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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.
A Deadly Misunderstanding
Quest to Bridges the Muslim/Christian Divide
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Former Congressman and Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Mark D. Siljander takes us on an eye-opening journey of personal, religious, and political discovery. In the 1980s, Siljander was a newly minted Reagan Republican from Michigan who joined Congress in the same generation as Newt Gingrich...
by Yogi Ramacharaka
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
A fascinating look at the life of Jesus Christ from a 'mystical' viewpoint, written by 'Yogi Ramacharaka', one of the many pseudonyms of author, occultist and New Thought movementist William Walker Atkinson.
by Margaret Starbird
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2005
An in-depth investigation of the facts and mythology surrounding the historical Mary Magdalene
• Reveals new details about the life of the beloved of Jesus
• Illustrated with rare and unusual imagery depicting Mary’s central role in Christianity
• By the author of the...
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...
Putting Away Childish Things
A Tale of Modern Faith
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
“We all know that Marcus Borg is a gifted teacher, biblical scholar, and writer of nonfiction, but it turns out that he’s a master storyteller, too.”
— Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity
Bestselling author, Bible scholar, and theologian Marcus Borg (Meeting Jesus...
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...
The Heart of Christianity
Rediscovering a Life of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith.
For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for...
How Jesus Became God
The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.
The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed...
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,...
by H. M. Gwatkin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "Christian Church and the word church are used to denote both a Christian association of people and a place of worship. The word church is usually, but not exclusively, associated with Christianity. The term means something quite different for each religious institution that sees...
The Origins of Proslavery Christianity
White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
In the colonial and antebellum South, black and white evangelicals frequently prayed, sang, and worshipped together. Even though white evangelicals claimed spiritual fellowship with those of African descent, they nonetheless emerged as the most effective defenders of race-based slavery.
As...