Bibliography
This is a guide, not required reading. It is intended to suggest the sorts of references that are available. Despite its length it is incomplete, and it is not necessarily a indicator of quality.
Presbyterian history is full of keenly debated issues, and sources are frequently partisan. Try and be aware of where people are coming from and note writers who seek to be fair to a range of views.
Online Sources (other online sources are on the web pages for each topic):
Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks, ed. The Blackwell companion to Protestantism, 2004
Hans J. Hillerbrand, ed. Encyclopedia of Protestantism, 4 vols, 2003.
Other texts to note (see also Supplementary Readings):
Alston, Wallace M. The Church of the Living God, a Reformed perspective, Westminster John Knox, 2002.
Bauswein, Jean-Jaques and Lucas Vischer, editors The Reformed Family Worldwide. A Survey of Reformed Churches, Theological Schools and International Organisations. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1999. Review.
Benedetto, Robert, Dartrell L. Guder, and Donald K. McKim, Historical Dictionary of Reformed Churches, Scarecrow Press, 1999. Review
Cameron, Nigel M. de S., Editor. Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1993.
Cornick, David. Under God's Good Hand. A history of the traditions which have come together in the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom, London: United Reformed Church, 1998.
Davidson, Allan K. Christianity in Aotearoa a History of Church and Society in New Zealand. 2nd ed. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Education for Ministry, 1991.
Davidson, Allan K., and Peter J. Lineham. Transplanted Christianity : Documents Illustrating Aspects of New Zealand Church History. Auckland, N.Z.: College Communications, 1987.
Fraser Ian, W. Register of Ministers 1840 to 1988 : Supplement Nov 1990. Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, 1990. [updated list including deaconesses and missionaries available online]
Hart, D G and Mark A Noll, Dictionary of the Presbyterian & Reformed Tradition in America, IVP, 1999.
Journal of Presbyterian History (PCUSA. The Hewitson has a fair number of back issues.)
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, and William H Hopper, Jr., What unites Presbyterians. Common ground for troubled times, Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 1997. (Specific to the PC(USA) but may be helpful.
Larsen, Timothy, Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, Inter-Varsity Press, 2003
Leith, John Haddon, The Church a Believing Fellowship, Westminster John Knox Press, 1982.
Leith, John Haddon, An Introduction to the Reformed Tradition: A Way of Being the Christian Community, John Knox Press, September 1981.
MacCulloch, Diarmaid. Reformation. Europe's House Divided 1490-1700, Penguin, 2004.
MacDonald, Donald Farquhar Macleod. “Cox” Practice and Procedure in the Church of Scotland. Edinburgh: Church of Scotland Committee on General Administration, 1976.
McEldowney, Dennis. Presbyterians in Aotearoa, 1840 -1990. Wellington: Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, 1990.
McGrath, Alister E., and Darren C. Marks. The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism, Blackwell Companions to Religion. Malden, Mass. ; Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
Spierling, Karen E. Infant Baptism in Reformation Geneva : The Shaping of a Community, 1536-1564, St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005.
Taplin, Mark. The Italian Reformers and the Zurich Church, C.1540-1620, St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003
Willis, David, Michael Welker, and Matthias Gockel. Toward the Future of Reformed Theology : Tasks, Topics, Traditions. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, 1999. Christian Century Review. This is fairly solid going - so don't expect to leap straight in, especially if theology is not your first love or greatest interest!