Books on the history of Christianity

Mark Galer · 2025-04-25T13:46:10+00:00

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Can anyone offer a suggestion for a good book published by Logos on the history of Christianity? I am currently reading 'A History of Christianity' by Owen Chadwick that I checked out at our local library, but he is a strong supporter of the Catholic church, which I am not a member of. Looking for a more neutral view of history. Thank you.

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DAL

https://www.logos.com/product/175795/introduction-to-the-history-of-christianity-3rd-ed?queryId=cd38c6e364a9742fba0530cc43022b73

2. https://www.logos.com/product/294092/the-eternal-kingdom-a-history-of-the-church-of-christ?queryId=b96da16a9c3ccac87fc2d14823bc934c

3. https://www.logos.com/product/204144/church-history-in-plain-language-5th-ed?queryId=8284cae88604aece20443e39265e19eb

Mark Galer

Thank you.

MJ. Smith

https://www.logos.com/product/311060/the-lost-history-of-christianity-the-thousand-year-golden-age-of-the-church-in-the-middle-east-africa-and-asia-and-how-it-died? covers what is missing in most Western Church histories.

https://www.logos.com/product/337967/jesus-wars-how-four-patriarchs-three-queens-and-two-emperors-decided-what-christians-would-believe-for-the-next-1500-years?

this covers the critical fifth century

https://www.logos.com/product/263048/the-first-thousand-years-a-global-history-of-christianity? This is an excellent general history - very readable and with solid documentation

Mark Galer

Thank you

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DAL

https://www.logos.com/product/175795/introduction-to-the-history-of-christianity-3rd-ed?queryId=cd38c6e364a9742fba0530cc43022b73

2. https://www.logos.com/product/294092/the-eternal-kingdom-a-history-of-the-church-of-christ?queryId=b96da16a9c3ccac87fc2d14823bc934c

3. https://www.logos.com/product/204144/church-history-in-plain-language-5th-ed?queryId=8284cae88604aece20443e39265e19eb

Mark Galer

Thank you.

MJ. Smith

https://www.logos.com/product/337967/jesus-wars-how-four-patriarchs-three-queens-and-two-emperors-decided-what-christians-would-believe-for-the-next-1500-years?

this covers the critical fifth century

https://www.logos.com/product/263048/the-first-thousand-years-a-global-history-of-christianity? This is an excellent general history - very readable and with solid documentation

Mark Galer

Thank you

DAL

There must be a bug in this thread. I’m seeing duplicate answers from MJ, OP and myself.

DAL

Aaron Hamilton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1367528#Comment_1367528

This thread just has a lot of Best Answers.

DMB

Best answers is confusing. Best duplicates.

DMB

I picked up the 'Jesus Wars'. What a great book … kudos to MJ's suggestion last years (and FL getting it). I thought it'd be some sort of theological slice and dice (it cuts! it slices!). But it adds so much flavor to the church fathers writings. Already on chapter 2.