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In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mor……続きを見る

This collection of essays by eight leading scholars is a landmark event in the study of crusading in the late middle ages. It is the outcome of an international network funded by the Leverhulme Trus……続きを見る

The figure of the renegade - a European Christian or Jew who had converted to Islam and was now serving the Ottoman sultan - is omnipresent in all genres produced by those early modern Christian Eur……続きを見る

L'alliance de la science et de la foi Pour beaucoup de nos contemporains, science et foi ne font guère bon ménage. Chaque progrès de celle-ci ferait reculer celle-là, de sorte que les croyants se tr……続きを見る

This volume spans the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, across Europe and its empires, and brings together historians, art historians, literary scholars and anthropologists to rethink medieval and……続きを見る

Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Soul: A Rabbi's Profound Journey Inspired by Albert Einstein's Poignant Letter Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Award in the Religion/Spirituality of Western Thought c……続きを見る

'Bold, dazzling and provocative' – Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'This book uncovers what was lost when Christianity won' – The Times In The Darkening Age, historian Catherine Nixey tell……続きを見る

Have you ever heard that Christ was Black? What about the Buddha? They weren’t alone. Many of the world’s first deities and divinities, both male and female, were originally depicted as Black. That ……続きを見る

History of the Church was written by Eusebius, the bishop of Caesarea. This book was a 4th-century historical work giving a chronological account of the development of Early Christianity from the 1s……続きを見る

In una nuova edizione digitale riveduta e ampliata, tutti i documenti più importanti della storia della chiesa nei secoli, dagli inizi fino ad oggi, per la comprensione delle vicende ecclesiali e ci……続きを見る

Il Concilio Vaticano II è stato un evento di grande creatività e fervore spirituale, una specie di moltiplicazione, o fermentazione, del pane della parola e dello Spirito. Terminata la celebrazione ……続きを見る

La storia del rosario nei secoli, raccontata con chiarezza e competenza. Il rosario è la preghiera dei semplici, dei piccoli, di coloro che si rivolgono a Maria sicuri di trovare in lei l'aiuto e la……続きを見る

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of John Calvin in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and work of Jo……続きを見る

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Crusades in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Crusades. In th……続きを見る

A compelling and lucid account of the life and teachings of a founder of rabbinic Judaism and one of the most beloved heroes of Jewish history Born in the Land of Israel around the year 50 C.E., Rab……続きを見る

Flavius Claudius Julianus was the last pagan to sit on the Roman imperial throne (361-363). Born in Constantinople in 331 or 332, Julian was raised as a Christian, but apostatized, and during his sh……続きを見る

The kingdoms of France and England were for many centuries military, economic, cultural and colonial rivals. This is particularly true of the early modern period which witnessed the rise of French m……続きを見る

Beginning in the late twelfth century, scholastic theologians such as William of Auvergne, Thomas Aquinas and Engelbert of Admont attempted to provide a rational foundation to the Christian belief i……続きを見る

The Enlightenment period, here understood as covering the years 1650 to 1789, is usually considered to be a period when religion was obliged to give way to rationality. With respect to medicine this……続きを見る

The Lavals were one of the most important families in late medieval France, rising to a position of unsurpassed eminence by the mid sixteenth century. Yet, at the very point where they reached this ……続きを見る

The first three decades of Bourbon rule in France coincided with a period of violent fragmentation followed by rapid renewal within the French Catholic community. In the early 1590s, when Henri IV -……続きを見る

This book presents an invaluable selection of sermons and theological treatises of the twelfth century author, Isaac of Stella. The English born abbot of the French Cistercian monastery of Stella on……続きを見る

St Albans was one of the greatest Benedictine abbeys of medieval England, and the early 14th century was a period during which the concerns of the community and the role of the abbot emerge particul……続きを見る

This is an annotated bibliography of Catholic books in English printed abroad or secretly in England at a time when Catholic printing was prohibited in England and such books, when discovered by the……続きを見る

On three successive mornings in February 1652, God spoke to a London tailor by the name of John Reeve. Consequently he and his cousin Lodowicke Muggleton believed that they were the Last Two Witness……続きを見る

This book tells the story of the Jesuit mission to Cluj, Transylvania (now Romania) from 1693, when the Jesuits were allowed to return after almost a century of restricted activity in the region, un……続きを見る

Yves Congar (1904-1995) was one of the chief architects of a remarkable renewal in Roman Catholic ecclesiology in the twentieth century. His vision for ecclesial renewal led to a profound transforma……続きを見る

How did the present authority structures within the Church come into existence? How, if at all, can we justify their existence? What form of authority should exist in the Church? These and other rel……続きを見る

This is a complete collection in modern English of the key texts describing Saladin’s conquest of Jerusalem in October 1187 and the Third Crusade, which was Christendom’s response to the catastrophe……続きを見る

This volume of twelve interdisciplinary essays addresses the multifaceted nature of female religious identity in early modern Europe. By dismantling the boundaries between the academic disciplines o……続きを見る