The History of Christian Theology

Bibliography

Leith, John H. Creeds of the Churches. 3 rd ed. Louisville: John Knox Press,

1982. The best one-volume collection of creeds, confessions, and of¿ cial
      documents of the ancient church and various modern denominations.

Livingston, James C. Modern Christian Thought. 2nd ed. Minneapolis:

Fortress Press, 2006. Everything you wanted to know about 19th century

European theology with some of the 18th century background.

Marthaler, Berard L., ed. The New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Detroit:

Gale, 2003. Indispensable reference source for all things Catholic,

including details of doctrinal controversies about such things as Jansenism,

Molinism, etc.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers. Together with the Ante-Nicene Fathers, its

companion series (see above), this is still the most complete collection of

English writings by the church fathers, containing 19th-century translations. It

is broken into two series, the ¿ rst consisting solely of writings by Augustine

and Chrysostom (14 vols.) and the second covering everybody else (14

vols.). For more recent translations with up-to-date scholarly introductions

and notes, look for individual volumes in the Ancient Christian Writers

series, which unlike these two series does not come as a set. For Augustine’s

writings, look for publications by New City Press, which is in the process of

publishing the ¿ rst complete edition of his works in English (look for Hill’s

translations; avoid Boulding’s translations).

Olson, Roger E. The Story of Christian Theology. Downers Grove, IL:

IntraVarsity Press, 1999. Highly readable, though weak on modern Roman

Catholic theology.

Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development

of Doctrine. 5 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press,

1971–1991. The most comprehensive recent history of Christian doctrine

in English. Volumes cover the ancient church (The Emergence of the

Christian Tradition 100–600, the Eastern Orthodox tradition (The Spirit of

Eastern Christendom 600–1700), the Western church until shortly before the

Reformation (The Growth of Medieval Theology 600–1300, the Protestant

Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation (Reformation of Church and