Introduction to the History of Christianity

Author	Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ISBN	1558611584

‘It is stripped off - the paper - in great patches . . . The colour is repellent . . . In the places where it isn’t faded and where the sun is just so - I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about . . .’

Based on the author’s own experiences, 'The Yellow Wallpaper'...

Author

Kwame Alexander

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got...

Author	Patricia Lockwood
ISBN	1594633738

The childhood of Patricia Lockwood, the poet dubbed "The Smutty-Metaphor Queen of Lawrence, Kansas" by The New York Times, was unusual in many respects. There was the location: an impoverished, nuclear waste-riddled area of the American Midwest. There was her mother, a woman who speaks almost entirely...

Author	Alister E. McGrath
ISBN	0631208445

This is a very good handbook for understanding major theological developments and controversies of the history of the church. McGrath's organization is simple and the overview brief. He splits church history into four major movements (Patristic, Medieval, Reformation, and Modern Periods). In...

Author	Henry Bettenson
ISBN	0195012933

It took me one year and three months, but I've finally finished this comprehensive survey of writings relating to the Christian Church that I bought for the Church History class I audited last Fall. Reading just a little bit at a time eventually adds up! This collection was originally compiled in 1943...

Author	Bruce Catton
ISBN	0316132446

Pure gold. Of Catton's books, I would consider only A Stillness at Appomattox to be slightly better. Catton is my favorite historian along with Robert Caro. They both write with a modest and poetic tone with a fundamentally deep understanding of their subject matter based on years of research. If you...