodox Christian communities in the third century
Diocletian, the great persecution, and the conversion of Constantine
The Christian empire and the imperial church
The government of the church
The Trinitarian controversy
Worship and piety in the Christian empire
Fourth- and fifth-century Christian thinkers
Conversion and Christianization
The eastern and western churches go their separate ways
Epilogue: Muhammad and Islam.
