Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / John Wolffe -- Pagan and Christian in the third to fifth centuries / Janet Huskinson -- Islam, Christianity and the crusades : rival monotheisms and monotheistic rivals / Jo Pearson -- Post-Reformation Britain and Ireland : the churches of the British Isles, 1560-1691 / Anne Laurence -- Contentious Christians : Protestant-Catholic conflict since the Reformation / John Wolffe -- The Hindu Renaissance and notions of universal religion / Gwilym Beckerlegge -- How the times they were a-changing : exploring the context of religious transformation in Britain in the 1960s / Gerald Parsons -- Women, priesthood, and the ordained ministry in the Christian tradition / Susan Mumm -- Christians, Jews and the Holocaust / K. Hannah Holtschneider -- Religion, conflict and coexistence in Palestine/Israel / David Herbert -- Religion and contemporary conflict in historical perspective / David Herbert and John Wolffe.