Between Two Worlds

Tony Reinke posts the following transcription from a lecture on church history by Carl Trueman:

There was one question that I was asked. Could I recommend a book to read alongside the historical theology module run by Moore College? Two things I would recommend there: (1) The series being written by a guy named Nicholas Needham. It’s called 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power (Evangelical Press) and is proving to be a very good, comprehensive, but easy-to-read account of church history. It comes in several volumes. (2) And the other book I recommend to students – the best single-volume on the history of theology – written by a Scandinavian Lutheran named Bengt Hägglund, titled simply, History of Theology (Concordia: 2007). It’s a single volume that takes you from the early church almost down to the present day in terms of the history of theology. So those would be the two books I would recommend.

Tony has more info on the Needham series (3 of the 5 volumes have been published thus far). And here are links to the books:

• 2,000 Years of Christ's Power: Vol. 1: Age of the Early Church Fathers
• 2,000 Years of Christ's Power, Vol: 2: Middle Ages
• 2,000 Years of Christ's Power, Vol. 3: Renaissance and Reformation
• History of Theology