WORLD RELIGION BIBLIOGRAPHY: CHRISTIANITY

•   Angold, Michael, ed.  Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 5, Eastern Christianity.  Cambridge: Cambridge, 2006.

• Bagley, J.  Doors of Perception: Icons and Their Spiritual Significance.  London: Mowbray, 1987.

•   Ball, Philip.  Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral.  New York: Harper, 2008.

• Barraclough, Geoffrey, ed.  Christian World: A Social and Cultural History.  New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985.

•   Bass, Diana Butler.  People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story.  New York: Harperone, 2009.

•   Bitel, Lisa M.  Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement in Early Ireland.  Ithaca: Cornell, 1994.

•   Brown, Peter.  Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, 200-1000 AD.  Oxford: Blackwell, 1997.

•   Brown, Stewart J. and Tackett, Timothy, eds.  Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 7, Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution, 1660-1815.  Cambridge: Cambridge, 2007.

•   Bryan, Christopher.  Render to Caesar: Jesus, The Early Church and the Roman Superpower.  New York: Oxford, 2005.

•   Cannuyer, Christian.  Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile.  New York: Abrams.

•   Casiday, Augustine and Norris, Frederick W., eds.  Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 2, Constantine to C. 600.  Cambridge: Cambridge, 2007.

•   Chadwick, H. and Evans, G.R., eds.  Atlas of the Christian Church.  New York: Facts on File, 1987.

• Chadwick, Owen.  History of Christianity.  New York: St. Martin's, 1996.

•   _____.  Reformation.  London: Penguin UK, 1990.

•   Charbonneau-Lassay, Louis.  Bestiary of Christ.  New York: Parabola, 1991.

•   Chidester, David.  Christianity: A Global History.  New York: Harperone, 2001.

•   Collins, Roger.  Keepers of the Keys: A History of the Papacy.  New York: Basic, 2009.

•   Cragg, Gerald.  Church and the Age of Reason.  London: Penguin UK, 1990.

•   Cross, F.L. and Livingstone, E.A., eds.  Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.  New York: Oxford, 2005.

• Cross, Lawrence.  Eastern Christianity: The Byzantine Tradition.  Philadelphia: E.J. Dwyer, 1989.

•   Crossan, John D.  God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now.  New York: Harperone, 2008.

•   _____.  In Search of Paul.  New York: Harperone, 2005.

•   Denzey, Nicola.  Bone Gatherers: The Lost Worlds of Early Christian Women.  Boston: Beacon, 2008.

•   Dowden, Ken.  European Paganism: The Realities of Cult From Antiquity to the Middle Ages.  London: Routledge, 1999.

•   Duffy, Eamon.  Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes.  New Haven: Yale, 2006.

•   Dunn, James D. G.  Beginnings From Jerusalem.  Philadelphia: Wm. B. Eerdman's, 2008.

•   Ehrman, Bart D.  Lost Christianities: The Battles For Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew.  New York: Oxford, 2005.

•   _____.  Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look At Betrayer and Betrayed.  New York: Oxford, 2006.

•   _____.  Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend.  New York: Oxford, 2006.

• Esler, Philip.  Early Christian World.  New York: Routledge, 2004.

•   Farmer, David Hugh.  Oxford Dictionary of Saints.  New York: Oxford, 2004.

•   Ferguson, Everett.  Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries.  Wm. B. Eerdman's, 2008.

•   Fletcher, Richard.  Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity.  New York: Henry Holt, 1998.

•   Flinn, Frank K.  Encyclopedia of Catholicism.  New York: Checkmark, 2007.

•   Fox, Robin Lane.  Pagans and Christians.  London: Penguin UK, 2006.

• France, Peter.  Hermits: The Insights of Solitude.  New York: St. Martin's, 1996.

•   Gascoigne, Bamber.  Christianity: A History.  Running Press, 2003.

•   Gilley, Sheridan and Stanley, Brian, eds.  Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 8, World Christianities, C. 1815 - C. 1914.  Cambridge: Cambridge, 2006.

•   Green, Vivian.  New History of Christianity.  Stroud, UK: 1996.

•   Hallam, Elizabeth, ed.  Saints: Who They Are and How They Help You.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

•   Hampl, Patricia.  Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.

•   Hastings, Adrian, et al.  Oxford Companion to Christian Thought.  New York: Oxford, 2000.

•   Hastings, Adrian, ed.  World History of Christianity.  Wm. B. Eerdman's, 2000.

•   Hopkins, Keith.  World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

•   Horsley, Richard A., ed.  Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society.  New York: Continuum, 1997.

•   Hsia, R. Po-Chia, ed.  Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 6, Reform and Expansion, 1500-1600.  Cambridge: Cambridge, 2007.

•   Jenkins, Philip.  Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa and Asia -- And How It Died.  New York: Harperone, 2008.

•   _____.  Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity.  New York: Oxford, 2007.

•   Johnson, Paul.  History of Christianity.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.

•   Jonas, Hans.  Gnostic Religion.  Boston: Beacon, 2001.

• Kee, Howard C.  Miracle in the Early Christian World.  New Haven: Yale, 1986.

•   _____ et al.  Christianity: A Social and Cultural History.  New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997.

•   Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary.  Saints Preserve Us!: Everything You Need to Know About Every Saint You'll Ever Need.  New York: Random House, 1993.

•   Kerrigan, Michael.  Illustrated Encyclopedia of Catholicism.  New York: Lorenz, 2009.

•   Kuryluk, E.  Veronica and Her Cloth: History, Symbolism and Structure of A True Image.  Oxford: Basic Blackwell, 1991.

•   MacMullen, Ramsay.  Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries.  New Haven: Yale, 1997.

•   _____.  Christianizing the Roman Empire (AD 100-400).  New Haven: Yale, 1986.

•   Matkin, J. Michael.  Complete Idiot's Guide to Early Christianity.  Alpha Books, 2008.

•   Mayled, Jon and Green, Janet.  Christianity: The Basics.  New York: Routledge, 2009.

• McGinn, Bernard.  Presence of God: Foundations of Mysticism, Vol. I, History of Western Christian Mysticism.  London: SCM Press, 1992.

• _____.  Presence of God: Growth of Mysticism, Vol. II, A History of Western Christian Mysticism.  Alban Books, 1995.

• _____.  Presence of God: Flowering of Mysticism, Vol. III, A History of Western Christian Mysticism.  London: SCM Press, 1998.

•   McGrath, Alister E.  Christian Theology: An Introduction.  Oxford: Blackwell, 2006.

•   _____.  Christianity's Dangerous Idea.  New York: Harperone, 2008.

•   McLeod, Hugh, ed.  Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 9, World Christianities, C. 1914 - C. 2000.  Cambridge: Cambridge, 2006.

•   McManners, John, ed.  Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity.  New York: Oxford, 2001.

•   Meeks, Wayne A.  First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul.  New Haven: Yale, 2003.

•   _____.  Origins of Christian Morality: The First Two Centuries.  New Haven: Yale, 1995.

•   Melton, J. Gordon.  Encyclopedia of Protestantism.  New York: Checkmark, 2008.

•   Meyer, Marvin.  Gnostic Discoveries: The Impact of the Nag Hammadi Library.  Toronto: Harper Collins Canada, 2005.

•   Mitchell, Margaret M. and Young, Frances M., eds.  Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume I, Origins to Constantine.  Cambridge: Cambridge, 2006.

• Moynahan, Brian.  Faith: A History of Christianity.  New York: Doubleday, 2002.

•   Murphy, Stuart J. and Torjesen, Karen Jo.  When Women Were Priests.  New York: Harper Collins, 1995.

•   Noble, Thomas F. X. and Smith, Julia M. H., eds.  Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 3, Early Medieval Christianities, C. 600 - C. 1100.  Cambridge: Cambridge, 2008.

•   Ousepensky, L. and Lossky, V.  Meaning of Icons, trans. G.E.H. Palmer and E. Kadloubovsky.  Crestwood, New York: St. Vladmir's Seminary Press, 2002.

• Pagels, Elaine.  Adam, Eve and the Serpent.  London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988.

•   _____.  Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas.  New York: Vintage, 2004.

•   _____.  Gnostic Gospels.  New York: Random House, 2004.

•   _____ and King, Karen L.  Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity.  New York: Penguin, 2008.

•   Partner, Peter.  Two Thousand Years: The First Millennium -- The Birth of Christianity to The Crusades.  London: Hushion House, 1999.

•   Pelikan, Jaroslav.  Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1 -- The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600).  Chicago: Chicago, 1975.

•   _____.  Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 2 -- The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700).  Chicago: Chicago, 1977.

•   _____.  Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 3 -- The Growth of Medieval Theology (600-1300).  Chicago: Chicago, 1980.

•   _____.  Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 4 -- Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300-1700).  Chicago: Chicago, 1985.

•   _____.  Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 5 -- Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (Since 1700).  Chicago: Chicago, 1991.

•   Roberts, Paul William.  Journey of the Magi.  Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2005.

• Robinson, Stuart I.  Images of Byzantium: Learning About Icons.  London: Loizou Publications, 1996.

•   Rudolph, K.  Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism.  San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1983.

•   Russell, Jeffrey Burton.  History of Heaven: The Singing Silence.  Princeton: Princeton, 1998.

•   Smith, Huston.  Soul of Christianity.  New York: Harperone, 2006.

•   Speake, J.  Dent Dictionary of Symbols in Christian Art.  McArthur and Company.

•   Trigilio, John and Brighenti, Kenneth.  Catholicism For Dummies.  For Dummies, 2003.

•   Urban, Linwood.  Short History of Christian Thought.  New York: Oxford, 1995.

•   Wagner, Richard.  Christianity For Dummies.  For Dummies: 2004.

•   Ware, Timothy.  Orthodox Church.  London: Penguin UK, 1993.

•   Weitzmann, K.  Icon: Holy Images, Sixth to Fourteenth Century.  George Braziller, 1978.

•   Wilson, Christopher.  Gothic Cathedral.  London: Thames and Hudson, 2005.