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Fr. Paulinus Odozor, C.S.Sp., offers a comprehensive survey of developments in moral theology since the Second Vatican Council. In this useful new book he discusses the call of the Council for the renewal of moral theology and the role the Council itself...

Evagrius of Pontus (ca. 345-399) was a Greek-speaking monastic thinker and Christian theologian whose works formed the basis for much later reflection on monastic practice and thought in the Christian Near East, in Byzantium, and in the Latin West. His...

All participants in late medieval debates recognized Holy Scripture as the principal authority in matters of Catholic doctrine. Popes, theologians, lawyers-all were bound by the divine truth it conveyed. Yet the church possessed no absolute means of...

Asides about John Henry Newman being either particularly English or particularly un-English are common. John Henry Newman and the English Sensibility scrutinises Newman’s theological writings to establish how his theology can be considered distinctively...

Paul's statement that 'letter kills but the spirit gives life' [2 Corinthians 3.6] has had an extraordinary impact on Christian thought through the ages. It has been read both as affirming the saving power of the new covenant in comparison to the old,...

The Blessed Virgin Mary is uniquely associated with Catholicism, and the century preceding the Second Vatican Council was arguably the most fertile era for Catholic Marian studies. In 1964, Pope John Paul VI published the Dogmatic Constitution on the...

" This is the first book length assesment in English of the impact of Karl Barth's theology in Britain. Beginning with the essays of Adolf Keller and H.R. Mackintosh in the 1920s, it analyses the interplay between Barth's developing thought and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852448977Author John CassianFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint GracewingPublisher Gracewing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915138623Author William A McComishFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Pickwick Publications,U.S.Publisher Pickwick Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915138401Author Philip SchaffFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Pickwick Publications,U.S.Publisher Pickwick Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 142g

This book, by a leading Reformation scholar, is the only comprehensive introduction to Zwingli's thought for the student and general reader. In it Professor Stephens discusses the main areas of debate in Zwingli studies, and engages with a variety of...

Norgate assesses the way in which the Christian doctrine of the Trinity is the foundation for all other Christian doctrines, especially the Christian understanding of salvation. He investigates in detail the approach of the German Lutheran theologian,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758650771Author Jakob AndreaeFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Concordia Publishing HousePublisher Concordia Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 930g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880196390Author D Curtis HaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Schmul PublishingPublisher Schmul PublishingWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780664264888Author Shelli M PoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Westminster John Knox PressPublisher Westminster John Knox PressWeight(grams) 152g

Catholics and Protestants have, since the earliest days of the Reformation, held markedly different views about the Virgin Mary. In Reforming Mary Beth Kreitzer examines the development of Lutheran views on this subject as expressed in 16th-century...

The concept of personhood is central to a wide range of contemporary issues, ranging from reproductive rights to the death penalty and euthanasia. We may think that the concept of person is a modern discovery. In fact, however, this idea does not...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758675255Author Martin LutherFormat HardbackPage Count 472Imprint Concordia Publishing HousePublisher Concordia Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 857g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758638908Author Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm WaltherFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Concordia Publishing HousePublisher Concordia Publishing...

This title provides an upper-level introduction to the doctrine of justification which triggered the Reformation and is still high up on the agenda in Ecumenical dialogue. The core of the book is an historical survey of the doctrine of justification as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498263177Author Daniel HankoreFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint Pickwick PublicationsPublisher Pickwick PublicationsWeight(grams) 535g

This book explores what has been happening among Protestant religious thinkers in America over the last fifty years.Book InformationISBN 9780313204845Author Arnold Samuel NashFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578432069Author Robert L BossFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Jesociety PressPublisher Jesociety PressWeight(grams) 794g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915138630Author Richard StaufferFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Pickwick Publications,U.S.Publisher Pickwick Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 160g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814644683Author Frederick J CwiekowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Liturgical Press AcademicPublisher Liturgical Press AcademicWeight(grams) 680g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977655533Author Terry, M. HeiseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Emeth PressPublisher Emeth PressWeight(grams) 560g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758626684Author Valerius HerbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Concordia Publishing HousePublisher Concordia Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 617g

Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume II builds on Volume I, which established that no generic concept of action will suffice for understanding the character of divine actions explicit in the Christian faith. Volume II argues that in order to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915138371Author John Williamson NevinPage Count 422Imprint Pickwick Publications,U.S.Publisher Pickwick Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 141g

Union and Distinction in the Thought of St Maximus the Confessor presents the writings of a key figure in Byzantine theology in the light of the themes of unity and diversity. The principle of simultaneous union and distinction forms the core of Maximus'...

The central purpose of this book is to offer an account of crucial intellectual challenges to traditional British theology, challenges that provoked wide-ranging discussions and decisively shaped British theology. In several instances, they resulted in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977655540Author Terry, M. HeiseyFormat HardbackPage Count 382Imprint Emeth PressPublisher Emeth PressWeight(grams) 730g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988772991Author Matthew W GaulFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint Leonine PublishersPublisher Leonine PublishersWeight(grams) 925g

This is an invaluable handbook on Methodism containing an introduction, dictionary of key terms, and concentrates on key themes, methodology and research problems for those interested in studying the origins and development of the history and theology of...

After resolving to become a Catholic Christian, Augustine spent a decade trying to clarify his understanding of 'contemplation,' the interior presence of God to the soul. That long struggle yielded his classic account in the Confessions. This study...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915138821Author Chaplain Fellow and Tutor in Theology Geoffrey RowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 237Imprint Pickwick Publications,U.S.Publisher Pickwick...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780687007660Author Mark G. ToulouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon PressWeight(grams) 830g

This work is a comprehensive study of Jonathan Edwards, who is increasingly recognised as one of the most interesting and significant theologians, not only of America but also of the world.Book InformationISBN 9780567087485Author Stephen R. HolmesFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758650757Author John A MaxfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Concordia Publishing HousePublisher Concordia Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 399g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802828682Author David WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...