In this video Gavin Ortlund shares 5 reasons why Christians should care about church history and then 4 steps for how to engage it.
Muller and Bradley book: https://www.amazon.com/Church-History-Introduction-Research-Resources/dp/0802874053
Article about curiosity: https://hbr.org/2014/08/curiosity-is-as-important-as-intelligence
The ATLA religion database: https://www.atla.com/research-tool/atla-religion-database/
JTOR: https://www.jstor.org/
Library Databases: https://library.princeton.edu/
Open Access to Theses and Dissertations: www.oatd.org
Proquest: https://www.proquest.com/index
Tips on Writing: https://truthunites.org/2014/09/10/tips-on-writing/
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00:00 Introduction
03:03 Why Study Church History?
03:54 Reason 1: Christianity
06:23 Reason 2: Humanity
07:34 Reason 3: The Church
09:04 Reason 4: Learning
12:10 Reason 5: It's Interesting
15:33 How to Study Church History
16:00 Step 1: Cultivate Curiosity
18:53 Step 2: Narrow Your Interests
25:39 Step 3: Dive Deep into Primary Resources
32:09 Step 4: Engage Secondary Literature
35:58 What is Peer Review?
36:44 Locating Scholarly Writings
39:45 Academic Publishing
43:09 Summing Up