1,010円 St George’s Day has become a popular celebration and topic of debate. But who was St George? How did this Palestinian martyr become England’s patron saint and an icon of English culture? And what is his relevance for today’s secular, multicultural England? In this richly-illustrated survey, Oxfor...

164円 J. A. Wylie (1808-1890) is considered by many to be one of the best religious historians of all time. While he penned many books during his lifetime, he is undoubtedly best known for this collection, The History of Protestantism. Originally published as 24 books in 1878, this series is available ...

164円 Martin Luther and John Calvin were in total agreement on one thing: the need for reform in the Catholic Church. But the two and their followers had substantial disagreements over their own doctrines. Enter the Heidelberg Catechism. One of the most important works of the Reformed Church today, the...

496円 Pagan Regeneration A Study of Mystery Initiations in the Graeco-Roman World BY Harold R. Willoughby "According to Harold Willoughby in Pagan Regeneration, the festival of Theoinia was celebrated by those families who were believed to be direct descendents of Dionysos' original followers, in whose...

1,867円 The Bavarian village of Oberammergau has staged the trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ nearly every decade since 1634. Each production of the Passion Play attracts hundreds of thousands, many drawn by the spiritual benefits it promises. Yet Hitler called it a convincing portrayal of t...

164円 An ecumenical council (or oecumenical council; also general council) is a conference of the bishops of the whole Christian Church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice. The word derives from the Greek language "οκουμένη", which literally means "the inhabited world...

1,549円 Glauben in heutiger Zeit - Anregungen zur Auseinandersetzung - Ein Plädoyer, das Wagnis des Glaubens einzugehen - Kraft schöpfen aus einem Glauben, der den Verhältnissen unserer modernen Welt entspricht

4,637円 Focusing on cemetery burials in late-eighteenth-century Mexico, Alone Before God provides a window onto the contested origins of modernity in Mexico. By investigating the religious and political debates surrounding the initiative to transfer the burials of prominent citizens from urban to suburba...

4,503円 Black churches in America have long been recognized as the most independent, stable, and dominant institutions in black communities. In The Black Church in the African American Experience, based on a ten-year study, is the largest nongovernmental study of urban and rural churches ever undertaken ...

3,708円 A distinguished group of authors here illuminate a broad spectrum of themes in the history of biblical interpretation. Originally published in 1990, these essays take as their common ground the thesis that the intellectual and religious life of the sixteenth century cannot be understood without a...

6,626円 Analyzing the extensive data gathered by the Public Influences of African American Churches project, which surveyed nearly two thousand churches across the country, Long March Ahead assesses the public policy activism of black churches since the civil rights movement. Social scientists and clergy...

661円 This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS THE HUGUENOTS IN FRANCE AFTER THE REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES. PREFACE INTRODUCTION REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES EFFECTS OF THE REVOCATIONーCHURCH IN THE DESERT CLAUDE BROUSSON, THE HUGUENOT ADVOC...