General Christianity category: 9124 books
Jesus Before the Gospels
How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral tradition and its role in shaping the stories about Jesus we encounter in the New Testament—and ultimately in our understanding of Christianity.
Throughout...
by J.B. Lightfoot
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Classic work in defense of Christianity, first published in 1889. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Barber Lightfoot (13 April 1828 21 December 1889) was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot.
Convictions
How I Learned What Matters Most
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
On the occasion of his seventieth birthday, the renowned scholar Marcus J. Borg shares how he formed his bedrock religious beliefs, contending that Christians in America are at their best when they focus on hope and transformation and so shows how we can return to what really matters most. The result...
Great Emergence, The
How Christianity Is Changing and Why
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
E
very five hundred years, the church cleans out its attic and has a giant rummage sale. Well, not exactly. But according to Phyllis Tickle, this is an accurate summary of the church's massive transitions over time. According to the pattern, we are living in such a time of change right now. Tickle...
by John Shelby Spong
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
In Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World, bishop and social activist John Shelby Spong argues that 200 years of biblical scholarship has been withheld from lay Christians. In this brilliant follow-up to Spong’s previous books Eternal Life and Jesus for the Non-Religious, Spong not only...
With Or Without God
Why the Way We Live is More Important Than What We Believe
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Envisioning a future in which the Christian church plays a viable and transformative role in shaping society, Gretta Vosper argues that if the church is to survive at all, the heart of faith must undergo a radical change. Vosper, founder of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity and a minister...
When Jesus Became God
The Epic Fight over Christ's Divinity in the Last Days of Rome
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
“[A] panoramic view of early Christianity as it developed against the backdrop of the Roman Empire of the fourth century” (Publishers Weekly).
The story of Jesus is well known, as is the story of Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire. The history of fervent debate, civil strife,...
The World's Last Night
And Other Essays
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
A repackaged edition of the revered author’s anthology of satirical yet serious essays on evil.
In these spirited essays, C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters,...
by Edwin Walhout
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2010
Basic Biblical theology with critical examinations of its history. See also the more philosophical companion volume, Christianity Down To Earth.
by Dr Clement T DeWall
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
About the book’s title: Forgive 70 X 7 Our Forgotten Power":In 1998 DeWall published a work called “Escaping the Mental Straightjacket: Personal Experience As Our Spiritual Guide.” His purpose was to encourage the reader to think for oneself and recognize the many ways in which society...
The Secret Teachings of Mary Magdalene
Including the Lost Verses of The Gospel of Mary, Revealed and Published for the First Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Discovered in fragments in Egypt in 1945, The Gospel of Mary remains one of the most controversial texts of early Christianity. This translation of Mary’s teachings, from the original Greek and Coptic, offers a unique new perspective: authors Claire Nahmad and Margaret Bailey utilized "inner...
by Saint Augustine
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Written by St. Augustine late in his life with the intention of supplying the Roamn layman with a comprehensive exposition of the basic teachings of Christianity.
by John Shelby Spong
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern, scholarly and authentic Christianity, argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literary, interpretive...
Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity
The Nature of Christian Leadership in an Age of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop—as the highest Church official in his city—from model Christian to model citizen. Claudia Rapp's exceptionally...