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Church History: An Introduction to Research Methods and Resources (Second Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

In their acclaimed, much-used Church History, James Bradley and Richard Muller lay out guidelines, methods, and basic reference tools for research and writing in the fields of church history and historical theology. Over the years, this book has helped countless students define their topics, locate relevant source materials, and write quality papers. This revised, expanded, and updated second...

influence on British and American studies of the history of doctrine.48 All three followed a method which has come to be known as the general/special method because it divides into two distinct discussions, one offering a general outline of thought, the other a discussion of particular issues. The first step that these writers took was to break the history of doctrine down into periods for the sake of identifying historical types of theology. Then, within each period, they provide a general survey
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