The Conventicle: CT's Doug Sweeney: Top 5 Books on Church History

Who were the Puritans?

"A loosely organized reform movement originating during the English Reformation of the sixteenth century. The name came from efforts to 'purify' the Church of England by those who felt that the Reformation had not yet been completed. Eventually the Puritans went on to attempt purification of the self and of society as well."

(Mark Noll, "Puritanism", Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 1984)

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

CT's Doug Sweeney: Top 5 Books on Church History

I'm glad to see one Edinburgian included – Dr. Andrew Walls, who has contributed much to our knowledge of missions history. Here's the list:

1. A History of the Christian Church, Williston Walker

2. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, Roland Bainton

3. The Burning Heart: John Wesley : Evangelist, A. Skevington Wood

4. The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in Transmission of Faith, Andrew Walls

5. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, Philip Jenkins

See the Christianity Today article.

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