Description: According to Craig Borlase, author of a new history of the Christian Church, Richard Dawkins will join an Orthodox Christian Church, the Anglican Communion will split, under the leadership of Abp Rowa...
Author: Borlase, Craig Publisher: Darton Longman Todd Format: Adobe PDF
Description: According to Craig Borlase, author of a new history of the Christian Church, Richard Dawkins will join an Orthodox Christian Church, the Anglican Communion will split, under the leadership of Abp Rowa...
Author: Davies, Douglas Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The act of death itself and the rituals surrounding it vary enormously and shed a fascinating light on the cultures of which they are a part. In this brief and lively history, Douglas Davies – i...
Author: Evans, G. R. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This short and accessible book introduces readers to the problems of heresy, schism and dissidence over the last two millennia. The heresies under discussion range from Gnosticism, influential in the ...
Author: Cunningham, Lawrence Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A Brief History of Saints follows the rise of the cult of saints in Christianity from its origin in the age of the martyrs down to the present day.Refers to both well-known saints, such as Joan of Arc...
Author: Simonsohn, Uriel Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Focusing on the late seventh to early eleventh centuries in the region between Iraq in the east and present-day Tunisia in the west, this study explores the multiplicity of judicial systems that coexi...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Ancient civilisations exercise an intense fascination for people the world over. This Handbook provides a vivid, scholarly, and eminently readable account of ancient cultures around the world, from Ch...
Author: Eire, Carlos Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientis...
Author: Josephus, Flavius Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: A great work of religious and historical importance penned by Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. In this classic work, he has defended the antiquity of Judaism with great verve. It was written in resp...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this outstanding historical reader, the editor has gathered nine essays and over thirty primary documents to present a coherent picture of the history of American religion.
Author: Dodaro, Robert Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Examines the arguments of present-day critics of Augustine, and argues in favour of some of the much-neglected historical, philosophical and theological perspectives which lie behind Augustine's most ...
Author: Bouma,Gary Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Australian Soul challenges the idea that religious and spiritual life in Australia is in decline. This fascinating book describes the character of religious and spiritual life in Australia today, and ...
Author: Doane, T.W. Publisher: Book Jungle Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In pursuing the study of the Bible Myths, facts pertaining thereto, in a condensed form, seemed to be greatly needed, and nowhere to be found. Widely scattered through hundreds of ancient and modem vo...
Author: Ekonomou, Andrew J. Publisher: Lexington Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes examines the scope and extent to which the East influenced Rome and the Papacy following the Justinian Reconquest of Italy in the middle of the sixth century through...
Author: Clark, David G. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this engaging book David Clark guides the reader through the theology of CS Lewis and illuminates the use and understanding of scripture in the works of this popular author.Examines his life, work,...
Author: Rowland, Tracey Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Thomist's influence upon the development of Catholicism is difficult to overestimate - but how secure is its grip on the challenges that face contemporary society? "Culture and the Thomist Tradition" ...
Author: Kornblatt, Judith Deutsch Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Doubly Chosen provides the first detailed study of a unique cultural and religious phenomenon in post-Stalinist Russiathe conversion of thousands of Russian Jewish intellectuals to Orthodox Christia...
Author: Zuidema, Jason / Raalte, Theodore Van Publisher: Ashgate Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Guillaume Farel (1489-1565) was one of the key figures in the early Genevan reformation, but his legacy has become largely overshadowed by towering figure of Calvin. Seeking to contribute to a better ...
Author: Solomon, Stephen D. Publisher: University of Michigan Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Solomon's fascinating and sweeping history of the legal fight over mandatory school prayers is compelling, judicious, and elegantly written. Fabulous!" -David Rudenstine, Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo S...
Author: Dowden, Ken Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In European Paganism, Ken Dowden outlines and analyses the diverse aspect of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice and pilgrimage to luna worship.
Author: Reed,Annette Yoshiko / McCubbins,Mathew D. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book considers the early history of Jewish-Christian relations focusing on traditions about the fallen angels. In the Book of the Watchers, an Enochic apocalypse from the third century BCE, the '...
Author: Kessler, Gary Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works...
Author: Kessler, Gary Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works...
Author: Clark, Elizabeth Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Founding the Fathers explores the development of early Christian history and theology as a discipline in four nineteenth-century Protestant seminaries in the United States. Archival sources reveal how...
Author: Valeri, Mark Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Heavenly Merchandize offers a critical reexamination of religion's role in the creation of a market economy in early America. Focusing on the economic culture of New England, it views commerce through...
Author: Cameron, Euan Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book explores the theological lessons to be learnt from 2000 years of Christian Church history. An exploration of the theological lessons to be learnt from the difficult history of the Christian ...
Author: Oldmeadow, Harry Publisher: World Wisdom Books, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "The West's modern encounter with the East, particularly in the religious domain, was one of the most momentous events of our time.[yet] despite the many distinguished studies in the field, there [is]...
Author: Howard, Brian Arundell of Wardour Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The royal family of Judah had a tremendous impact on history and played a role in shaping who we are today. In Judah Scepter, author Brian Arundell Howard provides a refreshing perspective about this ...
Author: Barnett, Christopher B. Publisher: Ashgate Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Søren Kierkegaard wrote that Pietism is "the one and only consequence of Christianity.", yet his relation to Pietism has been largely neglected in the secondary literature. Kierkegaard, Pietism, and ...
Author: Whitcomb, Norman K. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Have you ever considered the fall of the American Empire? Neither did the Romans; but the Roman Empire collapsed mightily. The birth of the American Catholic Church separated from Rome? It will come. ...
Author: Poewe, Karla Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Karla Poewe illuminates an important but neglected part of Nazi history: the contribution of new religions to the emergence of Nazi ideology in 1930s Germany. Looking at traditional German occultism a...
Author: Vacher, Marguerite Publisher: University Press of America Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Nuns Without Cloister explores one of the first and most innovative among the non-cloistered women's congregations established after the Council of Trent. Under the aegis of a Jesuit missionary, the f...
Author: Trigg, Joseph W. Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Origen was the greatest and most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influenc...
Author: McDannell, Colleen Publisher: Yale University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In the midst of the Great Depression, the American government initiated one of the most ambitious national photographic projects ever undertaken. Such photographers as Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, an...
Author: Rock, Stella Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie , is in fact an academic myth.
Author: Ennis, Perry Publisher: Laurus Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Some of the topics that will provide you with revelation, breakthrough knowledge and wisdom of the Holy Scriptures: A comprehensive summary of our Creator's plan for humanity from creation to His esta...
Author: Berger, Peter Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Leading religious and cultural commentator, Peter Berger, explores how and what we can believe in modern times. Deals clearly with questions such as ‘Does God exist? What was so special about Je...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This volume, which fills a gap in the current literature, will be essential reading for third-year undergraduates and above in Biblical studies.
Author: McGrath, Alister E. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Reformation Thought, 4th edition offers an ideal introduction to the central ideas of the European reformations for students of theology and history. Written by the bestselling author and renowned the...
Author: McGrath, Alister E. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Reformation Thought, 4th edition offers an ideal introduction to the central ideas of the European reformations for students of theology and history. Written by the bestselling author and renowned the...
Author: Renwick, John Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Death by drowning or being burned at the stake. In the days of the Reformation, many Christians suffered this horrible fate. What was their crime? Simply being baptised, immersed into Christ as believ...
Description: This book offers a fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide to religion in Britain since 1945. A team of leading scholars provide a fresh analysis and overview, with a particular focus on diversity an...
Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book offers a fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide to religion in Britain since 1945. A team of leading scholars provide a fresh analysis and overview, with a particular focus on diversity an...
Description: This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth survey of contemporary religious practices in China. It explains how recent economic reforms and concurrent relaxation of religious polices have created ...
Author: Farnsley, Arthur E., II Publisher: Indiana University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This study of the religious landscape of Indianapolis - the summative volume of the Lilly Endowment's Project on Religion and Urban Culture conducted by the Polis Center at IUPUI - aims to understand ...
Author: Berry, Thomas Publisher: Perseus Books, LLC Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A leading scholar, cultural historian, and Catholic priest who spent more than fifty years writing about our engagement with the Earth, Thomas Berry possessed prophetic insight into the rampant destru...
