History

In this all-embracing Christian church history, E. H. Broadbent details the growth, traditions and teachings of churches and denominations through the ages. Intended as an introduction to organized Christianity, the Pilgrim Church selects examples from...

This title offers an up-to-date picture of Jesus of Nazareth, highlighting the problems and pitfalls encountered in such a venture, and including a survey of current scholarship. The introduction to this new guide sets out the sources (Graeco-Roman,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628370393Author Ilaria L E RamelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 524Imprint SBL PressPublisher SBL PressWeight(grams) 762gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 30mm

In these firsthand accounts of the early church, the spirit of Pentecost burns with prophetic force through the fog enveloping the modern church. A clear and vibrant faith lives on in these writings, providing a guide for Christians today. Its stark...

Surveying the life and times of Aidan of Lindisfarne, this book draws insights into missional approaches to inspire both outreach and discipleship for today's Church. As in his previous BRF book, Hilda of Whitby, Ray Simpson shows that such figures from...

In The Azusa Street Mission and Revival, Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. brings to bear expertise from decades of focused study in church history to reveal the captivating story of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles, which became known as the Azusa Street...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590305737Author Mirabai StarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585095681Author Constantine TischendorfFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Book TreePublisher Book TreeWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

How did earliest Christians receive and understand the teaching of Jesus and the apostles? These writings, among the earliest used in training new disciples, show a clear, vibrant, practical faith concerned with all aspects of discipleship in daily...

"Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field." With those words in Genesis, God condemns the serpent for tempting Adam and Eve, and the serpent has shouldered the blame ever since. But how would the...

For over a thousand years, Eastern Christendom had as its center the second capital of the Roman Empire-Constantinople, the "New Rome," or Byzantium. The geographical division between the Eastern and Western Churches was only one manifestation of deeper...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807011Author Olga SavinFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Forgery and Counter-Forgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics by Bart Ehrman, the New York Times best-selling author of Misquoting Jesus and recognized authority on early Christianity, is the first major contemporary work on forgery...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939754073Author Kacie BerghoefFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Althea PressPublisher Althea PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm *...

Platonism has played a central role in Christianity and is essential to a deep understanding of the Christian theological tradition. At times, Platonism has constituted an essential philosophical and theological resource, furnishing Christianity with an...

This work, by the author of "Who Wrote the Bible?" probes a chain of mysteries that concern the presence or absence of God. It begins with a reading of the Hebrew Bible, revealing the mystery and significance of the disappearance of God there. Why does...

On Easter, 2014, Britain's best-loved vicar, the Rev. Richard Coles, led a pilgrimage to all the major historic sites of the Holy Land: from Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee in the North, via Jericho and the Jordan River, to Bethlehem and, finally,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819214065Author J. R. H. MoormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Evangelicalism has rapidly become one of the most significant religious movements in the modern world. An umbrella term that encompasses many Protestant denominations that share core tenets of Christianity, evangelicalism is foremost defined by its...

This authoritative volume brings together a team of world-class scholars to cover the full range of New Testament backgrounds studies in a concise, up-to-date, and comprehensive manner. Drawing on the expertise of specialists in the areas of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684514441Author John Daniel DavidsonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 445g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802866028Author Brian BrockFormat PaperbackPage Count 564Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...

This full-length life of John Henry Newman is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the thinker and writer. It draws extensively on material from Newman's letters and papers. Newman's character is revealed in its complexity and contrasts:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774765340Author BedeFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Engage BooksPublisher Engage BooksWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906327590Author Andrew AtherstonePage Count 60Imprint Latimer TrustPublisher Latimer Trust

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960711922Author Adrian FortescueFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint OS Justi PressPublisher OS Justi PressWeight(grams) 653g

The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture. Its significance was far-reaching. Without a Greek Bible, European history would have been entirely different - no Western Jewish diaspora and no...

Since the early 20th century the scholarly study of Anglo-Saxon texts has been augmented by systematic excavation and analysis of physical evidence--settlements, cemeteries, artefacts, environmental data, and standing buildings. This evidence has...

This text is based on research with those who have left churches but are nethertheless pursuing a journey of faith. Most of the church leavers interviewed for this text had been in their churches for over 15 years; most had held key leadership positions,...

In this highly engaging book, Peter Walker uses his expertise in Biblical studies and his extensive experience of leading tours around the Mediterranean to bring the world of Saint Paul vividly to life. Following Luke's account in the Book of Acts and...

One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimensions, from the loftiest to the lowliest, of monastic life. This new Latin-English edition has features of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683572466Author Joe HeschmeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Catholic Answers PressPublisher Catholic Answers PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622453726Author Andrew MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Aneko PressPublisher Life Sentence PublishingWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Dorothy L Sayers' great lay contemporaries in the Church of England were T. S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams, but none of them wrote a book quite like The Mind of the Maker. In this crisp, elegant exercise in theology, Sayers illuminates the...

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)...

This book aims to set forth a vision for theological retrieval, demonstrating through specific doctrines how engaging historical theology can enrich and strengthen the church today-without abandoning a Protestant identity.About the AuthorGavin Ortlund...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982147990Author Bart D EhrmanFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250142207Author Bill O'ReillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791436127Author Roelof van den BroekFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...