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Are the world's major spiritual traditions sources of greater discord than harmony? Or are conflicts widely blamed on faith differences fundamentally social and political? In this succinct but richly reflective book, Rupert Shortt offers even-handed...

Never has there been such interest in heresy and the 'religious forbidden' But what is heresy? Why has it been sprinkled with stardust in recent years? How did it originally develop? Are heresies liberating ideas that were ruthlessly suppressed? Or are...

In the year 394 seven monks from Palestine made a difficult journey through the Egyptian desert, drawn there by stories of remarkable men. What they found in the communities living far up the Nile Valley fully accorded with their expectations, and in the...

St Augustine (354-430) is one of the towering figures of church history, widely regarded as the greatest of the early theologians. This study focuses on three major disputes in which he engaged: against the Manichees who denied the essential goodness of...

s textbook by Germany's most interesting New Testament scholar and his assistant is likely to become a standard work on Jesus. After surveying the quest for the historical Jesus, it assesses the sources, non-Christian and Christian, for Jesus. Then it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970610676Author Alice von HildebrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Saint Austin PressPublisher Saint Austin Press

It is often said that the devil has all the best tunes. He also has as many names as he has guises. Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub (in Christian thought), Ha-Satan or the Adversary (in Jewish scripture) and Iblis or Shaitan (in Islamic tradition) has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399510066Author Stanley StowersFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)...

Praise for the exhibition ***** The Times ***** The Telegraph ***** The Guardian ***** Evening Standard Praise for the book 'If you cannot make it to the show itself, then I implore you to buy the catalogue, which is one of the best I've ever read -...

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The great German mystic Meister Eckhart remains one of the most fascinating figures in Western thought. Revived interest in Eckhart's mysticism has been matched, and even surpassed, by the study of the women mystics of the late13th century. This book...

A detailed examination of the passages central to the debate about Paul's christology and his view of Jewish Law. From meticulous exegesis makes some striking theological and historical conclusions.Book InformationISBN 9780567295941Author Canon N. T...

Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizens, it actually had long-term religious-even Christian-origins, claims Dale Van Kley in this controversial new book. Looking back at the two and a half...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943243792Author Robert BarronFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Word on Fire AcademicPublisher Word on Fire AcademicWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426754333Author Leslie D WeatherheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon Press

Praise for the author:'Gibson's well written and well-documented account of James and the bishops will surely become the new standard authority on these "implausible revolutionaries" for many decades.' Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg, Anglican and...

Ian Shaw charts the story of Christianity from its birth and infancy among a handful of followers of Jesus Christ, through its years of development into a global religious movement, spanning continents and cultures and transcending educational and social...

A gathering of poetic blossoms.The Greek Anthology contains some 4,500 short Greek poems in the sparkling and diverse genre of epigram, written by more than a hundred poets and collected over many centuries. To the original collection, called the Garland...

This fascinating book explores the evolution of religious dualism, the doctrine that man and cosmos are constant battlegrounds between forces of good and evil. It traces this evolution from late Egyptian religion and the revelations of Zoroaster and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830852123Author F. F. BruceFormat PaperbackPage Count 349Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 478gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 154mm * 25mm

Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 B.C. and extended at least until the fifth century A.D. throughout the Roman world. The importance of her cult is attested to in Apuleius's Golden Ass, and evidence of its influence has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763504072Author Lars Boje MortensenFormat HardbackPage Count 348Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum PressWeight(grams) 832g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996049900Author Thomas McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Rabbit RoomPublisher Rabbit RoomWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 137mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063143432Author Michael MassingFormat PaperbackPage Count 1008Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm) 226mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639410057Author Robert SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Uncut Mountain PressPublisher Uncut Mountain PressWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800627652Author Teresa M. ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802413284Author Dr Erwin W LutzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Moody PublishersPublisher Moody Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641238014Author Larry MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Whitaker HousePublisher Whitaker HouseWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806531328Author H. Paul JeffersFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 236g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359013555Author E W BullingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

In Strange Fire, bestselling author and pastor John MacArthur chronicles the unsavory history behind the modern Charismatic movement.What would God say about those who blatantly misrepresent His Holy Spirit; who exchange true worship for chaotic fits of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565484856Author Olivier ClementFormat PaperbackImprint New City PressPublisher New City PressWeight(grams) 544g

Enduring and influential early Christian texts.The writings of the Apostolic Fathers give a rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after New Testament times. Some of them were accorded almost Scriptural authority...

A straight-forward, readable introduction to worship in the first four centuries of the church's existence. How did early Christians see and understand their own worship? How did this interact with early Christian beliefs? The book has been brought up to...

Aimed at the undergraduate academic and interested lay person, this is a classic history of the formative period of the Church. It includes an account of Rome and 1st-century Judaism, the Gnostics and the conflicts of Eastern Christendom and examines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399563232Author Andrew PettegreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

'As informative as it is entertaining - read it, you won't regret it' Paula GooderBeards have had cultural and religious significance for thousands of years. A fascinating story is to be told of the religious significance of beards from the ancient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839546Author Robert WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd

With a sensitivity to the Christian tradition and a rich understanding of postmodern thought, Peter Rollins argues that the movement known as 'emerging church' offers a singular, unprecedented message of transformation that has the potential to...

This book, which includes a new preface by the author, offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans. "A fascinating . . . account of early Christian thought. . . . Readable and exciting...