Chapter 1: The Importance of History
Part 1: What We Need in Order to Analyze History: Essential Resources That God Supplies
Chapter 2: Experiencing History
Chapter 3: Foundations for Historical Analysis
Chapter 4: Spiritual Antithesis: Darkness and Light
Chapter 5: Reductionistic Historical Analysis
Chapter 6: Understanding People
Chapter 7: Understanding Historical Causes
Chapter 8: Miracles
Part 2: History in the Bible: How the Bible Goes about Writing History
Chapter 9: Unity in Biblical History
Chapter 10: Diversity in Biblical History
Chapter 11: The Uniqueness of the Bible
Part 3: Understanding God's Purposes in History: Divine Purposes—and Our Limitations—in the Study of History
Chapter 12: God in Biblical History
Chapter 13: Cautions in Understanding Divine Purposes
Chapter 14: The Value of Recognizing Divine Purposes
Chapter 15: Biblical Principles Guiding Historical Understanding
Chapter 16: Academic Historical Analysis
Chapter 17: Pressure toward Religious “Neutrality”
Chapter 18: Applying Principles from Revelation
Part 4: What Does History Writing Look Like? Examples of Challenges in Writing about Particular Periods
Chapter 19: Christianity in the Roman Empire
Chapter 20: Interpreting the Reformation and Beyond
Chapter 21: Histories of Other Civilizations
Part 5: Alternative Versions of How to Think about History: Competing Ways of Doing History among Christians
Chapter 22: Five Versions of Historiography
Chapter 23: Evaluating Providentialism
Chapter 24: Other Versions of Christian Historiography
Chapter 25: Perspectives on Historiography
Chapter 26: Further Reflection on Providentialism
Appendix: Providence according to Mark Noll
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index
