DONALD FAIRBAIRN and Ryan M. Reeves, in The Story of Creeds and Confessions: Tracing the development of the Christian faith, introduce the subject for students of theology, breaking the narrative in their 400-page paperback into: the era of the creeds (100-500); exploring credal theology (500-900); from creeds to confessions in the West (900-1500); the Reformation and confessionalism (1500-1650); and confessions in the modern world (1650-the present). Black-and-white illustrations and maps appear in the text (Baker Academic, $34.99; 978-0-8010-9816-1).