Comprehensive History of Christianity

Reading List

Biblical Interpretation

See also Hughes Oliphant Old in Preaching

  • A Short History of the Interpretation of the Bible | David Tracy and Robert McQueen Grant
  • Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Middle Ages (Until 1300). Part 1: Antiquity/ | Magne Saebo
  • Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Middle Ages (Until 1300). Part 2: The Middle Ages/ | Magne Saebo
  • Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 2: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment/ | Magne Saebo
  • Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 3: From Modernism to Post-Modernism. Part I: 19th Century/ | Magne Saebo
  • Hebrew Bible Old Testament: The History of Its Reception Volume 3: From Modernism to Post-Modernism. Part II: 20th Century/ | Magne Saebo

Preaching

  • Jewish Preaching, 1200-1800: An Anthology (Yale Judaica Series) | Marc Saperstein
  • Jewish Preaching in Times of War, 1800-2001 (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization) | Marc Saperstein
  • Your Voice Like a Ram’s Horn: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching (Monographs of the Hebrew Union College) | Marc Saperstein
  • Hear O Israel: The History of American Jewish Preaching, 1654-1970 (Studies in Rhetoric and Communication) | Robert V Friedenberg

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
  • The Ancient Jewish Mysticism | Joseph Dan
  • Jewish Mysticism: Late Antiquity (Jewish Mysticism in Late Antiquity) (Volume 1) | Joseph Dan
  • Jewish Mysticism: The Middle ages (Jewish Mysticism in the High Middle Ages) (Volume 2) | Joseph Dan
  • Jewish Mysticism: The Modern Period (Main Themes in Mysticism & Jewish Mysticism) (Volume 3) | Joseph Dan
  • Jewish Mysticism, Vol. 4: General Characteristics and Comparative Studies (Volume 4) | Joseph Dan

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]


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