Church History
This guide is intended to aid those looking for resources on the various stages of the history of the church.
- Introduction
- General Church History
- Ancient & MedievalToggle Dropdown
- Reformation & Modern
- Majority World
- Presbyterian & Reformed
- Databases & Websites
- Journals
Subject Headings
Follow these links for a more exhaustive list of resources on each subject:
Reference Works
- The Dictionary of the Reformation by Bruno Steimer (Editor)Call Number: BR302.8 .L4913 2004ISBN: 9780824521196Publication Date: 2004Covers every important aspect of the Reformation, including the major Protestant branches, developments in England, and the causes of the counter-Reformation in the Catholic Churches. Entries include biographies, theological issues, and historical sketches. - From the Publisher
- Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation by Michael MullettCall Number: BR302.8 .M86 2010ISBN: 9780810858152Publication Date: 2010Provides a comprehensive account of two chains of events—the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation—that have left an enduring imprint on Europe, America, and the world at large. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on persons, places, countries, institutions, doctrines, ideas, and events. - From the Publisher
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation by Hans J. Hillerbrand (Editor)Call Number: BR302.8 .O93 1996 v.1-4ISBN: 9780195064933Publication Date: 1996This work focuses on the entire range of religious and social changes wrought by the Reformation, including not only issues of church polity and theology but also related developments in politics, economics, demographics, art, and literature. Topical categories of coverage include sites, regions, and polities; historical events; religious groups and movements; ecclesiastical institutions; creeds, confessions, and texts; theology; social history; and popular religion, as well as biographies and Reformation studies.
- The Westminster Handbook to Theologies of the Reformation by R. Ward Holder (Editor)Call Number: BR305.3 .W47 2010ISBN: 9780664223984Publication Date: 2010This unique handbook to Reformation theologies provides an accurate and easily grasped entry into the main terms and issues that made this period so important theologically. A variety of Reformation experts succinctly summarize the ideas that led to such explosive changes throughout Europe and the New World. - From the Publisher
- Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation by Michael MullettISBN: 9780810858152Publication Date: 2010Provides a comprehensive account of two chains of events—the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation—that have left an enduring imprint on Europe, America, and the world at large. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on persons, places, countries, institutions, doctrines, ideas, and events. - From the Publisher
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation by Hans J. Hillerbrand (Editor)ISBN: 9780195064933Publication Date: 1996This work focuses on the entire range of religious and social changes wrought by the Reformation, including not only issues of church polity and theology but also related developments in politics, economics, demographics, art, and literature. Topical categories of coverage include sites, regions, and polities; historical events; religious groups and movements; ecclesiastical institutions; creeds, confessions, and texts; theology; social history; and popular religion, as well as biographies and Reformation studies.
Surveys
- The Story of Christianity: Volume 2 by Justo L. GonzalezCall Number: BR142 .G66 2010 v.2ISBN: 9780061855894Publication Date: 2010
- Church History: From Pre-Reformation to the Present Day by John D. Woodbridge and Frank A. JamesCall Number: BR145.3 .F47 2013 v.2ISBN: 9780310257431Publication Date: 2013
- Reform and Conflict by Rudolph HeinzeCall Number: BR161 .H45 2005ISBN: 0801012775Publication Date: 2005
- The Reformation World by Andrew Pettegree (Editor)Call Number: BR305.2 .P48 2000ISBN: 0415163579Publication Date: 2000
- The Reformation by Diarmaid MacCullochCall Number: BR305.3 .M23 2004ISBN: 9780670032969Publication Date: 2004
- The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations by Ulinka Rublack (Editor)Call Number: BR305.3 .O93 2017ISBN: 9780199646920Publication Date: 2017
- Reform and Expansion, 1500-1660 (Cambridge History of Christianity) by R. Po-Chia Hsia (Editor)Call Number: BR305.3 .R4 2007ISBN: 9780521811620Publication Date: 2007
- Reformation Theology by Matthew Barrett (Editor)Call Number: BR305.3 .R425 2017ISBN: 9781433543289Publication Date: 2017
- T&T Clark Companion to Reformation Theology by David M. Whitford (Editor)Call Number: BR305.3 .T3 2012ISBN: 9780567033604Publication Date: 2012
- Reform and Expansion, 1500-1660 (Cambridge History of Christianity) by R. Po-Chia Hsia (Editor)ISBN: 9780521811620Publication Date: 2007
- T&T Clark Companion to Reformation Theology by David M. Whitford (Editor)ISBN: 9780567033604Publication Date: 2012
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