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Hm, the first thing that comes to mind is actually a book: Justo Gonzalez, The Changing Shape of Church History. Gonzalez's scope is a bit more towards people writing the history of Christianity today (not quite the same thing as "Christian history"). However, the middle sections of the book take a look at ancient and medieval Christian historians. That includes the different ways they framed the role of God in history (which is to say, "divine causation and creation").

There's a pretty substantial preview on Google Books--you can search for "Creation" and for particular Christian historians (Eusebius of Caesarea and such) to see if the book as a whole will be helpful.