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The first 400 years after the death of Christ saw huge developments and changes in the emerging faith. Christianity spread from Jerusalem to much of the known world; it became the official religion of the British empire; its key texts were written and...

Karl Barth (1886-1968) was the most prolific theologian of the twentieth century. Avoiding simple paraphrasing, Dr Gorringe places the theology in its social and political context, from the First World War through to the Cold War by following Barth's...

In Sword, Miter, and Cloister, Constance Brittain Bouchard provides a fresh perspective on social and ecclesiastical life in the High Middle Ages. Drawing on a vast range of primary sources, she reveals the surprisingly close relationship between the...

Anne-Marie ...a Child of God - She was here for a short time only, leaving a legacy of wondrous and faithbuilding experiences from before conception to beyond death - even in the face of her heart problems. This account of her life is enriched with...

This abridged edition of the Institutes provides a readable and inexpensive sampler of Calvin's greatest work. Lane has condensed the 1559 edition, retaining the heart of Calvin's teachings on all his major themes.About the AuthorBenjamin Wirt Farley is...

"This book has opened the internal communication system of so-called Spirit-filled churches for academic scrutiny. We can now begin to ask how and why are the Holy Spirit and internal communication becoming the principal tools for control,...

A Monastic Renaissance at St Albans is a study of intellectual life at the abbey of St Albans - one of Britain's greatest Benedictine monasteries - during the lifetime of Thomas Walsingham (c.1340-1422), one of the most prolific scholars of the later...

The second Vatican Council was convened by Pope John XXIII between 1962 and 1965. It marked a fundamental shift toward the modern Church and its far-reaching innovations replaced or radically changed many of the practices, rules, and attitudes that had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621642626Author James MurphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *...

Since his canonization in 1970, St. Herman has been remembered for his just treatment of native peoples and his respect of the environment. Explaining how it came to be that this simple Russian Orthodox monk eventually settled in Kodiak, Alaska, this...

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It would seem unlikely that one could discover tolerant religious attitudes in Spain, Portugal, and the New World colonies during the era of the Inquisition, when enforcement of Catholic orthodoxy was widespread and brutal. Yet this groundbreaking book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553447286Author Michael MedvedFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Crown ForumPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 357gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570755200Author John Wayland CoakleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)Weight(grams) 703g

The proposal of this book is to guide the reader to the contrastive ministries of the two most dominant preachers of the eighteen-century evangelical revival. In a wonderful comparative approach the author draws John Wesley and George Whitefield's...

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What is the Church? Perhaps more importantly, what is it meant to be? How did ti's earliest members understand this body of which they had become a part? How did they envisage what it ought to be and might become? This collection of fifteen early essays...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER!The Resurrected, Conquering Jesus In the fifth and final installment of his bestselling Jesus series, David Limbaugh digs into the New Testament epistles with passion and imagination, showing that the testimony of Jesus' earliest...

Christian Theology: The Classics is a vibrant introduction to the most important works of theology in the history of Christian thought. Exploring writings from the origins of Christianity to the present day, it examines some of the most influential...

This anthology provides the best introduction to the core beliefs and foundational principles of Anabaptism. This comprehensive book compiles the writings and statements of thirty-seven sixteenth-century Anabaptists. Selections are arranged under topics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830819959Author Craig S. KeenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 408g

Michelle Goldberg, a senior political reporter for Salon.com, has been covering the intersection of politics and ideology for years. Before the 2004 election, and during the ensuing months when many Americans were trying to understand how an...

This is the first comprehensive study of one of the most important aspects of the Reformation in England: its impact on the status of the dead. Protestant reformers insisted vehemently that between heaven and hell there was no 'middle place' of purgatory...

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The mid-seventeenth century saw both the expansion of the Baptist sect and the rise and growth of Quakerism. At first, the Quaker movement attracted some Baptist converts, but relations between the two groups soon grew hostile. Public disputes broke out...

British theologian John Stott was one of the most influential leaders of the evangelical movement during the second half of the twentieth century. Called the pope of evangelicalism by many, he helped to shape a global religious movement that grew rapidly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310206774Author Bill HybelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 136g

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When Edward Sorin left France in 1841 to lead the first band of missionaries sent by the Congregation of Holy Cross to the New World, the rule of the young community required him to keep and send back to France an annual account of the significant events...

These two early Anabaptist documents, from 1560 and 1650, give an impassioned witness to the life of discipleship of Jesus and to the possibility of true brotherly love in full community.Book InformationISBN 9780874861907Author Andreas EhrenpreisFormat...

John Calvin was known foremost for his powerful impact on the fundamental doctrines of Protestantism, and his biblical interpretation continues to attract interest and inquiry. Calvin, the Bible, and History investigates Calvin's exegesis of the Bible...

In late antiquity the rising number of ascetics who joined the priesthood faced a pastoral dilemma. Should they follow a traditional, demonstrably administrative, approach to pastoral care, emphasizing doctrinal instruction, the care of the poor, and the...

Considered the paradigm case of the troubled interaction between science and religion, the conflict between Galileo and the Church continues to generate new research and lively debate. Richard J. Blackwell offers a fresh approach to the Galileo case,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780836111200Author Cornelius KrahnFormat HardbackPage Count 968Imprint Herald Press (VA)Publisher Herald Press (VA)Weight(grams) 1760g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780836111187Author Cornelius KrahnFormat HardbackPage Count 820Imprint Herald Press (VA)Publisher Herald Press (VA)Weight(grams) 1597g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780687058143Author United Methodist ChurchFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon PressWeight(grams) 442g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800662318Author Hans SchwarzFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher Fortress Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 567g