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Constantine

Roman Emperor, Christian Victor

by Paul Stephenson
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010

"By this sign conquer." So began the reign of Constantine. In 312 A.D. a cross appeared in the sky above his army as he marched on Rome. In answer, Constantine bade his soldiers to inscribe the cross on their shield, and so fortified, they drove their rivals into the Tiber and claimed Rome...
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Out of the Storm

The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther

by Derek Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008

"Scores highly in thoroughness, clarity, and human sympathy. If you want a model of how to defy uncomprehending power . . . or a model of how to laugh at the Devil, Wilson has provided a reliable guide as to how Luther did it." ---Sunday Telegraph (UK) Martin Luther changed...
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Exodus

A Memoir

by Deborah Feldman
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014

The author of the explosive New York Times-bestselling memoir Unorthodox chronicles her continuing journey as a single mother, an independent woman, and a religious refugee.   In 2009, at the age of twenty-three, Deborah Feldman walked away from the rampant oppression, abuse, and isolation of her...
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by Fr. John Julian
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009

The most engaging and complete collection available of this 14th century English mystic The Revelations of Julian of Norwich is the first book written in English by a woman – in this case, by a 14th century recluse who recounts the poignant, subtle, and radical insights granted to her in sixteen...
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by Joel C. Rosenberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

A collection of the following titles: The Twelfth Imam, The Tehran Initiative, and Damascus Countdown. The Twelfth Imam: As the apocalyptic leaders of Iran call for the annihilation of Israel and the U.S., CIA operative David Shirazi is sent into Tehran with one objective: use all means necessary...
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by Roger Lundin
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2004

Garnering awards from Choice, Christianity Today, Books & Culture, and the Conference on Christianity and Literature when first published in 1998, Roger Lundin's Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief has been widely recognized as one of the finest biographies of the great American poet Emily Dickinson....
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An Intimate Chronicle

The Journals of William Clayton

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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1995

William Clayton is best remembered today for his hymns, especially “Come, Come Ye Saints.” But as one of the earliest Latter-day Saint scribes, he made intellectual as well as artistic contributions to his church, and his records have been silently incorporated into official Mormon scripture and...
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by Aaron Merritt Hills
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013

From the preface: This sketch of Dr. Bresee’s life was written by request of the publishers. Why they asked me to write it I do not know. Of course I had constantly to draw upon the biography of this noble man, written by his intimate and much loved friend Rev. E. A. Girvin. That is a great book,...
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The Salem Belle

A Tale of 1692

by Ebenezer Wheelwright
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016

The Salem Belle is a historical novel, a tale of vengeance and superstition set against the Salem witchcraft tragedy of 1692. Rejected by the beautiful Mary—“the Salem belle”—the bitter Trellison accuses her of witchcraft, mistakenly thinking himself motivated by religious faith. She is quickly...
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Parson Henry Renfro

Free Thinking on the Texas Frontier

by William C. Griggs
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014

The years following the Texas Revolution held even more turbulent events as diverse droves of pioneers crossed the Sabine and Red Rivers to start new lives in Texas. Early Texas society contended with religious issues, family life in a rugged environment, and the Civil War. This cultural history was...
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by Hillel Halkin
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010

Part of the Jewish Encounter series A masterly biography of Yehuda Halevi, one of the greatest of Hebrew poets and a shining example of the synthesis of religion and culture that defined the golden age of medieval Spanish Jewry.   Like Maimonides, with whom he contrasts sharply, Yehuda Halevi...
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by Jerry Rabbow
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002

It is a little known fact that there have been more than fifty prominent Jewish Messiahs. These characters, though unrenowned today, inspired messianic fervour that at times seized the whole Jewish, Christian, Muslim and even secular worlds. The stories of these fifty Messiahs, both male and female,...
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Modern Art and the Life of a Culture

The Religious Impulses of Modernism

by Jonathan A. Anderson, William A. Dyrness
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016

Modern Art and the Death of a Culture
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Hitchens vs. Blair: Be It Resolved Religion Is a Force for Good in the World

Be It Resolved Religion Is a Force for Good in the World

by Christopher Hitchens, Tony Blair
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011

Intellectual juggernaut and staunch atheist Christopher Hitchens goes head-to-head with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, one of the Western world's most openly devout political leaders, on the highly charged topic of religion. Few world leaders have had a greater hand in shaping current events...
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