Church History
Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 2:25PM SURVEYS/GENERAL
Hill, Jonathan The History of Christian Thought: The Fascinating Story of the Great Chrsitain Thinkers and how they helped shape the world as we know it.
Latourette, Kenneth Scott A History of Christianity.
Vols 1-2. A standard and detailed treatment. Each volume is over 700 pages (of small type) – a great resource.
McKim, Donald Theological Turing Points: Major Issues in Christian Thought.
McKim traces the historical and theological development of 8 major Christain doctrines from the early centuries to the present (Trinity, Christology, Ecclesiology, Anthropology, Soteriology, Authority, the Sacraments and Eschatology) concentrating on the decisive points in the development of the Church’s theology. See also, Noll (below).
Noll, Mark A. Turning Points, 2nd Ed.: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
Pelikan, Jaroslav The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine. 5 vols.
Shelley, Bruce, L. Church History in Plain Language (Third Edition)
Wells, Ronald A. History Through the Eyes of Faith (1989)
EARLY CHURCH HISTORY
Augustine. Confessions.
Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations by Holmes, Michael William.
Brown, Peter. Augustine of Hippo: A Biography (Revised Edition with a New Epilogue).
Chadwick, Henry. The Early Church.
Davidson, Ivor J. Public Faith: From Constantine to the Medieval World, Ad 312-600
Kelly, J. N. D. Early Christian Doctrines (Rev. ed, 1960, 1978).
This is an excellent and standard treatment of each of the major doctrines from the close of the apostolic age to the Council of Chalcedon (451).
Eusebius, The Church History, Trns & commentary by Paul L. Maier
This is an excellent translation of an important primary resource. Anyone interested in early church history should read the primary resources and Eusebius is one of the most important.
Wilken, Robert Louis. Spirit of Early Christian Thought : Seeking the Face of God.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition.
MEDIEVAL
Colish, Marcia L. Medieval Foundations of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 400-1400.
Oberman, Heiko Augustinus. Harvest of Medieval Theology.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. Growth of Medieval Theology: 600-1300.
Stump, Eleonore. Aquinas (The Arguments of the Philosophers).
REFORMATION
Chadwick, Owen. The Reformation.
Janz, Denis R. Reformation Reader: Primary Texts with Introduction with CDROM.
Luther, Martin. The Bondage of the Will.
MacCulloch, Diarmaid. Thomas Cranmer: A Life.
Milton, Anthony. Catholic and Reformed: The Roman and Protestant Churches in English Protestant Thought, 1600-1640.
McNeil, John T. History and Character of Calvinism.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. Reformation of Church and Dogma: 1300-1700.
POST REFORMATION
Marsden, George M. Jonathan Edwards: A Life.
Noll, Mark A. America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln.
HISTORY OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
Dickens, A. G. The English Reformation.
Hughes, P. E. Theology of the English Reformers.
Moorman, A History of the Church in England.
AMERICAN CHURCH HISTORY
Hatch, Nathan. The Democratization of American Church History.
Marsden, George M. Fundamentalism and American Culture, Second Edition.
Noll, Mark A Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield,and the Wesleys
Noll, Mark A, A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada
