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Bruce L. Shelley

1927-2010 · American evangelical church historian at Denver Seminary

Short biography: Bruce L. Shelley in Great Lives

About Bruce L. Shelley

Bruce Leon Shelley (1927–2010) was an American evangelical historian who taught church history for more than four decades at Denver Seminary, formerly the Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary. He wrote widely for a general Christian readership, including books on evangelicalism and on the church in the modern world. Church History in Plain Language, first published in 1982, became his best-known work and has been revised several times, most recently with additional material by others after his death.

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Church History in Plain Language

Bruce L. Shelley

1982 · Postwar Contemporary · History

Church History in Plain Language is a one-volume survey of the history of Christianity from Jesus and the apostles to the late twentieth century, written by Bruce L. Shelley, a professor at Denver Seminary, and first published in 1982. Its aim, stated in the title, is to tell the story of the church clearly and engagingly for readers without training in theology or history, and it has been widely used in churches, colleges and seminaries.

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