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Both monastic rule and military manual, the Rule is a unique document and an important historical source. The Order of the Knights Templar, whose original purpose was to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, was first given its own Rule in 1129,...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2015The first comprehensive history of modern American evangelicalism to appear in a generation, American Apocalypse shows how a group of radical Protestants, anticipating the end of the world, paradoxically...

Khaled Anatolios, a noted expert on the development of Nicene theology, offers a historically informed theological study of the development of the doctrine of the Trinity, showing its relevance to Christian life and thought today. According to Anatolios,...

The first complete, modern translation of one of the most important Byzantine works of Marian doctrine and devotion.John Geometres (ca. 935-ca. 1000) was one of the most highly esteemed poets and authors in Byzantium; yet his most important text, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156013154Author Richard E RubensteinFormat PaperbackImprint HarperOnePublisher HarperOneWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 133mm * 19mm

A Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry in 2017, Academy of Parish Clergy A Jesus Creed 2017 Book of the Year (Honorable Mention) From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs...

Reformation Thought Praise for previous editions:"Theologically informed, lucid, supremely accessible: no wonder McGrath's introduction to the Reformation has staying power!"-Denis R. Janz, Loyola University"Vigorous, brisk, and highly stimulating. The...

Surrounded by steep escarpments to the north, south and east, Ethiopia has always been geographically and culturally set apart. It has the longest archaeological record of any country in the world: indeed, this precipitous mountain land was where the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Christianity Today Book Award (Church/Pastoral Leaders) 2013.Book InformationISBN 9780802866844Author Thomas BerglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 281Imprint...

The title, Rediscovering Joy, derives from Galatians 4:15 (NLT). The Galatians had lost the joy of God's blessing because they had departed from the truths of the gospel. The Reformation - and the book - is an invitation to rediscover the joy of the...

Philo was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who left behind one of the richest bodies of work from antiquity, yet his personality and intellectual development have remained a riddle. Maren Niehoff presents the first biography of Philo, arguing that his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496481979Author Rose PublishingFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Rose Publishing (CA)Publisher Rose Publishing (CA)Weight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621384588Author Antonio SocciFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532655104Author Bruce D ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898701777Author Karl KeatingFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm *...

Is 'newer' really 'better'? We often assume so, but if we do treat the past as inferior we will ignore the legacy of history, and thus will find ourselves stranded on the tiny desert island of our own moment in time. In particular, this applies to...

Starting with the influence of the Philokalia in nineteenth-century Russia, the book moves through the Slavophiles, Solovev, Florensky in Russia and then traces the story through the Christian intellectuals exiled from Stalin's Russia-Bulgakov, Berdyaev,...

It is the second century. Everyone who knew Jesus is now dead. Christianity has begun to spread, but there are serious threats to its survival. Christianity at the Crossroads examines the crucial issues that faced the second-century Church - a period...

Augustine's mission to Roman Britain in 597 at the behest of Pope Gregory the Great was one of the pivotal events in the history of English Christianity and crucial to its subsequent survival and expansion. Yet little is known about Augustine himself and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532655098Author Bruce D ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

America has passed a tipping point. A majority of Americans now say that truth is up to the individual and that ultimate truth cannot be known. Learning to "speak our own truths" was supposed to lead to dignity and harmony. Instead, our society struggles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514003855Author David A. DesilvaFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 157mm *...

Perfect for anyone looking for a new way to experience the revered KJV. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size. The KJV Paragraph-style Large Print...

A groundbreaking new portrait of the apostle Paul, from one of today's leading historians of antiquity Often seen as the author of timeless Christian theology, Paul himself heatedly maintained that he lived and worked in history's closing hours. His...

The Story of the Church gives an accessible and concise survey of the history of the Christian church, from the first century to the twenty-first. Here is an epic tale of high hopes and great disappointments, of bitter persecution and heroic loyalty. ...

The Reformation Theologians introduces the theological context, thought, and contributions of selected theologians of the sixteenth--century Reformations to students and scholars of the theology and history of Christianity. The selection intends to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307952806Author Norman TannerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 315gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960711076Author Peter A KwasniewskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint OS Justi PressPublisher OS Justi PressWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666737783Author Philip E BlosserFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Pickwick PublicationsPublisher Pickwick PublicationsWeight(grams) 308g

The Monarch History of the Church is an eight-volume series by world-renowned historians and theologians. Each volume offers an even-handed, comprehensive and readable assessment of the main strands of Christianity within its period. The first volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604597165Author John FoxeFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Wilder PublicationsPublisher Wilder Publications

Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing Christian movement, particularly outside Europe, and Allan Heaton Anderson is one of the foremost scholars of this phenomenon. His innovative interpretation of Pentecostalism focuses on the serious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989174289Author Micah L CaswellFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint H&E PublishingPublisher H&E PublishingWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

The first comprehensive history of early Christianity.Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. AD 260-340), born in Palestine, was a student of the presbyter Pamphilus, whom he loyally supported during Diocletian's persecution. He was himself imprisoned in Egypt,...

For the first time a noted historian of Christianity explores the full story of the emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centuries. The means by which Mary, mother of Jesus, came to prominence have long remained strangely...

The First Council of Ephesus (431) was the climax of the so-called Nestorian Controversy. Convoked by the emperor Theodosius II to restore peace to the Church, it immediately divided into two rival councils, both meeting at Ephesus. Attempts by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532632334Author Ferdinand Christian BaurFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498200400Author Robin A ParryFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780141001838Author John CornwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm...

Liberal Christian theology is a big topic in today's churches and seminaries. But what does liberal theology really mean and why is it so controversial? What does it actually believe about truth, Scripture, and Jesus Christ? And where does it lead?The...