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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...

history of apologetics and prolegomena, followed by a history of the doctrine of God, a history of christology, and so forth. The histories appear in a topical order and in the shape of a theological system. Louis Berkhof’s follows the same pattern, and ought, in fact, to be understood more as a prolegomenon to his Systematic Theology than as an independent historical exercise. Both Shedd and Berkhof were, after all, primarily systematic theologians searching out the historical roots of their theologies.
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