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A follow-up to the Nantwich Consultation of 1991, 'The Strengthening, Growth and Planting of Local Churches', these are the edited papers of the 1993 Warwich Consultation. The themes of the conference were a vision for inter-church co-operation and...

Protestantism, Second Edition explores the origins, customs, and history of Protestantism, from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to its role in today's world. Current issues, such as the development of new religious denominations, abortion, gay and...

During the early twentieth century, millions of southern blacks moved north to escape the violent racism of the Jim Crow South and to find employment in urban centers. They transplanted not only themselves but also their culture; in the midst of this...

In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black practitioners' everyday lives, tightly connecting the sacred and the secular. As Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha reveals in this richly textured book, that connection is manifest in the dynamic relationship between public...

Distinguished intellectual historian Paul Conkin offers the first comprehensive examination of mainline Protestantism in America, from its emergence in the colonial era to its rise to predominance in the early nineteenth century and the beginnings of its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877854333Author Emanuel SwedenborgFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Swedenborg FoundationPublisher Swedenborg Foundation

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990318224Author Victor AramandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Victor AramandaPublisher Victor AramandaWeight(grams) 64g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780834130050Author Carl BangsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon Hill Press of Kansas CityPublisher Beacon Hill Press of Kansas CityWeight(grams)...

Walker's impressive study is the first to link Harris's background to the nature of his teachings and to discuss the dynamics of his movement's development. Harris not only articulated the confusion and desires of his followers but also created new...

In a work of striking breadth and clarity, Paul Conkin offers an even-handed and in-depth look at the major American-made forms of Christianity--a diverse group of religious traditions, each of which reflects a significant break from western Christian...

The ""holy experiment"" of the Quakers involved political hegemony and economic wealth. Gradually the Quakers realized that they had become involved in the compromises fatal to the spiritual integrity of the Society of Friends itself. The political...

Antebellum mainline Protestant ministers are often portrayed as heralds of a national 'faith' in republican progress that reached its high point in the three decades before the Civil War. Mark Hanley argues, however, that the liberal culture that emerged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985971038Author VariousFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Zoe Ministries, IncorporatedPublisher Zoe Ministries, IncorporatedWeight(grams) 140g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963941947Author Daurelle ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Research & Information Services, IncorporatedPublisher Research &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944350966Author Jeffrey DudiakFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Friends United PressPublisher Friends United PressWeight(grams) 159g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970247902Author David E BumbaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Meadville Lombard PressPublisher Meadville Lombard PressWeight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965916462Author Geoffrey S ChildsFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Fountain BooksPublisher Fountain BooksWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780834129627Author Wes TracyFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Beacon Hill Press of Kansas CityPublisher Beacon Hill Press of Kansas CityWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780827244108Author Gary StraubFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Chalice PressPublisher Chalice PressWeight(grams) 113g

In 2001 the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) conducted the U.S. Congregational Life Survey. More than 1.2 million worshipers and 12,000 congregations across three continents were surveyed to provide a portrait of congregational life. The findings were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615841236Author Isabella BlanchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Vts PressPublisher Vts PressWeight(grams) 268g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615372563Author Michael StinsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint One Body PressPublisher One Body PressWeight(grams) 229g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595318629Author Donald Bruce StouderFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 209g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310294511Author Janette HasseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Christians for Biblical EqualityPublisher Christians for Biblical...

When Americans today think of the Religious Society of Friends, better known as Quakers, they may picture the smiling figure on boxes of oatmeal. But since their arrival in the American colonies in the 1650s, Quakers' spiritual values and social habits...

"An excellent resource for those eager to learn more about the evolution of American Christianity."--Publishers Weekly American history has profoundly shaped, and been shaped by, Christianity. This engaging introduction provides a brisk and lively yet...

In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of his church, exhorting them to resist such culturally normalized yet immodest behaviors in their cosmopolitan Roman city as mixed public bathing in the nude,...

The Church of England and Victorian Oxford: The History of the Oxford Churchmen's Union, 1860–1890 explores questions of how the Victorian Church responded to challenges, what was the role of Tractarian clergy and laity, and did the Church’s effort to...

The Pentecostal Movement, currently the second largest Christian constituency after the Roman Catholic Church, is the most rapidly growing Christian movement in history. It has grown from zero to almost 500 million in one century. Pentecostals are known...

How did Christianity get shared around the world? And how has Christian belief changed over the last 50 years? Providing some of the answers to these and many other questions, this overview charts the 2,000-year-long history of the world's largest...

In this highly anticipated collection, Unitarian Universalist Humanists present their faith perspectives in 23 engaging and thought-provoking essays. The contributors, both lay and ordained, demonstrate why Humanism has been one of the bedrock theologies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877853558Author Friedemann StengelFormat HardbackPage Count 958Imprint Swedenborg FoundationPublisher Swedenborg Foundation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854481378Author John ChadwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint The Swedenborg SocietyPublisher The Swedenborg Society

Extracted from Pacifism in the United States, this work focuses on the significant contribution of the Quakers to the history of pacifism in the United States. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand...

A groundbreaking look at the relationship between two sacred texts The Book of Mormon’s narrative privileges Isaiah over other sources, provocatively interpreting and at times inventively reworking the biblical text. Joseph M. Spencer sees within the...

Understanding the Book of Mormon on its own terms and through its two-way connection with the Bible Like the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible, the Book of Mormon uses narratives to develop ideas and present instruction. Michael Austin reveals how the...

This is the first extensive study of the African Christian Roho religion, or Holy Spirit movement, in Western Kenya. Hoehler-Fatton uses extensive oral histories and life narratives to provide a counterweight to existing historical literature, and also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854481453Author Stephen McNeillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint The Swedenborg SocietyPublisher The Swedenborg Society