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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870612749Author Jungmann, Joseph AFormat PaperbackPage Count 1056Imprint Christian Classics IncPublisher Christian Classics Inc

This is an introduction the thought of Robert Holcot, a great and influential but often underappreciated medieval thinker. Holcot was a Dominican friar who flourished in the 1330s and produced a diverse body of work including scholastic treatises,...

The Evangelical Age of Ingenuity in Industrial Britain argues that British evangelicals in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries invented new methods of spreading the gospel, as well as new forms of personal religious practice, by exploiting...

Aquinas and Calvin on Romans is a comparative study of John Calvin's and Thomas Aquinas's commentaries on the first eight chapters of Paul's letter to the Romans. Focusing on the role of human participation in God's work of salvation, Charles Raith...

The European Community has largely been considered a predominantly secular project, bringing together the economic and political realms, while failing to mobilise the public voice and imagination of churchmen and the faithful. Drawing on a wide range of...

This study describes the origin, development and crisis of the German nineteenth-century project of theology as science. Its narrative is focused on the two predominant theological schools during this period, the T"ubingen School and the Ritschl School...

Knowledge, Love, and Ecstasy in the Theology of Thomas Gallus provides the first full study of Thomas Gallus (d. 1246) in English and represents a significant advance in his distinctive theology. Boyd Taylor Coolman argues that Gallus distinguishes, but...

Theology after Postmodernity is a ground-breaking study that has the capacity to transform the relationship between psychoanalytic theory and Christian theology. Reading the theology of Thomas Aquinas in close engagement with the psychoanalytic theory of...

A Eucharist-shaped Church: Prayer, Theology, Mission is a historical-theological survey of major movements and thinkers that have shaped sacramental theology and liturgical worship within the Anglican/Episcopal tradition. The contributors attend closely...

On July 29, 1968, Pope Paul VI ended years of discussion and study by Catholic theologians and bishops by issuing an encyclical on human sexuality and birth control entitled Humanae Vitae: "On Human Life." That document, which declared that "each and...

An independent teacher, based in Alexandria throughout the second half of the fourth century, Didymus appealed to many within the broadly Origenist currents of Egyptian asceticism, including Jerome, Rufinus, and Evagrius. His commentaries, lecture-notes,...

This work examines key aspects of the development of the Heidelberg Catechism, including historical background, socio-political origins, purpose, authorship, sources, and theology. The book includes the first ever English translations of two major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800663308Author Beverly E. MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800632922Author William H. LazarethFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher Augsburg FortressWeight(grams) 468g

An Avant-garde Theological Generation examines the Fourviere Jesuits and Le Saulchoir Dominicans, theologians and philosophers who comprised the influential reform movement the nouvelle theologie. Led by Henri de Lubac, Jean Danielou, Yves Congar, and...

Soren Kierkegaard argued that the most essential truths come to light by asking "How...?" This innovative collection of essays by leading scholars focuses on this questioning "How?", asking how we should relate to ourselves, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598562804Author Martin LutherFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Hendrickson Publishers IncPublisher Hendrickson Publishers Inc

Even though the theology of Origen of Alexandria has shaped the Christian Tradition in almost every way, the controversies over his legacy have been seemingly endless. One major interpretative trend, for example, has suggested Origen's theology is really...

"An accessible account of Luther, his life, thoughts, writings and all that surrounded him. Tomlin's writing is readable and informative... For most people, this packed-full, not so little, littlebook will be just enough for them to feel that they now...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802882998Author Frances M YoungFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyPublisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Religions of the Constantinian Empire provides a synoptic review of Constantine's relation to all the cultic and theological traditions of the Empire during the period from his seizure of power in the west in 306 CE to the end of his reign as autocrat of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635618877Author Robert TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

Vern S. Poythress offers a providentialist approach to understanding history, giving Christians a strong, biblical foundation for recognizing God's lordship and studying the past.About the AuthorVern S. Poythress (PhD, Harvard University; ThD, University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802832139Author Gilbert MeilaenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint 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 9781608999804Author Peter ToonFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981952628Author Jon Mark RuthvenFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Word & Spirit PressPublisher Word & Spirit PressWeight(grams) 457g

Irena Backus offers the first study in over four hundred years that characterizes Leibniz as both scholar and theologian. She explores his treatment of the key theological issues of his timepredestination, sacred history, the Eucharist, efforts for a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101981566Author Joel F. HarringtonFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532692833Author GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Pickwick PublicationsPublisher Pickwick Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426781919Author Justo L GonzalezFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

After purgatory was officially defined by the Catholic Church in the thirteenth century, its location became a topic of heated debate and philosophical speculation: Was purgatory located on the earth, or within it? Were its fires real or figurative?...

William Perkins and the Making of Protestant England presents a new interpretation of the theology and historical significance of William Perkins (1558-1602), a prominent Cambridge scholar and teacher during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Though often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556357756Author Heinrich HeppeFormat PaperbackPage Count 721Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 930g

Since the late 1980s the theme of God's self-revelation has been treated only briefly in Christian theology, at times simply ignored, and often confused with biblical inspiration. Revelation: Towards a Christian Theology of God's Self-Revelation lays out...

Vladimir Lossky's posthumously published masterwork is now made available in English for the first time. Eckhart's Apophatic Theology is the culmination of a long process, whereby the renowned Orthodox philosopher and theologian embraced the ways of...

A 1963 report on tradition from the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches signalled a substantial convergence between the churches over Christian tradition and its relationship to Scripture. However, since the 1960s theologians have...

Pope John Paul II was the second longest serving pope in history and the longest serving pope of the last century. His presence was influential not only to Catholics, but also throughout the world. The Encyclicals of John Paul II is the first book to...

This volume by a respected theologian offers fresh consideration of the work of famous fourth-century church father Athanasius, giving specific attention to his use of Scripture, his deployment of metaphysical categories, and the intersection between the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602081895Author Troy ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Faith Baptist Church PublicationsPublisher Faith Baptist Church PublicationsWeight(grams)...

What is a deacon? More than fifty years since the restoration of the permanent diaconate by the Second Vatican Council, the office of deacon is still in need of greater specificity about its purpose and place within the mission and organizational...