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Jesus after the Crucifixion
From Jerusalem to Rennes-le-Château
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2007
Suggests that Jesus survived the crucifixion, went to Egypt, then settled in France
• Reveals new discoveries that show the beginnings of Christianity in Egypt
• Presents historical and archaeological research that proves a connection between Jerusalem, Egypt, and Rennes-le-Château...
The Mysteries of Mithras
The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2005
An overview of Mithraism, the ancient Roman mystery religion popular in the Roman Legions
• Provides a comprehensive history of Mithraism, including its influence on Christianity and Islam
• Includes rituals, meditations, and teaching tales for readers who wish to follow the Mithraic...
Living the Questions
The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Ministers David Felten and Jeff Procter-Murphy, along with an all-star cast of Bible scholars and top church teachers, provide a primer to a church movement that encourages every Christian to “live the questions” instead of “forcing the answers.” Based on the bestselling DVD course of the...
The Islamic Jesus
How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
“A welcome expansion of the fragile territory known as common ground.” —The New York Times
When Reza Aslan’s bestseller Zealot came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn’t addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of The...
by Paul Harvey
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
The history of race and religion in the American South is infused with tragedy, survival, and water—from St. Augustine on the shores of Florida’s Atlantic Coast to the swampy mire of Jamestown to the floodwaters that nearly destroyed New Orleans. Determination, resistance, survival, even transcendence,...
Monks, the Pope, and the Origins of the Crusades
A Selection from Christianity (Penguin Tracks)
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
A fascinating history of the growth in monastic and papal power that preceded the Crusades—excerpted from Diarmaid MacCulloch’s award-winning New York Times bestseller, Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years.
A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid...
The Story of Christianity
A History of 2000 Years of the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
In The Story of Christianity, acclaimed theologian David Bentley Hart provides a sweeping and informative portrait of a faith that has shaped the western world and beyond for over 2,000 years.
From the persecutions of the early church to the papal-imperial conflicts of the Middle Ages, from...
The Closing of the Western Mind
The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine’s adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization.
When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course...
When Our World Became Christian
312 - 394
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three...
by J. M. Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
An attempt to write the history of Christianity in the space of an average novel is so obviously open to objections that, instead of trying to parry them, I will merely state what seems to me the possible compensation of brevity in such a matter. It is or may be conducive to total comprehension, to coherence...
Forbidden Religion
Suppressed Heresies of the West
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2006
Reveals the thread that unites the spiritual paths that have opposed orthodox religion over the centuries and the challenge they provide to the status quo
• Contains 40 essays by 18 key investigators of heresies and suppressed spiritual traditions, including Steven Sora, Ian Lawton, Jeff...
The Three Apologies of G.K. Chesterton
Heretics, Orthodoxy & The Everlasting Man
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
The three great apologies of G.K. Chesterton in one volume: Heretics, Orthodoxy & The Everlasting Man.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton has become synonymous with modern Christian apologetics. But his impact goes beyond just those interested in a defense of Christian thought. His writings...
by H.G. Wells
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This book sets out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. That belief is not orthodox Christianity; it is not, indeed, Christianity at all; its core nevertheless is a profound belief in a personal and intimate God. There is nothing in its statements that need shock or...
The Criminalization of Christianity
Read This Book Before It Becomes Illegal!
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
There is a war going on for the future of our country. Most people know that. What they may not know is that if Christians lose, the result won’t merely be enduring public policy we disagree with—it will be a prison sentence for those who oppose it. We’ve all seen the attack coming. First the...