Rev. ed. of: How God saved civilization. c2000.

Bold in the face of death (the martyrs)
An apology doesn't always mean "I'm sorry" (the apologists)
Troubles bring needed changes (heresies, schisms, and developments)
The grand detour (the early middle ages)
Growing conflicts (the late middle ages)
Initimacy with God (the mystics)
Dying for a change (the pre-reformers)
The spiritual explosion (Martin Luther and the reformation)
The chain reaction (the expanding reformation)
It'll never happen in Britain (the English reformation)
A fire in England (John Wesley and the Methodists)
Fire in the new world (the first great awakening)
Awakened again (the second great awakening)
The rise of the common person (the second great awakening continues)
Dealing with divisions (the post-civil war period)
Dodging bullets (cults, cities, and attacks on the Bible)
The battle lines redefined (the emerging evangelicals)
America's greatest evangelistic force (the surging southern baptists)
An explosion of the Spirit (pentecostals, charismatics, and the third wave)
What a time to be alive! (the gospel goes global)