I'm looking for books regarding how providential history is done by historians and could use recommendations.

by misterstern

I want to dig deeper into the theoretical and practical side of providential history so that I can analyze it and understand how historians do it.

I hope this is the right subreddit to put this question, but if there is a better place I'm all ears.

sunagainstgold

I'm not sure how much it's been theorized. But you should dig around in scholarship on Pentecostalism. If you're not familiar with the topic, check this out: Cecil Robrick has a chapter in the Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism that traces what he identifies as four strands of historiography on Pentecostal beliefs/churches. One of them is indeed providential history. He talks a little how it can interact with others, although he definitely tries to be more hands-off about it. But I bet his bibliography will be helpful!