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The Apocriticus purports to be the record of a four-day public debate between a pagan philosopher, whom the text calls simply the "Hellene," and the author, Macarius, a Christian rhetor. The text is a rich, though often neglected, source for the history...

With a third of South Koreans now identifying themselves as Christian, Christian churches play an increasingly prominent role in the social and political events of the Korean peninsula. Sebastian C. H. Kim and Kirsteen Kim's comprehensive and timely...

In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and reason, he was influenced both by Aristotle's rational world view and by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802843166Author Alister E. McGrathFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint 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 9780385516136Author Thomas BokenkotterFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing...

Now available in trade paper! Are you settling for half the story? Highlighting connections that have been hidden from non-Jewish eyes, Rabbi Jason Sobel will connect the dots between the Old and New Testament, helping you see the Bible with clarity as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616403171Author David Friedrich StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 762Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 953gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802413352Author Mark SayersFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Moody PublishersPublisher Moody Publishers

In many ways, I confess I do not feel especially at home in the Age of Reason. My personal roots are far more among those of the Early Church. Still, I gladly admit I cannot help feeling my heart kindled as I read about the mighty deeds wrought in and...

Archaeology of Jesus' Nazareth is the first book on the archaeology of first-century Nazareth: Jesus' hometown in Galilee. Requiring no previous knowledge of biblical history or archaeology, it outlines the latest archaeological evidence, placing the...

A compelling, authoritative history of how women shaped the Reformations and transformed religious life across the globe The Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of men. But women were central to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979214851Author John ArgubrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint John ArgubrightPublisher John ArgubrightWeight(grams) 151gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Austere apologetics.Q. Septimus Florens Tertullianus (ca. AD 150-222) was born a soldier's son at Carthage, educated in Greek and Roman literature, philosophy, and medicine, and later studied law to became a pleader, remaining a clever and often tortuous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948231046Author Hilaire BellocFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Cavalier BooksPublisher Cavalier BooksWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802884008Author James F McGrathFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint 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 9781922602619Author Joseph De MaistreFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Imperium PressPublisher Imperium PressWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735291881Author Mesu AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A Division...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625247872Author Kenneth McIntoshFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Harding House Publishing, Inc./AnamcharabooksPublisher Harding House Publishing,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652295200Author Leah LofenfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 378g

This brief historical introduction to the English Reformation explores the social, political and religious factors that formed the original context in which it emerged, and the major thinkers and writings to which it gave birth. What was its impact on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956735706Author Laurence GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Dash HousePublisher Dash HouseWeight(grams) 642gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm

On First Principles by Origen of Alexandria, written around 220-230 AD, is one of the most important and contentious works of early Christianity. It provoked controversy when written, provoked further debate when translated into Latin by Rufinus in the...

The great echoing phrases of the King James Bible that have boomed through the English-speaking mind for 400 years - an eye for an eye . . . eat, drink and be merry . . . . death, where is thy sting? . . . man shall not live by bread alone - are largely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506408446Author Christiane TietzFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

This is the paperback edition of the first of a projected four-volume set, and is the first English translation of the correspondence of one of the most remarkable women of pre-modern times. Consisting of nearly four hundred letters addressed to some of...

The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages The two-year-long siege of Acre (1189-1191) was the most significant military engagement of the Third...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620329740Author Dr Daniel I BlockFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898707021Author Joseph RatzingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

What if we have been missing a whole stage of how the canonical gospels came to be? What if there were a whole raft of prior Jesus narratives, the fragmentary vestiges of which now appear in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? This would explain why these...

This unique work - no other work yet available in English treats this subject - illustrates the contribution of these Councils in the development and formulation of Christian beliefs. It then shows how their legacies lingered throughout the centuries to...

The title of this book refers to the classic time and place for magic, witchcraft, and divination in Russia. The Bathhouse at Midnight, by one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, surveys all forms of magic, both learned and popular, in Russia...

Sites of the Ascetic Self reconsiders contemporary debates about ethics and subjectivity in an extended engagement with the works of John Cassian (ca. 360-ca. 435), whose stories of extreme asceticism and transformative religious experience by desert...

How The Book of Common Prayer became one of the most influential works in the English languageWhile many of us are familiar with such famous words as "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know...

Understand and celebrate what we believe For centuries, the Nicene Creed has been central to the church's confession. The Nicene Creed: An Introduction by Phillip Cary explores the Creed's riches with simplicity and clarity. Cary explains the history of...

Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God? Does this mean that God cannot prevent this suffering, despite His supposed omnipotence? Or is God not loving after all? This in brief is 'the problem of evil'. The Devil provides one...

This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen year quest to uncover the secret teachings buried beneath Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh. Their quest ends with extraordinary revelations about early human history - the origins of...

A radical reassessment of the role of Mary the mother of Jesus and other women in the early Church Despite the commonly held assumption that the Bible says little about the mother of Jesus, there are many indications that Mary preceded and inspired...

Rooted in the observation that massive transitions in the church happen about every 500 years, Phyllis Tickle shows readers that we live in such a time right now. She compares the Great Emergence to other "Greats" in the history of Christianity,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802842916Author James D. G. DunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 515Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Ireland has long been regarded as a 'land of saints and scholars'. Yet the Irish experience of Christianity has never been simple or uncomplicated. The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland describes the emergence, long dominance, sudden division, and...