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Christianity arrived in Wales with the Romans and spread rapidly in the early medieval period. Evidence for its success survives in the form of early stone sculpture and inscriptions, reliquaries and other holy objects and frequent references in...

In this book, William Harmless provides an accessible introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond. He introduces the reader to the major figures and literary texts, as well offering an up-to-date survey of current questions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979907395Author Andrew StromFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint RevivalSchoolPublisher RevivalSchoolWeight(grams) 151g

Christianity depends on the belief that the Jesus of history is identical with the Christ of faith, and that God in the person of Jesus intervened finally and decisively in human history. But is the historical Jesus the same as the Christian Saviour? And...

History of the Church in EnglandBook InformationISBN 9780819214065Author John Richard Humpidge MoormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Church Publishing Inc

Christians today often bring their own suppositions and assumptions to the reading of the Bible, not realizing how deeply their understanding of Christ's life and teachings is affected by a modern worldview. In this book Joe Amaral delves deep into...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156177351Author Professor T S EliotFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 205mm...

Giussani begins by focusing on the Church as a community composed of people who are aware of themselves as defined by the gift of the Spirit, from which they derive a new conception of existence, the fruit of conversion. He then describes the Church's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851518435Author Jock PurvesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint The Banner of Truth TrustPublisher The Banner of Truth Trust

Eugenio Pacelli, Pius XII, was one of the few unalloyed heroes of World War II. At great Personal risk, he saved some 800,000 Jews from extermination by the Nazis. Jewish refugees were given asylum in the Vatican, swelling the number of Swiss Guards. No...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781452868561Author Ken Johnson Th DFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm *...

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Southeast Asia is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the world today. The region has also produced a cohort of reformers who have critiqued the limits of Islamic thought and propounded new lines of thinking with an eye toward constructing a...

'An exciting, engaging and intellectually serious book' Dr Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury 'I think it's brilliant!' Bishop Stephen CottrellHow is it that a faith that began in 1st century Palestine with a handful of followers has become...

The dramatic story of Christianity from its origins to the present day, told through more than one hundred stunning color maps.With over two billion practicing believers today, Christianity has taken root in almost all parts of the globe. Its impact on...

The Suffering of the Impassible God provides a major reconsideration of the issue of divine suffering and divine emotions in the early Church Fathers. Patristic writers are commonly criticized for falling prey to Hellenistic philosophy and uncritically...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618219087Author James CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 636gDimensions(mm)...

The book begins with a visit to the long-neglected site of ancient Magdala on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Unexcavated and slipping into the sea, Migdal stands as a reminder of the lost history of Mary Magdalene, and of ancient women. From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061128844Author John F ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 520gDimensions(mm)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385338455Author Michael BaigentFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Dell Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612034010Author Ralph Waldo TrineFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bottom of the Hill PublishingPublisher Bottom of the Hill PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622826483Author Paul BaddeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Sophia Institute PressPublisher Sophia Institute PressWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)...

The reader is taken on a journey from the earliest roots of Christianity to its near acceptance as religion of the Roman Empire. The reader is taken from the very first generation of Christians in Rome, a tiny group of Jews who acknowledged Jesus as the...

The year 1200 marked a dynamic turning point in the history of Christian mysticism. New forms of religious life provided the impetus for a new mysticism whose influence continues today. This book documents the spirited dialogue between men and women that...

What did ordinary people believe in post-Reformation England, and what did they do about it? This book looks at religious belief and practice through the eyes of five sorts of people: godly Protestant ministers, zealous Protestant laypeople, the...

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies responds to and celebrates the explosion of research in this inter-disciplinary field over recent decades. As a one-volume reference work, it provides an introduction to the academic study of early...

For an understanding of the early Christian movement, two matters are essential. One is the size of the movement. The other is the distribution of the movement. In regard to the first matter, it has been widely assumed that there were 6 million...

A thousand years ago Christian battled Muslim for possession of a strip of land upon which both their religions were founded. These Crusades changed the course of Western history, but less known is the fact that they also were the meeting ground for two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385519496Author Scott HahnFormat HardbackImprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 417g

In the chapel of Christ's College, Cambridge, some twenty years ago, historian Alan Bray made an astonishing discovery: a tomb shared by two men, John Finch and Thomas Baines. The monument featured eloquent imagery dedicated to their friendship:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996008709Author Tim ChaffeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Risen MinistriesPublisher Risen MinistriesWeight(grams) 254g

The current fascination with Celtic Christianity is the latest manifestation of a lingering love affair stretching back over the last 1300 years. This book explores how the native Christian communities of the British Isles from the fifth to the tenth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615815374Author Douglas Van DornFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Waters of Creation PublishingPublisher Waters of Creation PublishingWeight(grams)...

The gospel accounts of the birth and childhood of Jesus have puzzling discrepancies and contradictions. In particular, Matthew and Luke give different versions of the genealogy and birth of Jesus, and of the events that follow.A long forgotten tradition...

Since the early days of Christianity, martyrdom has had a particularly honoured place, and 2020 will see the Catholic Church marking the fiftieth anniversary of the canonization of 40 martyrs killed during the Reformation in England and Wales. In this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060608118Author Dietrich BonhoefferFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through the many and varied forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages. It explores the relationship between...

The Reverend Howard Finster was twenty feet tall, suspended in darkness. Or so he appeared in the documentary film that introduced a teenaged Greg Bottoms to the renowned outsider artist whose death would help inspire him, fourteen years later, to travel...