Church category: 10276 books
Founding Faith
Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2008
The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation.” Many on the left contend that the Founders were secular or Deist and that the First Amendment was designed...
Galileo in Rome
The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science and religion. Today, we tend to see this event in black and white--Galileo all white, the Church all black. Galileo in Rome presents a much more nuanced account of Galileo's relationship with Rome. The...
The Pope and Mussolini
The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI’s secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years...
The Religious Roots of the First Amendment
Dissenting Protestants and the Separation of Church and State
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Traditional understandings of the genesis of the separation of church and state rest on assumptions about "Enlightenment" and the republican ethos of citizenship. In The Religious Roots of the First Amendment, Nicholas P. Miller does not seek to dislodge that interpretation but to augment...
Embassy, Emigrants and Englishmen
The Three Hundred Year History of a Russian Orthodox Church in London
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
This is the unlikely history of a centuries old church located at the heart of England’s capital city. Founded in the early-18th century by a Greek Archbishop from Alexandria in Egypt, the church was aided by the nascent Russian Empire of Tsar Peter the Great and joined by Englishmen finding in...
by Joseph Stanley
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
After two thousand years of tradition, can the Catholic Church really change? Flash forward a hundred years into the future and enter a world full of possibilities. Joseph Stanley explores the possibilities of what could be. A hopeful look into the future, this book is a must read for anyone who has...
by Edwin Walhout
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
What role does the Christian church play in human history? If you take the sovereignty of God seriously, what role should the church play? Here is an interpretive survey of church history that attempts to answer those questions. It’s written for serious Christians who may be just a little uncertain about church.
by Pope Benedict XVI
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
"Let us now devote our attention to the Apostolic Fathers; that is, to the first and second generations in the Church subsequent to the Apostles. And thus, we can see where the Church's journey begins in history." -- Pope Benedict XVIThe Fathers of the Church exhorted believers in the face of...
by St. Augustine
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Augustine of Hippo (November 13, 354 August 28, 430), also known as St. Augustine, was Bishop of Hippo Regius. He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province. His writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity. According to his contemporary,...
by George E. Demacopoulos
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2006
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 celebration of the sacraments? Or should they...
by John Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
An Excellent Resource for Black History Month...OVER TWO HUNDRED ENTRIES from more than seventy African-Americans.Among those whose writings or quotations are included:- Richard Allen - Martin Luther King III- George Washington Carver -...
All the Pope's Men
The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A fascinating and enlightening look at the world’s oldest and most mysterious institution, written by an American journalist with unparalleled knowledge about the Vatican's past and present.
The sexual abuse scandals that shook American and British Catholicism in 2002 brought to light a long-standing...
Font of Life
Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
No two men were more influential in the early Church than Ambrose, the powerful Bishop of Milan, and Augustine, the philosopher from provincial Africa who would write The Confessions and The City of God. Different in background, they were also extraordinarily different in personality. In Font of Life,...
Quitting Church
Why the Faithful Are Fleeing
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
“Every pastor should read this. . . . Every believer who has ever despaired of church, been tempted to quit, or struggled with guilt over leaving should, too” (Rod Dreher).
Americans still believe in God, but they are leaving the church in record numbers. Why are the faithful fleeing? Julia...