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When Martin Luther nailed 95 criticisms of the Catholic Church to the door of his local church in 1517 he sparked not just a religious Reformation, but an unending cycle of political, social and eco……続きを見る

This book is the first cultural history of papal authority in late antiquity. While most traditional histories posit a 'rise of the papacy' and examine popes as politicians, theologians and civic le……続きを見る

This collection brings together two flourishing areas of medieval scholarship: gender and religion. It examines gender-specific religious practices and contends that the pursuit of holiness can dest……続きを見る

Pascal's Pensees By Blaise Pascal.INTRODUCTION BY T. S. ELIOT. Published 1958 by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. Pascal's Pensees represented a defense of the Christian religion by Blaise Pascal, the renow……続きを見る

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. ……続きを見る

Understand the religion behind the headlines. Do you want to understand the world’s fastest-growing religion? Are you interested in knowing who Muhammad was and why he had such as lasting influence?……続きを見る

Our current image of the Christian population of al-Andalus after AD711 reflects the way history has been written. The Christians almost disappeared from the historical record as the historians of t……続きを見る

We want to share a little of what was going on in the world of the 5th Century. The world was in a turmoil! This was the beginning of the end of the Western emperors. The collapse of the Roman empir……続きを見る

A new look on the similarities of popular religions. And a few examples of how religion effects culture, people and history 続きを見る

Christian readers of the New Testament study the great stories about Jesus through the lens of western culture. In this series of books, Gary Burge uses his extensive knowledge of the first century ……続きを見る

When David Horovitz emigrated from England to Israel in 1983, it was the fulfillment of a dream. But today, a husband and a father, he is torn between hope and despair, between the desire to make a ……続きを見る

The Legends of the Jews ( Volume IV: From Joshua to Esther) Louis Ginzberg was born in Kovno, Lithuania on November 28, 1873, to a family of rabbinic scholars which had once included well-known Lith……続きを見る

English-born Francis Asbury was one of the most important religious leaders in American history. Asbury single-handedly guided the creation of the American Methodist church, which became the largest……続きを見る

Named Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE Winnter of the Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association Winner of the Byron Caldwell Smith Book Prize Winner of the 2014 Albert J. Rabotea……続きを見る

With an eye on serious Christian development, Kenneth Collins and Jason Vickers have arranged this collection of the sermons of John Wesley in terms of the way of salvation in general and the "ordo ……続きを見る

Pollution could come from any number of sources in the Roman world. Bodily functions, sexual activity, bloodshed, death - any of these could cause disaster if brought into contact with religion. Its……続きを見る

The issue of wealth and poverty and its relationship to Christian faith is as ancient as the New Testament and reaches even further back to the Hebrew Scriptures. From the beginnings of the Christia……続きを見る

Militant Islamic believers represents a small, but significant percentage of those who embrace the Muslim religion, it is powerful, well financed, and according to their own statements, hopeful of d……続きを見る

The death of Pope John Paul II and consequent election of Pope Benedict XVI has shed light on a political process that the world has not been privy to for almost twenty-six years. People from around……続きを見る

Noted science writer Nicholas Wade offers for the first time a convincing case based on a broad range of scientific evidence for the evolutionary basis of religion. 続きを見る

Is Easter the most holy of Christian Holidays as many denomination believe? What are it's origins? Why are there traditions that aren't from the Bible? This short writing explains it. The findings s……続きを見る

Collection Of Ancient Near East Volume 1 This book presents a clear, concise history of the extraordinarily multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East. Beginning with the emergence of writ……続きを見る

The starting point for the book is the following anomoly: If Jesus lived as has been supposed at the beginning of the 1st century AD, the only NT documents written by a near contemporary, the Epistl……続きを見る

A beautiful and practical up-to-date guide to over two thousand of Britain’s best parish churches. Although now most famous for his poetry, Sir John Betjeman’s great passion was churches. For over f……続きを見る

Myths Of Babylonia And Assyria by Donald A. Mackenzie This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historic……続きを見る

A lively and authoritative investigation into the lives of our ancestors, based on the revolution in the field of Bronze Age archaeology which has been taking place in Norfolk and the Fenlands over ……続きを見る

First Published in 1995. Throughout the nineteenth century the entire structure of the Ashkenazi world crumbled. What remains of Ashkenazi Jewry today is split into irreconcilable religious camps on……続きを見る

**“A remarkable achievementーa learned yet eminently readable and provocative exploration of the four small books that reveal most of what’s known about the life and death of Jesus.” (Los Angeles Ti……続きを見る

Mysteries of Genesis by Charles Fillmore "The Bible veils in its hisotyr the march of man from innocence and ignorance to a measure of sophistication and understanding. Over all hovers the divi……続きを見る

This second edition of Richard P. Heitzenrater's groundbreaking survey of the Wesleyan movement is the story of the many people who contributed to the theology, organization, and mission of Methodis……続きを見る