Church History category: 3031 books
by Mark David Hall
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
One of leading figures of his day, Roger Sherman was a member of the five-man committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and an influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention. As a Representative and Senator in the new republic, he had a hand in determining the proper scope of the...
by Nancy Koester
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The history of Christianity in the United States is a fascinating and lively story. In this revised and expanded account, Nancy Koester introduces students to the major events and movements that influenced the tradition.
This comprehensive and highly accessible overview of Christian history...
The Catholics
The Church and its People in Britain and Ireland, from the Reformation to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history – 'A first-class storyteller' The Times
Throughout the three hundred years that followed the Act of Supremacy – which, by making Henry VIII head of the Church, confirmed in law...
The "Book of Common Prayer"
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible...
Reformation Divided
Catholics, Protestants and the Conversion of England
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the events of 1517, Reformation Divided explores the impact in England of the cataclysmic transformations of European Christianity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The religious revolution initiated by Martin Luther is usually referred to as 'The...
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...
The Invention of Peter
Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
On the first anniversary of his election to the papacy, Leo the Great stood before the assembly of bishops convening in Rome and forcefully asserted his privileged position as the heir of Peter the Apostle. This declaration marked the beginning of a powerful tradition: the Bishop of Rome would henceforth...
The Masks of Christ
Behind the Lies and Cover-ups About the Life of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
From the gnostic gospels to the Nativity, religious mythology immortalized Jesus -- his personality, his actions, his words -- but what if they didn't tell the truth?
Although an entire religion is based on his teachings, Jesus himself did not record any written accounts of his life or faith....
Southern Cross
The Beginnings of the Bible Belt
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
In an astonishing history, a work of strikingly original research and interpretation, Heyrman shows how the evangelical Protestants of the late-18th century affronted the Southern Baptist majority of the day, not only by their opposition to slaveholding, war, and class privilege, but also by their...
The First Great Awakening in Colonial American Newspapers
A Shifting Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Gathering the attention and excitement of American colonists from Boston to Charleston, the religious revival of the 1740s traditionally known as the First Great Awakening provided colonial newspaper printers with their first story of transcolonial importance. At the time of the Awakening, American...
Becoming Anabaptist
The Origin and Significance of Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
When Becoming Anabaptist appeared in 1987, it was the first major study to incorporate the new history of multiple beginnings and a diverse Anabaptism into a synthesis of meanings for the late 20th century. J. Denny Weaver's attempt was welcomed and widely acclaimed by scholars and by church leaders...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
From the Founding Fathers through the present, Christianity has exercised powerful influence in the United States—from its role in shaping politics and social institutions to its hand in inspiring art and culture. The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States outlines the myriad roles Christianity...
Voices of the Martyrs
AD33 – Today
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
What would you do for the cross of Christ?
For two thousand years, Christians have courageously triumphed over beatings, stonings, burnings, wild beasts, and every form of evil to boldly proclaim one truth: the name of Jesus.
Voices of the Martyrs AD 33 – Today is their story and your...