Yale University Library Research Guides: Early Modern Christian History: Protestantism and World Christianity

Christianity in the Global South

Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kenneth R. Ross (Editor); J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu (Editor); Todd M. Johnson (Editor) A comprehensive reference volume that covers every country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Offers great bibliographical resources for history of churches in Sub-Saharan Africa during the early modern period.
Christianity in North Africa and West Asia by Kenneth R. Ross (Editor); Mariz Tadros (Editor); Todd M. Johnson (Editor) A comprehensive reference volume that covers every country in North Africa and West Asia. A good starting point for the history of churches in North Africa and West Asia during the early modern period.
Christianity in Oceania by Kenneth R. Ross (Editor); Katalina Tahaafe-Williams (Editor); Todd M. Johnson (Editor) An exhaustive reference volume that covers the state of Christianity in every country in Oceania. Includes bibliographical resources on the history of churches in Oceania starting from the early modern period.
Routledge Companion to Christianity in Africa by Elias Kifon Bongmba (Editor) Offers a multi-disciplinary analysis of the Christian tradition across the African continent. Traces the introduction of Christianity in Africa, as well as its growth, developments, and effects, including the lived experience of African Christians.

Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions by A. Scott Moreau (Editor) A comprehensive, one-volume reference work to consider the history of world missions and contemporary study of the subject from an evangelical perspective.

World Christian Encyclopedia (Online) Documents the changing status of World Christianity over the past 120 years from historical and social scientific perspectives. Excellent starting point for the history of missions.

The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography, 1730-1860 by Donald M. Lewis (Introduction by) A comprehensive source of biography on figures associated with the Evangelical Movement in the English-speaking world between 1730 and 1860. It consists of over 3,500 entries and represents the expertise of over 300 international historians.
Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals by Timothy Larsen (Editor); D. W. Bebbington (Editor); Mark A. Noll (Editor) Contains biographies of more than four hundred prominent evangelicals and evangelical forebears.
Call Number: DIVINITY, Trowbridge Reference Room, BR1643.A1 B56 2003
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology by Walter A. Elwell (Editor) The second edition of a classic dictionary amongst evangelical scholars, covering systematic, historical, and philosophical theology as well as theological ethics.
Call Number: DIVINITY, Trowbridge Reference Room, BR95 E87 2001

The Cambridge Companion to Puritanism (Online) by John Coffey (Editor); Paul C. H. Lim (Editor) Explores issues of gender, literature, politics and popular culture in addition to addressing the Puritans' core concerns such as theology and devotional praxis, and coverage extends to Irish, Welsh, Scottish and European versions of Puritanism as well as to English and American practice.
The Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies (Online) by Stephen W. Angell; Pink Dandelion A reference work for the study of Quakerism. It is global in its perspectives and interdisciplinary in its approach whilst offering the reader a clear narrative through the academic debates.
The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies (Online) by William J. Abraham; James E. Kirby Thematically ordered, the handbook provides new insights into the founders, history, structures, and theology of Methodism, and into ongoing developments in the practice and experience of the contemporary movement. Key themes explored include worship forms, mission, ecumenism, and engagement with contemporary ethical and political debate.
Baptists Through the Centuries: A History of a Global People by David W. Bebbington Surveys the main developments in Baptist life and thought from the seventeenth century to the present.
A Documentary History of Lutheranism by Eric Lund (Editor); Mark Granquist (Editor) Includes primary sources from Lutheran history from the Reformation to the 1750s Pietist movement.