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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964261082Author Patrick MadridFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Basilica PressPublisher Basilica Press

Calvinism was the most dynamic and disruptive religious force of the later sixteenth century. Its emergence on the international scene shattered the precarious equilibrium established in the first generation of the Reformation, and precipitated three...

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A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an...

From the perspective of Protestant America, nineteenth-century Mormons were the victims of a peculiar zealotry, a population deranged--socially, sexually, even racially--by the extravagances of belief they called "religion." Make Yourselves Gods offers a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621381402Author Henry SireFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern worldSince its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus-more commonly known as the Jesuits-has played a critical role in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556358593Author A Scott MoreauFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme...

A fresh, modern translation of key works of the apostolic fathers.The "Apostolic Fathers" wrote what has become some of the most important literature in the early church--letters and epistolary documents, homilies and theological tracts, documents on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911173205Author David PawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Anchor Recordings LimitedPublisher Anchor Recordings LimitedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556437526Author R. Gordon WassonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Benedictine nun, poet and musician, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages. She undertook preaching tours throughout the German empire at the age of sixty, and was consulted not only by her religious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606837511Author Rick RennerFormat PaperbackPage Count 465Imprint Harrison HousePublisher Harrison House

Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. 'A deeply researched history of the interplay between the two ways of understanding the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789874570Author Martin LutherFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In a chapel in the old crenellated church of Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia is kept an object that emperors, patriarchs and priests have assured the world is the most important religious relic of all time: the tabota Seyon, Ark of the Covenant, the Ark...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781886940086Author Dolores CannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Ozark Mountain PublishingPublisher Ozark Mountain Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802841452Author Henri De LubacFormat PaperbackPage Count 466Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

A compelling account of Christianity's Jewish beginnings, from one of the world's leading scholars of ancient religion How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God's...

T. H. Robinson's Paradigms and exercises in Syriac Grammar was first published in 1915 to meet the need for 'something of an elementary nature which should be of value to the student who takes up Syriac for the first time'. Since then, the book has met...

* What is the standard view of history is completely wrong? * What if science and writing developed from an advanced prehistoric civilisation in the British Isles? * What is written evidence in the Dead Sea Scrolls records megalithic history and provides...

This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European...

A groundbreaking investigation of early Christ groups in the ancient Mediterranean As an urban movement, the early groups of Christ followers came into contact with the many small groups in Greek and Roman antiquity. Organized around the workplace, a...

'Give me chastity and continence, but not yet'The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and...

The Renaissance and Reformation were exciting times of learning and discovery - they pushed the boundaries of accepted thought. The repercussions of this, however, were that they left in their wake a period of universal uncertainty. The centuries-old...

"Lash is capable of explaining the mind-bending concepts of Gnosticism and pagan mystery cults with bracing clarity and startling insight. . . . [His] arguments are often lively and entertaining."-Los Angeles Times Fully revised and with a new preface...

In lucid and non-technical prose, Young demonstrates how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds - the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed - came into being. She describes how creeds originated in instruction before baptism and have their roots...

This acclaimed history illuminates the horrifying episode of Salem with visceral clarity, from those who fanned the crisis to satisfy personal vendettas to the four-year-old "witch" chained to a dank prison wall in darkness till she went mad. Antonia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642938203Author Raymond IbrahimFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Bombardier BooksPublisher Bombardier BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805098549Author Bill O'ReillyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Henry Holt & CompanyPublisher Henry Holt & CompanyWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955890052Author John StricklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Ancient Faith PublishingPublisher Ancient Faith PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439153154Author Fr Gregory BoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

A remarkable medieval woman's life and the earliest surviving autobiography in English, now updated with new materialThe story of the eventful life of Margery Kempe - medieval wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving...

Despite a long history of external threats and internal strife, the Roman Catholic Church remains a vast and influential presence in our modern world. But what were its origins, and how has it changed and adapted over the centuries? After Pope Benedict...

The English Soul portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity as it has developed over the last 1,400 years. As the predominant faith of the people, Christianity has been the reflection, perhaps the embodiment, of the English soul. This...

Voltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised it because it had allegedly impeded German unification. Since 1945...

At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, this Very Short Introduction offers an important overview of the world's largest religion. Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565484818Author Saint Augustine of HippoFormat PaperbackPage Count 615Imprint New City PressPublisher New City PressWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm)...

From award-winning author Ariel Sabar comes the gripping, true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that engulfed Harvard University. In 2012, Dr Karen King, a star professor at Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster...