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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781573833349Author Nigel AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Regent College Publishing,USPublisher Regent College Publishing,USWeight(grams)...

This book aims to set forth a vision for theological retrieval, demonstrating through specific doctrines how engaging historical theology can enrich and strengthen the church today-without abandoning a Protestant identity.About the AuthorGavin Ortlund...

Carefully edited for the undergraduate reader, this Norton Critical Edition includes an informed introduction, focusing on Julian's theology and preparing students to understand the complex, controversial themes of the text, particularly Julian's...

Pelagius, the first known British author, is famous for his defence of free will as the Roman Empire disintegrated. A persuasive advocate of two ideas - that human nature was inclined to goodness, and that man had free will - Pelagius was excommunicated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632696083Author Gary WayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Deep River Books LLCPublisher Deep River Books LLC

This two-volume set, edited by Mark Jones, contains an updated and unabridged edition of Charnock's work, Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God, written to instruct and encourage Christians through exegetical commentary and pastoral...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Christian Retailing's Best (Evangelism) 2014.Book InformationISBN 9781434704696Author J. Warner WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint David C Cook...

For over seven hundred years, bodies of writing in vernacular languages served an indispensable role in the religious and intellectual culture of medieval Christian England, yet the character and extent of their importance have been insufficiently...

This thoroughgoing study examines the doctrine of transubstantiation from historical, theological, and ecumenical vantage points. Brett Salkeld explores eucharistic presence in the theologies of Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin, showing that Christians might...

How can a loving God send people to hell? Isn't it arrogant to believe Jesus is the only way to God? What is up with holy war in the Old Testament?Many of us fear God has some skeletons in the closet. Hell, judgment, and holy war are hot topics for the...

The Muslim thinker al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was one of the most influential theologians and philosophers of Islam and has been considered an authority in both Western and Islamic philosophical traditions. Born in northeastern Iran, he held the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830837052Author Thomas C. OdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm)...

Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the 'Great Pavement' in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor; the saint's tomb and shrine; Henry III's tomb; the...

The timeless King James Version Bible deserves an edition consistent with its heritage: traditional 2-column text, red letter words of Christ, beautiful large Comfort Print, and a classic cover design. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print...

Widely respected theologian Gerald McDermott has spent two decades investigating the meaning of Israel and Judaism. What he has learned has required him to rethink many of his previous assumptions. Israel Matters addresses the perennially important...

Written by a leading expert on the Puritans, this brief, informative volume offers a wealth of background on this key religious movement. This book traces the shaping, triumph, and decline of the Puritan world, while also examining the role of religion...

Winner of the 2002 John Gilmary Shea Prize and the 2002 Howard R. Marraro Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association. When Saint Francis of Assisi died in 1226, he left behind an order already struggling to maintain its identity. As the Church...

Professor of theology Stephen Wellum considers Christ's singular uniqueness and significance biblically, historically, and today, in our pluralistic and postmodern age. Christ Alone is a much-needed study and defense of the doctrine that provides...

In an eloquent defense of Calvinist theology, author and professor Michael Horton invites us to explore the teachings of Calvinism-also commonly known as Reformed theology-by showing how it is biblical and Christ-centered, leading us to live our lives...

The old saying about being condemned to repeat the history we don't know applies to Church history as much as to anything else. But we are often at a loss to know how to approach it. Much of what passed once for Church history was propagandist; and much...

Noted Bible scholar J. I. Packer examines each phrase of the Apostles' Creed, inviting readers to dive further into the essentials of the Christian faith.About the AuthorJ. I. Packer (1926-2020) served as the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at...

Following a scholarly account of Thomas Aquinas's life, Davies explores his purposes in writing the Summa Theologiae and works systematically through each of its three Parts. He also relates their contents and Aquinas's teachings to those of other works...

Winner of the 2021 France Jones Prize for Welsh History. The first of a two-volume analysis of theology in Wales, this volume begins with the publication of Bishop William Morgan's Bible in 1588 and concludes with the first phase of the Evangelical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Books for a Better Life (Spiritual) 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780375703164Author Elaine PagelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616367770Author M. d'AmbrosioFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St Anthony Messenger Press,U.S.Publisher St Anthony Messenger Press,U.S.

Of those raised Catholic, just 13% still attend Mass weekly, and 37% say they have 'no religion'. But is this all the fault of Vatican II, and its runaway reforms? Or are wider social, cultural, and moral forces primarily to blame? In 1962, Pope John...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881412611Author Stewart-sykesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S.Publisher St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S...

It is often said that the devil has all the best tunes. He also has as many names as he has guises. Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub (in Christian thought), Ha-Satan or the Adversary (in Jewish scripture) and Iblis or Shaitan (in Islamic tradition) has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802870889Author Hans SchwarzFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...

Far from displacing religions, as has been supposed, capitalism became one, with money as its deity. Eugene McCarraher reveals how mammon ensnared us and how we can find a more humane, sacramental way of being in the world.If socialists and Wall Street...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639410057Author Robert SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Uncut Mountain PressPublisher Uncut Mountain PressWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400069224Author Reza AslanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830853045Author Louis MarkosFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm * 15mm

Scholars disputing the identity of the Church of England during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries describe it as either forming a Calvinist consensus or partaking of an Anglican middle way steeped in an ancient catholicity. Debating...

This is the first translation into English of Marsilio Ficino's De Christiana religione, a text first written in Latin in 1474, the year after its author's ordination in the Roman Catholic Church. On the Christian Religion is this Florentine humanist's...

This polemic against the "Bauer-Ehrman Thesis" examines modern New Testament criticism against orthodoxy in early Christianity. Throughout, vigilance is shown toward the modern adherence to postmodern ideals of diversity."In the beginning was Diversity...

Scholar and pastor Matthew Barrett retraces the historical and biblical roots of the doctrine that Scripture alone is the final and decisive authority for God's people. God's Word Alone is a decisive defense of the Bible as the inspired and inerrant Word...

This book offers a fresh and up-to-date introduction to modern Christian theology. The 'long nineteenth century' saw enormous transformations of theology, and of thought about religion, that shaped the way both Christianity and 'religion' are understood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688172336Author Robert Lawrence SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 188g

This book is one of the great classics of modern church history, and it is now reissued with substantial new material bringing it up to date to the end of the twentieth century. It will continue to be consulted as the first and most essential book for...