Church History category: 3031 books
by Wylie, James A.
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
This book the Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber, is Illustrated and has a linked table of contents.
From the author:
"I did not go to Rome to seek for condemnatory matter against the Pope's government. Had this been my only object, I should not have deemed it necessary...
The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen
Volume III
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2004
This is the third and final volume of the complete annotated correspondence of the extraordinary nun, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). One of the most remarkable women of her day, Hildegard was, for more than 30 years, an unflinching advisor and correspondent of all levels of church and society, from...
Post-Holocaust Jewish–Christian Dialogue
After the Flood, before the Rainbow
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
This volume sheds light on the transformed post-Holocaust relationship between Catholics and Jews. Once implacable theological foes, the two traditions have travelled a great distance in coming to view the other with respect and dignity. Responding to the horrors of Auschwitz, the Catholic Church...
Warriors of God
Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Acclaimed author James Reston, Jr.'s Warriors of Godis the rich and engaging account of the Third Crusade (1187-1192), a conflict that would shape world history for centuries and which can still be felt in the Middle East and throughout the world today. James Reston, Jr. offers a gripping narrative...
The Decline of Established Christianity in the Western World
Interpretations and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
While Church attendance in the West is often cited as being in decline, it is argued that this applies primarily to the older established forms of Christianity. Other expressions of the faith are, in fact, stable or even growing. This volume provides multidisciplinary interpretations of and responses...
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene
Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity—yet, if you look in the Bible, you’ll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer that question, Cynthia...
European Magic and Witchcraft
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Magic, witches, and demons have drawn interest and fear throughout human history. In this comprehensive primary source reader, Martha Rampton traces the history of our fascination with magic and witchcraft from the first through to the seventeenth century. In over 80 readings presented chronologically,...
A to Z of the Knights Templar
A Guide to Their History and Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
The Templars were some of the best equipped and disciplined fighting units of the Crusades, but although they disappeared after a swift and vicious campaign against them, their name lives on. This invaluable reference work provides access to the historical fact behind the legends and conspiracy theories....
by James Aitken Wylie
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
J. A. Wylie (1808-1890) is considered by many to be one of the best religious historians of all time. While he penned many books during his lifetime, he is undoubtedly best known for this collection, The History of Protestantism.
Originally published as 24 books in 1878, this series is available...
Born of Conviction
White Methodists and Mississippi's Closed Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters' Nonfiction Award The dominant narrative of the role of white citizens and the white church in Mississippi's civil rights era focuses on their intense resistance to change. The "Born of Conviction" statement, signed by twenty-eight...
The Secrets of Judas
The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The discovery of a previously lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot has electrified the Christian community. What Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John tell us about Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is inconsistent and biased. Therefore, the revelation of an ancient gospel that portrays this despised man as...
by R. S. Sugirtharajah
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Reconstructions of Jesus occurred in Asia long before the Western search for the historical Jesus began in earnest. This enterprise sprang up in seventh-century China and seventeenth-century India, encouraged by the patronage and openness of the Chinese and Indian imperial courts. While the Western...
Mission at Nuremberg
An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Mission at Nuremberg is Tim Townsend’s gripping story of the American Army chaplain sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, a compelling and thought-provoking tale that raises questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, salvation, and the essence of humanity.
Lutheran...
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion
Reassessing the History of an Idea
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2015
Ever since John Winthrop told his fellow colonists in 1630 that they were about to establish a City upon a Hill, the idea of having a special place in history has captured the American imagination. Through centuries of crises and opportunities, many have taken up this theme to inspire the nation....