Part 1. The church of the fathers to AD 500 -- Part 2. The eastern tradition from AD 500 -- Part 3. The mediaeval west (AD 500-1500) -- Part 4. Reformation and reaction (1500-1800): Desiderius Erasmus - The Lutheran tradition - The Reformed tradition - The Anabaptists - The British reformation - The Roman Catholic response -- Part 5. Christian thought in the modern world (1800 onwards): The liberals - The evangelicals - The new orthodoxy - Other developments - The Roman Catholics - The ecumenical movement