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Church History

 
 
 
 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

  • Church history --time period (e.g., 19th-century)
  • Country or city name--church history
  • Christianity

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

General

  • Dictionary of Bible and Religion.
    William H. Gentz, general editor.
    Ref. BR 95 .D46
  • Dictionary of Christianity.
    Edited by J. C. Cooper.
    Ref. BR 95 .D48 1996
  • Encyclopedia of Christianity.
    Editors, Erwin Fahlbusch [et al.]; translator and English language editor, Geoffrey W. Bromiley.
    Ref. BR 95 .E8913 1999
  • New 20th Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.
    Edited by J. D. Douglas.
    Ref. BR 95 .N395 1991
  • Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.
    Edited by F. L. Cross; 3d. ed. edited by E. A. Livingstone.
    Ref. BR 95 .O8 1997
  • The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought.
    Ed. by Adrian Hastinga, Alastair Mason and Hugh Pyper.
    Ref. BR 95 .O84 2000
  • World Christian Encyclopedia: a comparative survey of churches and religions, AD 30 - AD 2000.
    David B. Barrett, George T. Kurian, Todd M. Johnson.
    2d ed. Ref. BR 157 .W67 2001

Early Christianity

  • Dictionary of Early Christian Literature.
    Ed. by Siegmar Dopp and WIlhelm Geerlings; translated from the German by Matthew O'Connell.
    Ref. BR 66.5 .L4813 2000
  • Encyclopedia of the Early Church.
    Produced by the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum and edited by Angelo DiBerardino; translated from the Italian by Adrian Walford.
    Ref. BR 66.5 .D5813 1992
  • Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs: a reference guide to more than 700 topics discussed by the Early Church Fathers..
    David Berot, ed.
    Ref. BR 66.5 .D53 B47 1998
  • Dictionary of Early Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century AD.
    Ed. by Henry Wace and William C. Piercy.
    Ref. BR 95 .D472 1999
  • Patrology.
    Johannes Quasten.
    Ref. BR 67 .Q3
  • Reallexikon fur Antike und Christentum.
    Ref. BR 95 R43
  • Encyclopedia of Early Christianity.
    Ed. by Everett Ferguson. 2d. ed.
    Ref. BR 162.2 .E53 1997

Patristics

  • Ante-Nicene Fathers: translations of the writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325.
    Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, eds.
    Ref. BR 60 .A62 .A5
  • A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church.
    First series. Edited by Philip Schaff.
    Ref. BR 60 .S4;
    Second series. Translated into English with prolegomena and explanatory notes under the editorial supervision of Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
    Ref. BR 60 .S42
  • Early Church Fathers.
    CD-ROM collection of the 38 volumes in the Ante-Nicene and Nicene Fathers series. Located on STH Reference Terminal #3.
  • Corpus Christianorum, Series Graeca.
    Ref. BR 60 .C487
  • Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina.
    Ref. BR 60 .C49
  • Sources Chretiennes.
    Ref, BR 60 .S68
  • Patrologia Latina Database (CD-ROM)
    Reserve BR 66.5 P38 1995; this resource is also available to the Charles River Campus electronically at: http://pld.chadwyck.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/

Reformation

  • Wyclif's Latin Works.
    John Wycliffe.
    Ref. BR 75 .W8 1966
  • The European Reformations Sourcebook.
    Ed. by Carter Lindberg.
    Ref. BR 301 .E87 1999
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation.
    Hans J. Hillerbrand, editor in chief.
    Ref. BR 302.8 .O93 1996
  • Luther's Werke (Weimar Ed.)
    Martin Luther.
    Ref. BR 330 .A2 1883; this resource is now available electronically at: http://luther.chadwyck.com.ezproxy.bu.edu
  • Melanchthon Opera (Corpus Reformatorum)
    Philipp Melanchthon.
    Ref. BR 336 .A3 1963
  • Ioannis Calvini Opera (Corpus Reformatorum)
    John Calvin.
    Mfiche BR 9420 .A2 1970
  • Zwingli's samtliche Werke (Corpus Reformatorum)
    Ulrich Zwingli
    Ref. BR 346 .A2 1982

Modern America

  • A Religious History of the American People.
    Syndey F. Ahlstrom.
    Ref. BR 515 .A4 1974
  • Dictionary of Christianity in America.
    Coordinating editor, Daniel G. Reid.
    Ref. BR 515 .D53 1990
  • Modern American Protestantism and its World.: historical articles on Protestantism in American Religious Life.
    Ed. by Martin E. Marty.
    Ref. BR 515 .M64 1992
  • Encyclopedia of Religion in the South.
    Ed. by Samuel S. Hill.
    Ref. BR 535 .E52
  • Encyclopedia of African-American Religions.
    Ed. by Larry G. Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, Gary L. Ward.
    Ref. BR 535 .N4 E53 1993

Journals in the Theology Library

  • Anglican and Episcopal History
  • Archiv fur Reformationsgeschichte
  • Augustinian Studies
  • Augustiniana
  • Catholic Historical Review
  • Church History
  • Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly
  • Indian Church History Review
  • Journal of Early Christian Studies
  • Journal of Ecclesiastical History
  • Journal of Religious History
  • Mennonite Historical Bulletin
  • Methodist History
  • Recherches Augustiennes
  • Revue de l'histoire des Religions
  • Revue des Etudes Augustiennes
  • Revue d'histoire Ecclesiastique
  • Sixteen Century Journal

 

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