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Lisa Bitel uses the history of two unique holy women--Genovefa of Paris (ca. 420-509) and Brigit of Kildare (ca.452-524)--to reveal how ordinary Europeans lived through Christianization at the dawn of the Middle Ages. Most converts did not have a sudden epiphany, Bitel argues. Instead they learned...

This title, first published in 1985, contains two of Thomas Ball Barratt’s influential works; In the Days of the Latter Rain and When the Fire Fell and an Outline of My Life. T. B. Barratt was a British-born Norwegian pastor and one of the founding figures of the Pentecostal movement in Europe....

This collection originally published in 1985. This volume contains two of Charles F. Parham’s influential works; A Voice Crying in the Wilderness and Everlasting Gospel. Charles F. Parham was an American preacher and evangelist, and was one of the two central figures in the development of the early...

The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century’s dramatic religious and political changes, when heated...

The gospel of Christ is the most important message in the history of the world. Mankind cannot survive to its highest potential in the absence of the gospel. At the heart of that gospel are the incarnation of Jesus Christ and the crucifixion of Christ. His birth is one of the most significant...

Long before the cold winter at Valley Forge, to the bleak grayness of 9-11, there have been many times when it seemed all hope was lost. Woven throughout the history of America, an unbreakable strand of hope has pulled us through. The Strand of Hope began long ago, and Ruth Cooper not only identifies...

In Reforming Saints, David J. Collins explains how and why Renaissance humanists composed Latin hagiography in Germany in the decades leading up to the Reformation. Contrary to the traditional wisdom, Collins's research uncovers a resurgence in the composition of saints' lives in the half century...

This book contains a collection of 13 essays from leading scholars on the relationship between passionate emotions and moral advancement in Greek and Roman thought.  Recognising that emotions played a key role in whether individuals lived happily, ancient philosophers extensively discussed...

To study the interactions between Muslims and Christians in the medieval period is to observe a history of conflict and co-existence encompassing warfare, piracy, and raiding as well as commerce, intellectual exchanges, and personal relationships that transcended religious differences. With particular...

Alice M. Hodgkin was a late 19th century and early 20th century writer who wrote on all sorts of religious topics, including this work. From the preface: "ON the glorious resurrection morning Mary went to seek for Jesus. She sought Him in the tomb, but He stood beside her. She thought...

A detailed consideration of the history of racing in British culture and society and an exploration of the cultural world of racing during the inter-war years. It shows how racing's pleasures were enjoyed even by the supposedly respectable middle classes

Pagan Regeneration A Study of Mystery Initiations in the Graeco-Roman World BY Harold R. Willoughby "According to Harold Willoughby in Pagan Regeneration, the festival of Theoinia was celebrated by those families who were believed to be direct descendents of Dionysos' original followers,...

Edwin A. Abbott was a well-known 19th century theologian who wrote both novels and religious works about the history of Christianity. This is one of his most famous works.

Edwin A. Abbott was a well-known 19th century theologian who wrote both novels and religious works about the history of Christianity. This is one of his most famous works.