I read this for an introduction to Christian history class.

I found a lot of it helpful and insightful. For the most part the text seemed unbiased, although my main criticism would be that the theology seemed to prioritize western traditions and theology and didn’t spend much time at all discussing how eastern theology developed and grew after the great schism.

I also wish that there was more emphasis placed of female theologians, often the women were left to a footnote while their male counterparts had entire chapters. There are some cases where this was merely because the men actually had greater influence on the church’s history, but sometimes it felt that they just ignored the many writings and works of women in favor of discussing men.