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Post by richardklein on Dec 2, 2016 10:41:13 GMT -6
I am looking for suggestions of good Church History reads?
Suggestions please?
Plenty of them are in my Stacks, but I am looking for some fresh ideas.
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Post by CowboysDad on Dec 2, 2016 19:42:56 GMT -6
I like B K Kuiper's "The Church in History." It's older, published in 1951, so it doesn't include modern history beyond 1951, but I like the flow and the simple read.
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Post by richardklein on Dec 2, 2016 19:54:19 GMT -6
What about Shelly?
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Post by CowboysDad on Dec 3, 2016 14:20:36 GMT -6
Never read Shelley.
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Post by brianwagner on Dec 4, 2016 9:01:16 GMT -6
In my view, more needs to be done to recapture that there are two main Christian Histories, one magisterial/sacramental and one non-magisterial/evangelical. There may be some overlap, but if believer's baptism is a necessary sound doctrine that qualifies a man to be a pastor in God's eyes, then Christ was NOT building His church through RC for 1000 years (450-1450). I recommend every pastor read Verduin's - Reformers and their Step Children. I would also highly recommend Broadbent's - The Pilgrim Church, and Olson's - The Story of Christian Theology. I also use - Curtis/Lang/Peterson - The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History, and McBeth's - Baptist History and Source Book of Baptist History when I teach Church History at VBC. Actually... I forgot that I now recommend Allison's - Historical Theology, over Olson's.  |
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Post by richardklein on Dec 5, 2016 21:26:32 GMT -6
The Baker Atlas of Christian History is a nice visualization via mostly atlas of Church History and pre-Christian history.
I enjoy Schaff as limited as he is.
The Encyclopedia of American Religious History is short and sweet.
A History of the Christian Church by Walker/Norris/Lotz/Handy is "handy:)"
Dr. McCabe: I thought you had Shelley in your doctoral work?
I ordered Kuiper's and some say Gonzalez is worth obtaining.
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Post by CowboysDad on Dec 5, 2016 23:05:07 GMT -6
We read the two volumes of Gonzalez at DTS and I've referenced them many times for study. I like them fine. They are a far more extensive treatment than Kuiper, which is more for laymen and a quick overview, but I still like Kuiper. I've enjoyed F. F. Bruce's New Testament History, but it doesn't leave the first century, so that's not likely what you're looking for. I did have both Shelley men in my doctoral work, but wasn't assigned the dad's church history textbook. I've never picked it up.
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