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Short Bibliography for the Study of Church History

Items marked with an asterisk (*) are in the Graham Library.

Dictionaries, Historiography, and Research Tools

  • *Anderson, Charles S. . Minneapolis: Augsburg , 1967.
  • Bauman, Michael and Martin I. Klauber (ed.) . Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman & Holman, 1995.
  • Bebbington. David. . Leicester : InterVarsity Press, 1990.
  • *Benedetto, Robert.  .  Louisville, Ky. ; London, UK : Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.
  • *Berardino, Angelo Di, ed. . Trans. Adrian Walford. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Available online through UTL .
  • Breisach, Ernst. . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 3rd. ed. 2007. Available online through UTL .
  • Bradley, James E.; Muller, Richard A. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
  • *Brady, Thomas, et al. . 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1994-. Available online through UTL here: and .
  • *Cameron, Euan. . Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2005. Available online through UTL .
  • *Cameron, Nigel M. de S., ed. . Downers Grove: IVP, 1994.
  • *Cross, F. L, ed. . 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Available online through UTL .
  • *Feldmeth, Nathan P.  .  Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2008.
  • *Ferguson, Everett, ed. . 2nd ed. New York: Garland, 1990. Available online through UTL .
  • *Heath, Gordon L.. Toronto: Clements Pub., 2008.
  • *Hillerbrand, Hans J., ed. . 4 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Available online through UTL .
  • *Koschorke, Klaus et. al. A. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.
  • *Lewis, Donald M., ed. . 2 vols. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995.
  • *Robinson, Thomas A. . Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1993.
  • Strayer, Joseph R., ed. . 13 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s, 1982-1989.

Comprehensive Surveys

  • *Aland, Kurt. . 2 vols. Translated James L. Schaff. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.
  • *Kee, Howard Clark, et al. . New York: Macmillan, 1991.
  • *Gonzalez, Justo.. 2 vols. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 2010.
  • *González, Justo L. . St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, 2002.
  •  McGrath, Alister E. . 2nd ed. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
  • Nystrom, Bradley P.  and David P. Nystrom. . Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
  • *Pelikan, Jaroslav. . 5 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971-1989.

Early Church and Medieval

For primary sources in translation, a good place to start is and (also online through UTL at the same link), even though the translations lack fluidity at times. Other texts can be found in the series The Fathers of the Church published by The Catholic University of America Press. Translations of medieval texts are more scattered, though some useful texts may be found in the series The Library of Christian Classics.

  • Atiya, Aziz Suryal. . Rev. ed. Kraus Reprint Co., 1980.(Graham Library has the 1968 ed.)
  • *Bettenson, Henry, ed. . 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1963/1999.
  • *Blasi, Anthony J. , Jean Duhaime, and Paul-André Turcotte (ed.) . Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, 2002.
  • Bornstein, Daniel E. (ed.) . Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009.
  • *Brown, Peter. . London: Thames and London,1971.
  • *Brown. Peter. . 3rd ed. Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishers, 2013.
  • *Burrus, Virginia (ed.) (People’s History of Christianity, vol.2) Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005.
  • *Cantor, Norman F. . 2nd ed. London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, 1969.
  • *Cook, William R. . New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
  •  *Drobner Hubertus R.  .  Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2007.
  •   Evans. G.R. . Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2002.
  •   Evans. G.R. . London: I.B. Tauris, 2007. Available online through UTL .
  •   Freeman, Charles. . New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Frend, W. H. C. . London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1984.
  •   Hamilton , Bernard.  . Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Pub., 2003.
  •   Jenkins, Philip. . New York: HarperOne, 2008.
  • *Keen, Maurice. . New York: Viking Penguin, 1968.
  • *Lenski.Noel (ed.) . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012; 2005 edition available online through UTL .
  •  *Logan F. Donald. . London : Routledge, 2013; 2002 edition available online through UTL .
  • *Mango, Cyril. . New York: Scribner’s, 1980.
  •  MacCulloch., Diarmaid. . London; New York: Allen Lane/Penguin Books, 2009.
  • *Mullen. Roderic L. . Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2004. Available online through UTL .
  • *Noble, Thomas F. X. and Julia M. H. Smith (ed.) . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Available online through UTL .
  • *Oakley, F. . Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1979.
  • *Robinson, Thomas A. . Metuchen: ATLA & The Scarecrow Press, 1993.
  • *Rousseau. Philip. . London ; New York : Longman, 2002; available online through UTL , as well as the .
  • *Rubin,Miri and Walter Simons (ed.). . Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Available online through UTL .
  • *Southern, R. W. . New York: Penguin, 1970.
  • *Thompson, Bard. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
  • *Wedderburn Alexander J. M. . London : T&T Clark International, 2004.
  • *Young, Frances M. . London: SCM, 2010.
  • See also

Reformation

Primary texts of the Reformers are usually found in collections devoted to specific writers,e.g. Luther’s or Calvin’s Commentaries (catalogued by Biblical book title) and . Some sources are also available in The Library of Christian Classics.

  • Avis, Paul D. L. . Eugene, Or. : Wipf and Stock, 2002.
  • Bossy, John. . New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
  • *Bouwsma, William James. . New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
  • *Dillenberger, John, ed. . New York: Anchor, 1961. Available online through UTL .
  • Duffy, Eamon. . New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press, 2005. Available online through UTL .
  • *Estep, William R. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975.
  • George, Timothy. . Nashville: Broadman, 1988.
  • Gordon,Bruce. . Manchester, UK; New York: Manchester University Press, 2002.
  • Helm, Paul.. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • Hillerbrand, Hans J. . Grand Rapids: Baker, 1978.
  • *Hillerbrand, Hans J. ed. . 4 vols. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • Hirzel, Martin Ernst and Martin Sallmann. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.
  • *Lindberg, Carter. . 2nd. ed. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell,  2010. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Luther, Martin. . American ed. 70+ vols. Saint Louis: Concordia, 1958-.
  • *Matheson, Peter (ed.). (People’s History of Christianity, vol.5) Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007.
  • *McGinn, Bernard. . 4 vols. New York: Crossroad, 1992-.
  • *McGrath, Alister. . 2nd. ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Available online through UTL .
  • *_________. . 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2012.
  • *McKim, Donald K. . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *McKim, Donald K. . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • Manschreck, Clyde L. , volume 2. Grand Rapids:Baker, 1981.
  • Nohl, Frederick.. St. Louis, MO : Concordia, 2003.
  • Noll, Mark A. . Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991.
  • *Oberman, Heiko A. . Translated Eileen Walliser-Schwarzbart. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.
  • *Ozment, Steven. . New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • Parker T.H.L. . Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.
  • *Po-chia Hsia, R. .  Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006. 2008 edition available online through UTL .
  • Racaut, L. . Aldershot, England; Burlington,VT: Ashgate, 2005. 2017 edition available online through UTL .
  • Rublack, Ulinka. . Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • Scribner, R.W. and C. Scott Dixon. . 2nd ed. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
  • Selderhuis, Herman J. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.
  • Spijker, Willem van ‘t. . Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.
  • Steinmetz.,David C. . 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, 2002.
  • Stephens, W. P. . Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • Stjerna, Kirsi. . Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2009. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • Sunshine, Glenn S. . Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005.
  • Wendel, Francois. . New York: Harper & Row, 1963; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1997.

Modern

  • *Aston, Nigel. .  Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  • Breunig, Charles. . 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 1977.
  • *Brown, Stewart J. and Timothy Tackett (ed.) . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Gauvreau, Michael and Ollivier Huber (ed.) . Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006. Available online through UTL .
  • *Gauvreau, Michael. . Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005. Available online through UTL .
  • *Gilbert, Felix. . 3rd ed. New York: Norton, 1984.
  • *Gilley, Sheridan; Sheils, W. J., ed. . Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.
  • *Haykin, Michael A.G. and Kenneth J. Stewart. .  Nottingham, England : Apollos, 2008.
  • *Kay, William K. and Anne E. Dyer (ed.)  . London: SCM Press, 2004.
  • *Knight.,Frances. . London : I.B. Tauris, 2008. Available online through UTL .
  • *Murphy, Terrence; Perin, Roberto, ed. . Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • *Noll, Mark A. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2019. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  •   Porterfield, A. (ed). (People’s History of Christianity, vol. 6). Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007.
  • *Stackhouse, John G., Jr. . Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993. Available online through UTL .
  • *Vinson, Synan. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.
  • *Welch, Claude. . 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972-1985.

Global Christianity

  • *Agbeti, J. Kofi. . 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1986-1991.
  • *Bednarowski, Mary Farrell (ed.) (People’s History of Christianity, vol.7) Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008.
  • Cleary, Edward L, ed. . Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990.
  • *Dussel, Enrique. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981.
  • Dussel, Enrique, ed. . Maryknoll: Orbis, 1992.
  • Frykenberg, Robert E. . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Available online through UTL .
  • *Gilley, S. and Brian Stanley (ed.)  . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Available online through UTL .
  • *Goodpasture, H. McKennie, ed. . Maryknoll: Orbis, 1989.
  • *Groves, C. P. . 4 vols. London: Lutterworth, 1948-1958.
  • *Hastings, Adrian. . Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Isichei, Elizabeth. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
  • *McLeod, Hugh (ed.) . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Available online through UTL .
  • *Moffett, Samuel Hugh. . San Francisco: Harper, 1992.
  • *Sanneh,Lamin. . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Available online through UTL at the provided link.

British Church History and Anglicanism

Many primary sources can be found in the collected works of significant writers (e.g. Hooker, Law, Temple, etc) which are held by the Graham Library.

  • *Brown, Callum G. Religion and society in twentieth-century Britain. Harlow, England; New York: Longman, 2006. Available online through UTL .
  • *Brown, Callum G. . 2nd ed. New York : Routledge, 2009. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Blewett, Timoty, Adrian Hyde-Price & Wyn Rees (ed.) . Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008.
  • Carrington, Philip. . Toronto: Collins, 1963.
  • *Chadwick, H., . Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2010.
  • *Clarke, Bob. .  Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications, 2008.
  • *Cowan, lan B. . London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982.
  • *Crumb, Lawrence N. . 2nd ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Inc.: American Theological Library Association, 2009.
  • *Davies, Horton. . 5 vols. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961-1975.
  • *Dickens, A. G. . Pa: Pennsylvania State UP, 1991.
  • *Duffy,Eamon. . New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Doran, Susan and Christopher Durston. . 2nd ed. London ; New York: Routledge, 2003. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Edwards, David L. . 3 vols. London: Collins, 1981-.
  • *Gilley, Sheridan; Sheils, W. J., ed. . Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.
  • *Hastings, Adrian. . 3rd ed. London: SCM Press, 1991.
  • *Hayes, Alan L., . Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2004. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Hazlett, W. Ian P. . London; New York: T & T Clark, 2003.
  • *Heal, Felicity. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Ingram, Robert G.  . Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007.
  • *King, John N. . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982.
  • *Neill, Stephen. . London: Mowbrays, 1977.
  • *Parsons, Gerald, ed. . 5 vols. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1988-.
  • *Robbins, Keith. . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Available online through UTL at the provided link.
  • *Rupp, Ernst Gordon. . Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986.
  • *. 60 vols. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
  • *Wellings, Martin. . Carlisle, UK : Paternoster Press, 2003.
  • *Worrall, B.G. . London: SPCK, 2004. [3rd ed.]