Christianity

Reading List for MA Comprehensive Exams 

Select one from each category plus one other.

General 

Ehrman, Bart.  The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings  

Frend, W.H.C.  The Rise of Christianity

Patristics

    Chadwick, Henry.  The Early Church  

     Frend, W.H.C.  The Early Church 

Kelly, J.N.D. Early Christian Doctrines  

Stevenson, J. Creeds, Councils and Controversies : Documents Illustrating the History of the Church Ad 337-461.  

The Middle Ages 

Logan, F. Donald.  A History of the Church in the Middle Ages  

The Reformation 

     Ozment, Steven.  The Age of Reform, 1250-1550: An Intellectual and     

    Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe  

MacCullough, Diarmand. The Reformation  

American Christianity 

     Ahltstrom, Sidney. A Religious History of the American People  

     Sam and Mead, Frank. A Handbook of Denominations in American 

General Surveys 

   Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity, Volumes 1 & 2

   McGrath, Alister. Christianity: An Introduction  

   Pelikan, Jaroslav.  The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of  Doctrine, Volumes 1-5.