History

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...

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)...

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...

An Apology for Raymond Sebond is widely regarded as the greatest of Montaigne's essays: a supremely eloquent expression of Christian scepticism. An empassioned defence of Sebond's fifteenth-century treatise on natural theology, it was inspired by 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...

This volume includes selections from the works of Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa. Through these works and those of other early Christian thinkers, this book surveys the development of early church theology. Long recognized for the...

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 9781644132029Author Wincenty LaszewskiFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Sophia Institute PressPublisher Sophia Institute PressWeight(grams)...

This critical volume focuses on the concept of deification in Christian intellectual history. It draws together Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant scholars to introduce and explain the theory of deification as a biblically rooted, central...

33 fascinating objects. 1 amazing story. Join author and pastor Tim Challies as he embarks on a three-year journey spanning multiple continents and some of the most unusual places in the world. Tim introduces you to thirty-three carefully selected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626983090Author Elizabeth A. JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830826155Author Stephen G. DempsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 267Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307278708Author Tom HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 448gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Historical Theology presents the key pillars of the contemporary church and the development of those doctrines as they evolved from the history of Christian thought. Most historical theology texts follow Christian beliefs in a strict chronological manner...

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 9781681922256Author Catherine OdellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Our Sunday Visitor Inc.,U.S.Publisher Our Sunday Visitor Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802867001Author Christopher A. BeeleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 149Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943243792Author Robert BarronFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Word on Fire AcademicPublisher Word on Fire AcademicWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

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...

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 9781641238014Author Larry MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Whitaker HousePublisher Whitaker HouseWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *...

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...

"[A] magnificently learned, deeply felt and surprisingly pellucid set of essays."-Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World"A delight to read. It is written as history ought to be, especially for nonspecialist readers."-Richard A. Kauffman, Christian...

In this book, John Piper celebrates the lives and ministries of 27 leaders from church history, offering a close look at their perseverance amidst opposition, weakness, and suffering-inspiring readers toward a life of Christ-exalting courage, passion,...

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 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...

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 9781527102415Author Donald MacLeodFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint MentorPublisher MentorWeight(grams) 155g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830826865Author Christopher A. HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams)...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532681783Author Ronnie W RogersFormat HardbackPage Count 314Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565481541Author Edmund AugustineFormat PaperbackPage Count 307Imprint New City PressPublisher New City PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfilment of the destiny for which humanity was created - not merely salvation from sin but entry into the fullness of the divine life of the Trinity. This book, the first on the subject for over...

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...

Most of us think God is not concerned with what we eat, but the Bible actually offers great insight and instruction about the effects of food on our bodies. Dr. Colbert introduces an antiinflammatory form of the modified Mediterranean diet that resolves...

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...