At my church, we were discussing what we should teach for Sunday School this year. They asked me, since I'm one of the 'kids' that goes to it. I said that, although Bible stories are great and all, most Christian kids know embarrassingly little about Church history (including myself), and should probably learn more about it. So, that's the plan for the high school church youth. They want me to lead discussions about it, for at least the first little while.

I went to my Pastor for some curriculum recommendations. He gave me the Book of Concord, and some book called The Divine Drama by a Harry Wendt.

As I understand it, the Book of Concord is just a record of Luther's writings (this is a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod for those interested), and so that should be 'historically accurate' for the purposes it intends to fill.

Is "The Divine Drama" considered historically accurate? I understand if it isn't something any of you have heard of--it looked pretty low-key.

So... even though I am religious I don't want to be fed this "religion is always awesome, let's just skip the parts about the Crusades/Inquisition" crap. I want the story of the development of Lutheranism from the creation of the Catholic church under St. Paul, through the reformation, and up until today.

Keep in mind, since it is going to be materials for Sunday School lessons, it probably shouldn't be atheist-oriented either. Some objective viewpoint by a level-headed Christian would be ideal.

Does anyone have some recommendations? Since this is going to be curriculum for an entire year, I'm not interested in books that focus on a certain event, I'd prefer something that goes into less depth, but has a comprehensive breadth of information.

Also, let's try to keep the atheism circlejerk out of here, thanks in advance. Any problems any of you have with my religion can be sent in the form of a PM; they will be deleted here.