Reformation to the present

The IVP Atlas of Bible History by Paul Lawrence draws on the latest finds of historians and archaeologists with 100 relief maps, 20 site/battle plans, and 140 photographs.

Rodney Stark demystifies external threats like Gnosticism and builds a convincing case for Christianity emerging from Hellenized Jewish communities in Roman cities.

Bock successfully refutes, in particular, the popular assertions of Bart Ehrman, Karen King, and Elaine Pagels. It is a careful study of the first two centuries of texts; helping to explain what the extra-biblical gospels are and why they were not included in the NT canon.

Edited by: JAMES J BUCKLEY (Loyola College, Maryland), FREDERICK CHRISTIAN BAUERSCHMIDT and TRENT POMPLUN

Millar aptly covers an oft-neglected period of history when church and state contended and cooperated in the maintenance of the Roman Empire, particularly in addressing the Nestorian (or two-natures of Christ)controversy.

British historian Derek Wilson offers a brief but compelling portrait of Charlemagne, a king who many consider the father of Western European Christendom whose embrace of scholarship and preservation of ancient manuscripts fueled the emergence from the Dark Ages.

Hans Hillerbrand makes for a handy history, especially concerning Luther.

Evans, author of several books on key figures in the Middle Ages (Augustine, Gregory the Great, Anselm, Bernard of Clairvaux, etc.), has written the first major biography of John Wyclif in 100 years (IVP). Wyclif, who presaged the English Reformation with his refutation of key Catholic doctrines and first English translation of the complete Bible, died in 1384.

The last two titles in the five-volume The Baker History of the Church series appear in 2007; Age of Reason by Meic Pearse, and The Medieval Church by Paul Bassett.

Discusses the theological crisis precipitated by the Civil War, particularly as seen through European eyes.

This professor of Church History at Fuller Theological Seminary, has written the most comprehensive study of the early days of Pentecostalism.

George Marsden’s second edition of Fundamentalism and American Culture (Oxford) has appeared with a new chapter.

The first major biography of Bryan in almost forty years. As expected, this book draws on previously untapped resources (letters, speeches, etc) to draw a portrait of a leading figure in turn-of-the-century politics and the church.