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CSL Course Booklists: Historical

This guide provides the information students need for finding their textbooks for each semester

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N.B. Classes are listed in numerical order. Courses with multiple sections and different book lists are listed alphabetically according to faculty following the course number. Please look for the "Finalized" designation after the course name. This indicates the instructor has approved the booklist.

HIS507 Introduction to Historical Theology - Bode, Lane (finalized)

HIS514 Athanasius - Elowsky (Finalized)

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Robertson, Archibald, ed. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd Series. Vol. 4. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Pub., 1994.  Online edition is fine. We will only be using this volume for Adversus Gentes. 9781565631168

Anatolios, Khaled, ed. The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church. Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014.

Ayres, Lewis.  Nicaea and Its Legacy.  Oxford, 2006.

Behr, John. Formation of Christian Theology: Vol. 1. The Way to Nicaea. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2001.

Behr, John. Formation of Christian Theology: Vol. 2. The Nicene Faith. Parts 1 and 2. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2004.

Elowsky, J. Letter to Marcellinus on the Psalms: Spiritual Wisdom for Today. ICCS Press, 2017. Ebook.

Ernest, James D. The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria. Boston, MA: Brill Academic, 2004.

Haase, Albert. Athanasius: The Life of Antony of Egypt. Classics in Spiritual Formation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012.

Kelly, J. N. D. Early Christian Doctrines. San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins, 1978.

Leithart, Peter J. Athanasius. Foundations of Theological Exegesis and Christian Spirituality. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011.

Young, Frances, Ayres, Lewis and Louth, Andrew. The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Stevenson, J. ed. Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church, AD 337-461. Rev. W. H. C. Frend. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 1966, rev. 2012.

Studer, Basil. Trinity and Incarnation. Trans. Matthias Westerhof. Ed. Andrew Louth. Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1993.

Whitacre, Rodney A. A Patristic Greek Reader. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Pub., 2007.

HIS559 Lutheranism in America - Bode

HIS560 Luther Pastoral Theology - Pietsch (finalized; revised 11/5/24)

HIS567 Christianity in Africa - Maxwell

HIS568 Lutheran Era Orthodoxy - Bode (Finalized)

HIS588 German - Stancliff (Finalized)

HIS886A Online Latin I - Fisher -

HIS886A/B is a Fall/Spring sequence for Latin I and II. Books remain the same for both semesters.

HIS888A Online German I - Fisher (Finalized)

HIS888A/B is a Fall/Spring sequence for German I and II. Books remain the same through both semesters except that "Handbook of Reading Theological German" is required for HIS888B German II.

HIS901 History of Philosophies and Worldviews - Bode (finalized)

Please note that e-versions of books, where available, are acceptable for this course.

HIS901A History of Philosophies and Worldviews - Rosin (Finalized)

*E-versions are acceptable alternatives to physical copies for this course.

**HIS901A/B is a Fall/Winterim sequence. Books remain the same for both semesters.

HIS914 Patristic Exegesis - Elowsky (revised and finalized 8/22/24)

HIS965A-B Studies in the Theology of Luther: The Church - Serina (Finalized)


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