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In May 2013 it will be exactly 1450 years since the arrival on Iona of Columba, the imperious and energetic Irishman of royal descent who founded its famous monastery and became Scotland's best known Celtic saint. To celebrate this important anniversary,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781820322Author Tony ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint GracewingPublisher Gracewing

'Not until college days do I discover the shocking secret of my father's death.'With a journalist's background Philip Yancey is widely admired for taking on the more difficult and confusing aspects of faith. Now in Where the Light Fell he shares, for the...

As an authority on the religion of medieval and early modern England, Professor Eamon Duffy is preeminent. In his revisionist masterpiece The Stripping of the Altars, Duffy opened up new areas of research and entirely fresh perspectives on the origin...

'This is a brilliant, shocking book ... also witty, painfully self-critical and humane ... it is a work of great literature' Tim Whitmarsh, Guardian 'The Kingdom, already a huge bestseller in France, is thrilling, magnificent and strange' Bryan...

Every day is filled with opportunities for prayer as we ask for help in facing life's inevitable difficulties, or seek ways of expressing our feelings of gratitude, love and joy. This special edition of some of the most moving, inspiring and comforting...

This book, in language accessible to the general reader, investigates twelve of the most notorious, most interesting, and most instructive episodes involving the interaction between science and Christianity, aiming to tell each story in its historical...

This is an explanation of how the Catholic Church came to hold such a powerful position in Irish society, and the factors central to the decline in the Church's monopoly on morality.Reviews"This is a fascinating and very readable study of the growth and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621384328Author Saint CharbelFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781461096405Author Joseph AtwillFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm

A compelling analysis tying the work of Aquinas to contemporary literature on virtue Despite heightened attention to virtue, contemporary philosophical and theological literature has failed to offer detailed analysis of how people attain and grow in...

In The Forgotten Desert Mothers, Second Edition, Laura Swan introduces readers to the sayings, lives, stories, and spirituality of women in the early Christian desert and monastic movement, from the third century on. In doing so, she finally sets the...

The recent pandemic has highlighted an increasing need for support for those experiencing mental health challenges and those caring for them. There is an urgent need for clergy and others involved in pastoral care both to attend to their own well-being...

One of the most influential and well-loved books of Christianity, The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis appears here in Penguin Classics in a new translation by Robert Jeffery, with an introduction by Max Von Habsburg, notes, a chronology and...

This book explores the theological lessons to be learnt from 2000 years of Christian Church history. An exploration of the theological lessons to be learnt from the difficult history of the Christian churches over the past 2,000 years Opens with an...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958972410Author Paul QuenonFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830846283Author CronFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 666gDimensions(mm) 250mm *...

What has the Reformation ever done for us? A lot less than you might think, as Rodney Stark shows in this enlightening and entertaining antidote to recent books about the rise of Protestantism and its legacy. 'Rodney Stark takes no prisoners as he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780883445525Author Gustavo GutierrezFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)Weight(grams) 254g

This book won't try to get you to vote for a particular party. It isn't going to try to get you to vote at all. Something far better. It's going to show you that you could be voted for. That it could be your name on the ballot paper. Or that you could be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780570067122Author Francis PieperFormat HardbackPage Count 577Imprint Concordia Publishing HousePublisher Concordia Publishing House LtdWeight(grams) 907g

A work of commanding range and penetration. . . . The skilful translation has made von Rad 's book accessible to a greatly enlarged circle of readers. This, the most distinctive of modern Old Testament Theologies, has already exercised and will continue...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940177656Author Andrew MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint InfinityPublisher InfinityWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597310260Author Charles Le Gai EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Sophia Perennis et UniversalisPublisher Sophia Perennis et...

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,...

This is the English edition of the classic Russian textbook designed for parents to teach their children "all the fundamental points of the Orthodox Christian faith and way of life." Because children are growing up quickly in a society that raises...

In his clear and readable style Walter Brueggemann presents Genesis as a single book set within the context of the whole of biblical revelation. He sees his task as bringing the text close to the faith and ministry of the church. He interprets Genesis as...

The UK's only Masonic Bible, with bespoke presentation page and special introduction to Freemasonry and the Bible. With a beautiful imitation leather flexible binding, coloured page edges and its own slipcase, this is the ideal gift for a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780785230465Author Catholic Bible PressPage Count 1488Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 1083gDimensions(mm) 256mm * 183mm * 55mm

Enjoy the Bible that goes where you go. Thomas Nelson's Checkbook Bible offers the entire New King James Bible that easily fits in your purse or bag with a snap closure to protect the pages.Traveling with God's Word has never been so effortless. The...

Leonard Ravenhill's call to revival is as timely now as it was when (1)rst published over forty years ago. The message is fearless and often radical as he expounds on the disparity between the New Testament church and the church today. Why Revival...

One of the Church of England's central aims is that it should become more diverse. This book is a contribution to the debate on how the church nationally and locally might better represent the cultural diversity of the communities which it is called to...

First published 20 years ago as an Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent book and now revised and updated, this is a wide ranging study of the causes, effects and proper Christian response to the violence that pervades every area of daily life - from popular...

Oxford A Level Religious Studies for OCR is a brand new course developed by renowned authors Libby Ahluwalia and Robert Bowie for the 2016 OCR specification. This textbook supports a deep engagement with philosophy, ethics and the study of Christianity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944967864Author John StricklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Ancient Faith PublishingPublisher Ancient Faith PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639410040Author G M DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Uncut Mountain PressPublisher Uncut Mountain PressWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947701120Author Christine WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Queen of Peace MediaPublisher Queen of Peace MediaWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)...

God has a glorious purpose for His people. And those who understand this will rule and reign with Jesus for eternity. God, in the eternal past, planned for mankind to live on the earth and fulfill a great purpose in the eternal future. Bishop Hamon, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892656073Author F Leroy ForlinesFormat PaperbackPage Count 379Imprint Randall House PublicationsPublisher Randall House PublicationsWeight(grams) 572g