I'm looking for a nicely-written, well-researched history of the Protestant Reformation, preferably with an emphasis on Martin Luther. Does anyone have any recommendations?
[ October 07, 2003, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by rayne (Member # 5722) on :
These two titles seem to be quite popular as well:
Timothy George, Theology of the Reformers (Nashville: BroadmanPress, 1988)
Alister McGrath, Reformation Thought: An Introduction (Oxford:Blackwell, 1988)
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Cool! Thanks, Zal!
I see you take your arts and letters call very seriously.
*runs like mad to stand next to Mrs. Card* Ha! The lightning will never get me here. Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I don’t have a good general history of just the reformation – but I like Justo Gonzalez’s “The Story of Christianity.” Unfortunately, the reformation is the break-point between the two volumes. So if you need stuff leading up to it you want Volume One and if you need the reformation itself you want Volume Two. They’re only $23 each in paperback, though, so it’s not too bad. It’s not an in depth history – more of an overview.
Of course, you can always go right to the source – Three Treatises by Martin Luther.
My historical theology professor was an emphatic proponent of reading original texts rather than books about them, so I don’t have as many history books in my library as I do historical books. I’ll ask some of my friends who focused more on Reformation history and see what they recommend.