History of religion Books

Recent debates about the definition of national identities in Britain, along with discussions on the secularisation of Western societies, have brought to light the importance of a historical approach to the notion of Britishness and religion. This book...

This book explores one of the most significant medieval saints' cults, that of St. Maurus, the first known disciple of Saint Benedict. Despite the centrality of this story to the myth of medieval Benedictine culture, no major scholarly work has been...

George Lindbeck lamented that his most widely read work, The Nature of Doctrine, had often been read apart from his ecumenical focus. In this book, Shaun Brown seeks to provide a corrective to misreadings of Lindbeck's work by focusing upon his...

The study of religion by the humanities and social sciences has become receptive for an evolutionary perspective. Some proposals model the evolution of religion in Darwinian terms, or construct a synergy between biological and non-Darwinian processes...

This book highlights the pivotal roles of individuals in England's complex sixteenth-century reformations. While many historians study broad themes, such as religious moderation, this volume is centred on the perspective that great changes are instigated...

In this book, Paul Crittenden offers a critical guide to the problematic origins of biblical teaching about the afterlife and the way in which it was subsequently developed by Church authorities and theologians-Origen, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas in...

This edited collection brings together varying angles and approaches to tackle the multi-dimensional issue of anti-Catholicism since the Protestant Reformation in Britain and Ireland. It is of course difficult to infer from such geographically...

This book examines the effects of Jewish conversions to Christianity in late medieval Spanish society. Ingram focuses on these converts and their descendants (known as conversos) not as Judaizers, but as Christian humanists, mystics and evangelists, who...

This book uses Pseudo-Dionysius and his mystic theology to explore attitudes and beliefs about images in the early medieval West and Byzantium. Composed in the early sixth century, the Corpus Dionysiacum, the collection of texts transmitted under the...

Have you ever wanted accessible introductions to the key figures and periods of Christian history?Faith in the Byzantine World For many people the Byzantine world is an intriguing mystery. Here, Mary Cunningham presents readers with an ideal guide...

In the first decades after Christ a small movement from the Middle East rapidly grew to become an empire-wide phenomenon. Soon there were established Christian communities spreading from Jerusalem to Rome, all grappling with the same issue: how to live...

How did Christianity come to have such an extraordinary influence upon Europe? Gillian R. Evans’ The History of Christian Europe offers a fascinating portrayal of the development and spread of Christianity in the context of over 2,000...

L'Origine, avec un O majuscule, est l'Origine de chacun de nous, de tous, de tout : du ciel et de la terre, de leurs contenants et de leurs contenus ! Que nous soyons croyants ou athées, nos pensées, au moins une fois, se sont dirigées vers cette Origine...

In this work, Patrick Whitworth explores the writings of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory Nazianzen and shares their understanding of the purpose and scope of theology.

Published to mark the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. For the past five hundred years God has been pouring out His Spirit, to reform and to revive His Church. Reformation to Revival traces the Divine thread of God's power from Martin Luther of...

The Qur'anic sura (chapter) of Joseph deals almost entirely with the story of this noble Prophet, his brothers, and their father Prophet Jacob. Since the revelation of the Qur'an fourteen centuries ago, there have been numerous attempts to interpret this...

The books of Samuel and Kings were originally combined into a single volume known as "The Books of the Kingdom". This first study in a two-part series explores why these texts bear Samuel's name, even though David is the central figure.Lance begins by...

Despite all scientific doubts regarding Acts, Luke's writing was and still is an extremely important source for understanding the man who contributed the most (directly or indirectly) to the canon of the New Testament. Luke is the first (known to us)...

The Complete Gospels is the first publication ever to collect the canonical gospels and their extracanonical counterpoints under one cover. The selected extracanonical gospels date from the first and second centuries, are independent of the canonical g

Although Christianity's precise influence on the Holocaust cannot be determined and the Christian churches did not themselves perpetrate the Final Solution, Robert Michael argues in Holy Hatred that the two millennia of Christian ideas and prejudices and...

Turn the Pulpit Loose features the lives and words of eighteen women evangelists including Sojourner Truth and Evangeline Booth, and lesser-known figures such as Jarena Lee (an African Methodist from the early 1800s) and Uldine Utley (a child evangelist...

Connected Places examines the words and actions of people who live in regions in the state of Maharashtra in western India to illustrate the idea that regions are not only created by humans, but given meaning through religious practices. By exploring the...

In this collection, contributors argue that the Black Church must begin to address the significance of sexuality if it is to actually present liberation as a mode of existence that fully appreciates the body. According to the contributors, the Black...

Not what you expect. This look inside a first-century meeting will make you rethink what (or who?) the church really is."From a religious point of view the whole meeting left a lot to be desired. What had happened contained scarcely anything...

No study of the Jewish Question is complete without a detailed look at the document known as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. As mysterious as it is notorious, it has been called the most influential piece of anti-Semitic literature in...

One God, Two Traditions If you've ever wondered how Judaism transitioned to Christianity, this book is for you! You probably know that Christians and Jews have the same God and Abraham is our common forefather. This engaging examination is...

Ancient Vedic India was a land where knowledge and wisdom were revered as the greatest wealth. There intellectual Brahmins, sagely Rishis, and equipoised Munis were honored for their incomparable knowledge. At a time when writing was not well developed,...

Is the revival that God initiated on college campuses early in 2023 the beginning of the next Great Awakening?Shouldn't we get some idea of the flow of past revivals to prepare ourselves for what's next?This book continues the narrative of the advance of...

This book is the definitive demographic study of German Jewry from the age of Napoleon to the tie of Hitler. With exquisite details and vast range, Steven Lowenstein details the impact of industrialization and urbanization, medical care and birth...

Practical messages with amazing insights! This book contains six spoken messages given by this martyred Christian missionary before he left for the mission field in Ecuador. They were transcribed from a wire recorder, a forerunner of the magnetic tape...

The Saint's Everlasting Rest ;A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Heaven by Richard Baxter has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have...

Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and TimesA sketch of the church and the empire in the fourth century by W. R. W. Stephens has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken...

Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England by G. W. Foote has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in...

Saint Athanasius, the Father of Orthodoxy by F. A. Forbes has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a...

Cases Of Organic Diseases Of The Heart is a medical book written by John C. Warren, which focuses on describing the various types of heart diseases that can be caused by organic factors, such as structural abnormalities or damage to the heart muscle. The...

The Millennium, and Other Poems; To Which is Annexed, a Treatise on the Regeneration and Eternal Duration of Matter by Parley P. Pratt has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we...

Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs by Paul Gerhardt has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a...

La doctrine de l'Islam by Bernard Carra de Vaux a été considéré comme un travail important tout au long de l'histoire humaine, et afin de garantir que ce travail ne soit jamais perdu, nous avons pris des mesures pour assurer sa préservation en republiant...

Du Diable à Dieu : Histoire d'une conversion by Adolphe Retté a été considéré comme un travail important tout au long de l'histoire humaine, et afin de garantir que ce travail ne soit jamais perdu, nous avons pris des mesures pour assurer sa préservation...

Lucy Raymond; Or, The Children's Watchword by Agnes Maule Machar has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this...

Luther and the Reformation by Joseph Augustus Seiss has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a...

Luther Examined and Reexamined; A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. Dau has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure...

Lydia Knight's History by Susa Young Gates has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary...

Lydia Knight's History; The First Book of the Noble Women's Lives by Susa Young Gates has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by...

Love to the Uttermost ,Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by F. B. Meyer has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this...

Luther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers by Harald Ulrik Sverdrup has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by...