The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol. 4: Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300-1700) (Volume 4)

This penultimate volume in Pelikans acclaimed history of Christian doctrinewinner with Volume 3 of the Medieval Academys prestigious Haskins Medalencompasses the Reformation and the developments that led to it. "Only in America and in this case from a Lutheran scholar could we expect an examination so lacking in parti pris a survey so perceptive so freeand one must say the result of so much immense labor so rewardingly presented."John M. Todd New York Times Book Review "Never wasting a word or losing a plot line Pelikan builds on an array of sources that few in our era have the linguistic skill genius or ambition to master."Martin E. Marty America "The use of both primary materials and secondary sources is impressive and yet it is not too formidable for the intelligent layman."William S. Barker Eternity