1,126円 This introduction presents Martin Luther as historians now see him. Instead of singling him out as a modern hero, the book emphasizes the context in which Luther worked, the colleagues who supported him, and the opponents who adamantly opposed his agenda for change. Scott H. Hendrix explains the ...

4,245円 Long before today’s culture wars, the “Third Great Awakening” rocked America. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, evangelists such as Dwight L. Moody and Billy Sunday roused citizens to renounce sin as it manifested in popular culture, moral ambiguity, and the changing role ...

1,326円 New, different readings of church history are finally reflecting Christianity’s deep roots in every culture worldwide. González listens to voices from centers other than the North Atlantic to help us see a different perspective of church historyーa global story that includes those previously marg...

662円 The work signifies some basic rules for the solitary ladies inhabiting the cells of a convent. Morton sheds light on the lifestyles and occupations of nuns. Admitting that such a life is a hard one to follow he asserts that the love of Christ will enable one to carry on the hard schedule.

1,122円 This guide to the Episcopal Church offers a readers an introduction to the rich history and lore attached to the church. The author also explores the government of the church and the customs which make up the day to day services, including doctrine, symbolism and vestments. Many of the earliest b...

9,285円 Reading the New Testament offers an exciting and contemporary approach to New Testament Studies, which have changed dramatically in the past thirty years. James Crossley combines an introduction to traditional methods of source, form and social-scientific criticism with postcolonial, gender and p...

3,222円 This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests thr...

1,480円 A comprehensive study – recently updated for the eBook edition – which introduces the reader to the vigour and variety of the fourth century AD. After being beset by invasion, civil war and internal difficulties for a century, the Roman Empire that Diocletian inherited in AD 284 desperately neede...

1,709円 In December 1945, two Egyptian fellahin, digging for natural fertilizer in the Nile River valley unearthed a sealed storage jar. The jar proved to hold treasure of an unexpected sort: a collection of some fifty-two ancient manuscripts, most of which reflect the teachings of a mystical religious m...

2,512円 Explores the history and religion of the Jews in the late Second Temple and early rabbinic era, emphasizing those aspects of early Judaism that are significant to Christians seeking to understand the context in which Jesus lived and taught.

2,247円 A collection of presentations from the Vatican II Conference, A Universal Call to Holiness, held at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT. Seven of the presentations are based on the seven speeches given by several cardinals at the conclusion of the council on December 8, 1965.

1,659円 An introduction to the sayings, lives, stories, and spirituality of women in the postbiblical, early Christian movement.