Revision as of 2016 June
by MJ. Smith
Comprehensive History of Christianity
Reading List
Biblical Interpretation
See also Hughes Oliphant Old in Preaching
Hymnody
- Christian Music: A Global History | Tim Dowley
- The Story of Christian Music: From Gregorian Chant to Black Gospel, an Authoritative Illustrated Guide to All the Major Traditions of Music for Worship | Andrew Wilson-Dickson
Mysticism
- The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 1 The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century | Bernard McGinn
- The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 2 The Growth of Mysticism: Gregory the Great Through the 12th Century | Bernard McGinn
- The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 3 The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism 1200-1350 | Bernard McGinn
- The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 4 The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany | Bernard McGinn
- The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Volume 5 The Varieties of Vernacular Mysticism 1350-1550 | Bernard McGinn
Dogma
- A History of Christian Theology, Second Edition: An Introduction | William C. Placher and Derek R. Nelson
- Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Volume 1: From Its Beginnings to the Eve of the Reformation | William C. Placher
- Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present | William C. Placher
Creeds
- Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition (4 Volumes with CD-ROM) | by Jaroslav Pelikan and Valerie R. Hotchkiss
- Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition | Jaroslav Pelikan
Generic Church History
- A People’s History of Christianity, Student Edition Volume 1: From the Early Church to the Reformation | Denis R. Janz, editor (in Logos)
- A People’s History of Christianity, Student Edition Volume 2: From the Reformation to the 21st Century Denis R. Janz, editor (in Logos)
- A People’s History of Christianity Volume 1: Christian Origins | Richard Horsley, editor
- A People’s History of Christianity Volume 2: Late Ancient Christianity | Virginia Burns, editor
- A People’s History of Christianity Volume 3: Byzantine Christianity | Derek Krueger, editor
- A People’s History of Christianity Volume 4: Medieval Christianity | Daniel E. Bornstein, Denis R. Janz, editors
- A People’s History of Christianity Volume 5: Reformation Christianity | Peter Matheson, editor
- A People’s History of Christianity Volume 6: Modern Christianity to 1900 | Amanda Porterfield, editor
- A People’s History of Christianity Volume 7: Twentieth-Century Global Christianity | Mary Farrell Bednarowski
- The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation | Justo L. Gonzalez
- The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2: The Reformation to the Present Day | Justo L. Gonzalez
Histories of the Pentarchy (Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem)
- Calvinism: A History | D. G. Hall [Rome offshoot]