History

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684815008Author Dietrich BonhoefferFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 295g

These days many evangelicals are exploring the more sacramental, liturgical, and historically-conscious church traditions, including Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. This hunger for historical rootedness is a welcome phenomenon--but...

Where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from? As strange as it may seem to us now, there was a time when no one thought they would go to heaven or hell after they died. In fact, there is no mention of them in the Old Testament, and Jesus did not...

This handy, easy-to-use workbook is chock full of probing questions, real-life stories, and practical tips on how to apply the profound spiritual insights from the Ignatian tradition of patient, prayerful self-examination. Acclaimed interpreter of Saint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982537503Author Martin MadanFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint Born Again Publishing, Inc.Publisher Born Again Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams)...

'Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.' Hugh Latimer's famous words of consolation to Nicholas Ridley as they are both about to be...

A Bible with large print in an easy-to-carry format that is ideal to take with you wherever you want to enjoy God's Word.Exploring God's Word on the go just got easier. This edition not only includes the full text of the trustworthy New King James...

Father of existentialism or the Eeyore of philosophy?Known as the first modern theologian, SorenKierkegaard was a prolific writer of the Danish 'golden age'. A philosopher,poet and social critic, his key concepts of angst, despair, and theimportance of...

A balance of being both easy-to-read and easy-to-carry, this Bible is a perfect resource to take with you wherever you go. Published in Thomas Nelson's exclusive KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed to be the most readable at any size.The Thomas...

A Bible with large print in an easy-to-carry format that is ideal to take with you wherever you want to enjoy God's Word.Exploring God's Word on the go just got easier. This edition not only includes the full text of the trustworthy New King James...

One of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologica, Summa Contra Gentiles is a theological synthesis that explains and defends the existence and nature of God without invoking the authority of the Bible. A detailed expository account of and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780785239635Author Catholic Bible PressPage Count 2016Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 1622gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 50mm

Volume 8 of the Complete Works of John Owen explores the Holy Spirit's role in prayer, assuring salvation, and equipping the church for ministry. These three treatises have been edited for modern readers by Puritan scholar Andrew S. Ballitch.About the...

What does it mean to say Jesus is Lord? The late Anglican pastor John Stott--named as one of the 100 most influential people in 2005 by Time magazine-was committed to the notion that Jesus' lordship has ramifications for all of life. Out of this...

A Bible with large print in an easy-to-carry format that is ideal to take with you wherever you want to enjoy God's Word.Exploring God's Word on the go just got easier. This edition not only includes the full text of the trustworthy New King James...

City of God is an enduringly significant work in the history of Christian thought, by one of its central figuresWritten as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, this great theological and...

Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic figures by examining Jesus within the context of the times in which he lived: the age of zealotry, an era awash in apocalyptic fervour...

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One of the key figures in Christian history, St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556) was a passionate and unique spiritual thinker and visionary. The works gathered here provide a first-hand, personal introduction to this remarkable character: a man who...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE 2017'A magnificent study of one of history's most compelling and divisive figures' Richard J. EvansWhen Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door...

Every generation has an uncanny tendency to view themselves as more enlightened than those that have gone before. The Church certainly has made mistakes all through history - and yet, no insights which we possess would be possible without the efforts,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830853243Author Gavin OrtlundFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 368gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 21mm

In Three Mystics Walk into a Tavern, Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Moses de Leon, and Meister Eckhart-three of the greatest mystics of all time-meet in Venice for an imaginary night-long conversation that will inspire everyday individuals of the twenty-first...

In "Spiritual Writings", renowned Oxford theologian George Pattison presents previously neglected Christian writings that will forever alter our understanding of the great philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. In fact, Pattison argues that the Kierkegaard known...

The influence of Thomas Aquinas on Western theology is beyond dispute, yet his is a contested legacy. In current evangelical studies, there is an emerging infatuation with Thomas, especially as far as his theological metaphysics is concerned. On the...

St Benedict's inspirational work has been guiding Benedictine monks for fifteen centuries, and the Penguin Classics edition of The Rule of Benedict is translated with an introduction and notes by Carolinne White.Founder of a monastery at Monte Cassino,...

The Renaissance and Reformation were exciting times of learning and discovery - they pushed the boundaries of accepted thought. The repercussions of this, however, were that they left in their wake a period of universal uncertainty. The centuries-old...

A holistic, eye-opening history of one of the most significant turning points in Christianity, The Reformation as Renewal demonstrates that the Reformation was at its core a renewal of evangelical catholicity.In the sixteenth century Rome charged the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514007662Author Samuel ParkisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The Renaissance was a reaction against the attitude of the Middle Ages. And the Reformation was the passionate, divisive argument that grew out of it. Catholics, Calvinists, Lutherans, Anabaptists - our present-day divisions were the front-page headlines...

The Middle Ages were dubbed the 'Dark Ages' almost before they had begun to draw to a close. Ever since then, they have continued to be seen as a time of hardship and oppression, full of popes and crusades. In the second volume of 2,000 Years of Christ's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895553911Author REV Fr John LauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Tan BooksPublisher Tan BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the identity and historical influence of one of the world's largest versions of Christianity. This global study of Anglicanism from the sixteenth century looks at...

The Trinitarian Christology of St Thomas Aquinas brings to light the Trinitarian riches in Thomas Aquinas's Christology. Dominic Legge, O.P, disproves Karl Rahner's assertion that Aquinas divorces the study of Christ from the Trinity, by offering a...

A Bible with large print in an easy-to-carry format that is ideal to take with you wherever you want to enjoy God's Word.Exploring God's Word on the go just got easier. This edition not only includes the full text of the trustworthy New King James...

Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451496352Author Maria E. DoeflerFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher Augsburg Fortress PublishersWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451496369Author Everett FergusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

In the two thousand years that have elapsed since the time of Christ, Christians have been as much divided by their faith as united, as much at odds as in communion. And the contents of Christian confession have developed with astonishing energy. How can...

One of the central texts of the Middle Ages, The Golden Legend deeply influenced the imagery of poetry, painting and stained glass with its fascinating descriptions of saints' lives and religious festivals. By creating a single-volume sourcebook of core...