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Smithsonian Books Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and
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Greg Kofford Books, Inc. The Writings of Oliver Olney: April 1842 to
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Wipf & Stock Publishers The Nature of True Virtue
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Cosimo Classics The Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of
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Cosimo Classics The Creeds of Christendom: The Evangelical
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Wipf & Stock Publishers The Christian Life
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Waymark Books Testimonies for the Church Volume 4
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Wisdom Publications Rebirth in Early Buddhism and Current Research
Book SynopsisJoin a rigorous scholar and Buddhist monk on a brisk tour of rebirth from ancient doctrine to contemporary debates in this paperback reissue of a reader favorite.In this fascinating book, professor and monk Bhikkhu Analayo illuminates a spectrum of views on rebirth, from ancient scriptures to contemporary research. In four brisk chapters, the book leads readers through the following points: The presentation of rebirth in the earliest Buddhist sources and the way it relates to core doctrine; The debates about rebirth throughout Buddhist history and up to modern times, including the role of confirmation bias in the evaluation of evidence; The current research on rebirth, including near-death experiences, past-life regression, and childhood recollection of previous lives; An examination of a particular case of xenoglossy, the ability to speak languages one has not been taught. As a very young boy, the Sri Lankan Dhammaruwan would chant Pali-language scriptures that he had not apparently learned in his present life. Rebirth in Early Buddhism and Current Research brings together the many strands of the debate on rebirth in one place, making it both comprehensive and compact. It is not a polemic but an interrogation of the evidence, inviting readers to draw their own conclusions.
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Angelico Press Luther and His Progeny: 500 Years of
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Angelico Press Christianity and the New Age
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University of Tennessee Press Hard-Fighting Soldiers: A History of African
Book Synopsis In the first full-length scholarly synthesis of the African American Churches of Christ, Edward J. Robinson provides a comprehensive look at the church’s improbable development against a backdrop of African American oppression. The journey begins with a lesser known preacher, F. F. Carson, in many ways a forerunner in the struggles and triumphs awaiting the preachers and lay people in the congregations to come. Robinson then builds on scholarship treating well-known figures, including Marshall Keeble and G. P. Bowser, to present a wide-ranging history of African American Churches of Christ from their beginnings—when enslaved people embraced the nascent Stone-Campbell Christian Movement even though founder Alexander Campbell himself favored slavery. The author moves on to examine how the churches grew under the leadership of S. R. Cassius, even as Jim Crow restrictions put extreme pressure on organizations of any kind among African Americans. Robinson’s well-researched narrative treats not only the black male leaders of the church, but also women leaders, such as Annie C. Tuggle, as well as notable activities of the church, including music, education, and global evangelism, thus painting a complete picture of African American Churches of Christ. Through scholarship and compelling storytelling, Robinson tells the two-hundred-year tale of how “black believers survived and thrived on the discarded ‘scraps’ of America, forging their own identity, fashioning their own lofty ecclesiology and ‘hard’ theology, and creating their own papers, lectureships, liturgy, and congregations.” A groundbreaking exploration by a seasoned scholar in American religion, Hard-Fighting Soldiers is sure to become the standard text for anyone researching the African American Churches of Christ.
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Society of Biblical Literature The Jewish Middle Ages
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Church Publishing Inc The Fractured Kingdom: Uniting Modern
Book SynopsisBestselling biblical historian, Jean-Pierre Isbouts, weaves the origin stories of Christianity and the Lord's Prayer into a reinvigorating and urgent rallying cry for unity in the modern church Modern Christianity is in the midst of a veritable schism along the fault lines of society's culture wars. Only if we understand the origins of this split can we find our way to unity. Though few may realize it today, Jesus’s ministry unfolded in a crisis very similar to the one society is now battling. In fact, were it not for the truly catastrophic conditions in early 1st century Galilee, his reimagining of the three quintessential virtues of the Torah – social justice; compassion toward one another; and an abiding love of God – would have likely failed to attract a wide following. Brilliantly tracing Jesus’s vision for the “Kingdom of God” from its origin up through modern times, Dr. Isbouts leads us to a possible antidote for the fiercely partisan moment in which we find ourselves: the Our Father. Then taking readers on a historically exhilarating tour of the Lord’s Prayer, The Fractured Kingdom shows us why the only doctrine Christians agree on might be our last hope for forging a more equal, compassionate, and loving society. What results is an eminently readable and undeniably essential work that addresses some of the most pressing issues now confronting communities of faith around the world.Trade Review“Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts hits the mark beautifully by pointing all of us living in an all-too divided nation to a different and better way forward, a way of love that is grounded in the familiar prayer that Jesus taught us. Readers will find a foundation for healing and wholeness in these pages.” —Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church and author of Love is the Way and The Power of Love"I never cease to be amazed at the extraordinary insights and expansive knowledge of Jean Pierre Isbouts. The Fractured Kingdom speaks to not one generation, but many—past and future—about the perils of religious division. But, instead of leaving us there, Isbouts invites us to grab hold of the promises that an authentic, godly and life-giving faith can offer the great divides of our time. With the craftmanship of a gifted maestro, Isbout’s book is a symphony of possibility that reaches a crescendo of hope." —Russell J. Levenson, Jr. OStJ, Rector, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, and author of Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush"The one subject Jesus spoke about more than any other was the Kingdom of God. In The Fractured Kingdom, Jean-Pierre Isbouts, using the Lord’s Prayer as a lens, vividly explicates what Jesus meant by God’s Kingdom. I believe this is a book for all of us who call ourselves Christians, regardless of what branch of the Church we call home. Isbouts shows us that what unites us is bigger than what divides us and Jesus needs all of us to be about the work Kingdom building." —Randolph Marshall Hollerith, Dean, Washington National CathedralTable of ContentsGlossaryIntroductionPart I: Rediscovering the Historical Jesus1. A Land in Crisis 2. The Lost Years of Jesus’ Youth3. Along the Banks of the Jordan4. Jesus Launches His MinistryPart II: The Lord’s Prayer: A Blueprint for Unity5. Our Father, Hallowed Be Your Name6. Your Kingdom Come 7. Give Us Each Day Our Bread 8. And Forgive Us Our Debts/Sins 9. Do Not Bring Us to the Test10. Deliver Us from Evil 11. Reconstructing the PassionEpilogue: The Splintering of ChristianityChronologyFurther ReadingNotes
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Indoeuropeanpublishing.com The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine,
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American University in Cairo Press The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641–1517: The
Book SynopsisAn authoritative account of the Coptic Papacy in Egypt from the coming of Islam to the onset of the Ottoman era, by a leading religious studies scholar, new in paperbackIn Volume 1 of this series, Stephen Davis contended that the themes of “apostolicity, martyrdom, monastic patronage, and theological resistance” were determinative for the cultural construction of Egyptian church leadership in late antiquity. This second volume shows that the medieval Coptic popes (641–1517 CE) were regularly portrayed as standing in continuity with their saintly predecessors; however, at the same time, they were active in creating something new, the Coptic Orthodox Church, a community that struggled to preserve a distinctive life and witness within the new Islamic world order. Building on recent advances in the study of sources for Coptic church history, the present volume aims to show how portrayals of the medieval popes provide a window into the religious and social life of their community.Trade ReviewPraise for The Popes of Egypt series:“Based on serious research . . . . [shows] how the Coptic papacy has survived and served the Church through many difficult periods. In the present uncertain times its resilience will surely help it to fulfil its mission of leading the largest Church in the Middle East.”—Michael L. Fitzgerald, Proche-Orient Chretien“Focusing on some of the most influential leaders, the books trace the social, economic, political, and religious trends they negotiated.”— Nelly van Doorn-Harder, The Montreal Review"Essential reading for historians of ancient Christianity and for all scholars of Coptic Egypt." —David Brakke, Ohio State University on The Early Coptic Papacy"A lucid, meticulous, and highly accessible account of papal institutions in early Egyptian Christianity. . . . A critical read for any student of Christianity in Egypt and the Middle East." —Febe Armanios, author of Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt on The Early Coptic Papacy“An excellent introduction to its subject and the relevant literature.”— Christopher van der Krogt, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations on The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641–1517"Reading this well-researched and beautifully produced book is both sobering and encouraging."— Michael L. Fitzgerald OBE, on The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641–1517“A comprehensive yet very readable review of the history of the Coptic leadership in the Middle Ages.”— David D. Grafton, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, on The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641–1517“Extremely useful”— Alastair Hamilton, Church History and Religious Culture on The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641–1517“Magdi Guirguis is one of the very few scholars who has actually tackled the archives of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate and of the Dar al-Warth’iq al-Qawmiyya in Cairo and has consequently produced a series of excellent studies in which he breaks entirely new ground.”— Alastair Hamilton, The International Journal of Middle East Studies on The Emergence of the Modern Coptic Papacy"Substantiates the Coptic Church as a subject in religious studies with its own history worthy of study." —Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsEditors’ Introduction Author’s Preface Technical Notes Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Continuity and ReinventionSuccession and Innovation Earning the “Crown of Exile” The Church in a “New World Order” Relationships with Rulers A Sacred Geography 2. Patient SufferersComing to the End-Time? Bearing Trials Patiently The Account of John the Deacon Patriarchs and Martyrdom Patriarchs and Sainthood 3. Crisis of CohesionSatan Hinders, but God Prevails Patriarchs and Political Authority in ‘Abbasid Egypt Trials from Without Trials from Within A Crisis of Cohesion?Hanging On Embattled Saints 4. Saints and SinnersBishop Michael’s Account: Warts and All Before the Fatimids Simony: “The Word of God Became as a Merchandise” Contrapuntal Saintliness Unexpected Saintliness Saints and Sinners 5. TransitionsLanguage Shift, Lay Concerns, and Ecclesiastical HistoryGabriel II ibn Turayk: An Attempt at ReformAfter the Reform Attempt6. Chaos and GloryA Strange Period Chroniclers The Person at the Center of the Story 1216–1217: Attempts at Making a Pope The Monk Da’ud Becomes Pope Cyril, Successor of Saint Mark Cyril’s Patriarchate A Failed “Great Man”? Or a Scholar among Scholars? 7. Marginalized PatriarchsInternal Rivalry, External Interference Scattered Portrayals, Incidental Mentions The Patriarch at the Center of the Story 8. A Burst of HolinessThe Patriarch as Saint and Holy Man An Orchestra of Holiness? The PrincipalsA Quartet and a Chorus? 9. Humility in Action After the Fireworks “Listless” and “Lacking in Blessing”? Diplomacy and Faithfulness Quiet Leadership in Difficult Times Epilogue: Survival Appendix: The Forty-Nine Martyrs during the Patriarchate of Matthew I (#87, 1378 –1408) Works Cited: Primary Sources Works Cited: Secondary Sources Notes Index
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Wipf & Stock Publishers Unanswerable Questions
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Pickwick Publications Repetition and Mythos
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Brandeis University Press Transmitting Jewish History – Yosef Hayim
Book SynopsisThe deeply personal reflections of a giant of Jewish history. Scholar Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1932–2009) possessed a stunning range of erudition in all eras of Jewish history, as well as in world history, classical literature, and European culture. What Yerushalmi also brought to his craft was a brilliant literary style, honed by his own voracious reading from early youth and his formative undergraduate studies. This series of interviews paints a revealing portrait of this giant of history, bringing together exceptional material on Yerushalmi’s personal and intellectual journeys that not only attests to the astonishing breakthrough of the issues of Jewish history into “general history,” but also offers profound insight into being Jewish in today's world. Trade Review“[Yerushalmi's] profound insights into what it means to be a Jew in modern times comes out in these fascinating interviews.” * Jewish Link *Table of ContentsForeword to the English Edition by Alexander KayeNote to the French Edition by Ophra YerushalmiIntroduction – Sylvie Anne GoldbergI. Zakhor, From Memory to Reading HistoryII. Choosing HistoryIII. Back to ChildhoodIV. The Path to CardosoV. The Melody of HistoryVI. From Zakhor to FreudVII. DerridaVIII. New York: 1939-1945IX. Who Makes History?: Questions of InterpretationX. A Jewish Kid from the Bronx at Harvard and ColumbiaXI. Professor YerushalmiXII. Questions of History and HistoriographyXIII. The CollectorXIV. Gershom ScholemXV. The Ritual ExperienceXVI. Truth in History and Its AvatarsXVII. Messianism and ZionismXVIII. The State of Israel and Messianic SignificanceXIX. An American JewXX. From Yesterday to TomorrowWith “Clio and the Jews: Reflections on Jewish Historiography in the Sixteenth Century”Index
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Pickwick Publications Write That They May Read
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Tanglewood Publishing For Those in Peril
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Jesociety Press Thunder God, Wonder God: Exploring the Emblematic
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Christian Focus Publications Ltd 50 World Changing Events in Christian History
Book SynopsisThe increase in terrorism, the push for gender fluidity, the eradicating of Christianity from schools - During these worrying times, Earl Blackburn shows that learning about our history can be one of the best tools for encouraging us in our faith. Hearing stories of the perseverance of Christian heroes such as John Wycliffe, Martin Luther, and William Wilberforce is inspirational for everyday struggles; while seeing how God has grown His church through times of hardship and persecution helps us to have courage about the church of today.Trade ReviewThis really is a fine piece of work and should be very popular and highly useful in the church. -- Tom Nettles (Senior Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)... 50 World-Changing Events in Christian History is a helpful overview of church history written from an evangelical and reformed perspective. I hope it will help many believers understand how their own lives and local churches fit into the ongoing story of God's new covenant people from every tribe, language, and nation. -- Nathan A. Finn (Dean of the School of Theology and Missions and Professor of Christian Thought and Tradition, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee)... As a professor of Church History, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is for a recommendation of a simple survey of the life of the church over the last 2,000 years. Now I have the answer to that question... -- James M. Renihan (Dean and Professor of Historical Theology, Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies, Escondido, California)Earl Blackburn has written a helpful and unusual book. It is well researched and written with the average Christian in mind. In just over 300 pages, he covers church history from the end of the New Testament to the present day. -- Evangelical TimesThis delightful and worthy book attempts to encapsulate 2,000 years of church history into 50 key events in a way that is accessible to the general reader. The writer describes it as 'an entry-level book on church history'. -- Philip Wells, Evangelicals Now
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd 'The Right Ordering of Souls': The Parish of All
Book SynopsisThe relationship between people and parish in the late medieval ages illuminated by this study of a remarkable survival from the period. In the two centuries preceding the Reformation in England, economic, political and spiritual conditions combined with constructive effect. Endemic plague prompted a demonstrative piety and, in a world enjoying rising disposable incomes, this linked with current teachings - especially the doctrine of Purgatory - to sustain a remarkable devotional generosity. Moreover, political conditions, and particularly war with France, persuaded the government to summonits subjects' assistance, including responses encouraged in England's many parishes. As a result, the wealthier classes invested in and worked for their neighbourhood churches with a degree of largesse - witnessed in parish buildings in many localities - hardly equalled since. Buildings apart, the scarcity of pre-Reformation parish records means, however, that the resonances of this response, and the manner in which parishioners organised their worship, are ordinarily lost to us. This book, using the remarkable survival of records for one parish - All Saints', Bristol, in the later fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries - scrutinises the investment that the faithful made. Ifnot necessarily typical, it is undeniably revealing, going further than any previous study to expose and explain parishioners' priorities, practices and achievements in the late Middle Ages. In so doing, it also charts a world that would soon vanish.Trade ReviewThe context The Right Ordering of Souls provides is essential for the story of the church and as a backdrop of the English Reformation. * FIDES ET HISTORIA *A monograph which offers the most in-depth and stimulating account of a single medieval English parish yet to be written. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *This is a splendid book, and one that everyone interested in either 'popular religion' or the history of Bristol in the late Middle Ages will want on their shelves. . . . [H]ighly recommended. * SPECULUM *Provides an exceptionally rich picture of pre-Reformation life within the parish of All Saints', Bristol, which will surely become a firm fixture in the libraries and reading lists of those working on religious and parish history. * REVIEWS IN HISTORY *
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University of Wales Press Theologia Cambrensis: Protestant Religion and
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 France Jones Prize for Welsh History. The first of a two-volume analysis of theology in Wales, this volume begins with the publication of Bishop William Morgan’s Bible in 1588 and concludes with the first phase of the Evangelical Revival in 1760. It assesses the development of Puritanism and of doctrine within the Church of England, Dissenting theology including Calvinism and Arminianism, the doctrinal vision of Griffith Jones Llanddowror, and the way in which an evangelistically vibrant moderate Calvinism contributed to the rise of the Methodist movement. As well as evaluating thought and ideas, it assesses the contribution of such vivid personalities as Morgan Llwyd, Charles Edwards, James and Jeremy Owen, Daniel Rowland and William Williams Pantycelyn.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Bible in Welsh Chapter 1 1588–1642 Chapter 2 1642–1660 Chapter 3 1660–1689 Chapter 4 1689–1760 (i) Chapter 5 1689–1760 (ii) Bibliography Index
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Waverley Abbey Trust In Search of Friendship: Lessons From a Monastic
Book SynopsisThis book introduces us to St Bernard of Clairvaux through the lens of friendship. Close reading of Bernard’s writings, not least of his letters, brings out the humanity of the saint and reveals the role of human friendship in his life. The author shows how similar are the experiences of this twelfth-century monk, with his needs and joys, hopes and feelings of inadequacy, to our own experiences of relationship in our present world with its pressures and social media. Liz Carmichael, Emeritus Research Fellow, St John’s College, Oxford This fascinating and intimate portrayal of Bernard will inspire anyone wishing to explore the essential place of spiritual friendships in forming true disciples of Christ. Nick Swanson, Baptist Union Church Minister; Spiritual Direction trainer, Launde Abbey Team; IPCS Pastoral Supervision tutor Jennifer Campbell’s brilliance in the book is how she has curated original material from the letters and reflections of the monks that by and large speak for themselves—and yet speak directly into our own age. One cannot read the book and not have one’s own experience touched and illumined by the deeply authentic wisdom it contains. Chris Blakeley, Director of the St George’s House Leadership Fellows Programme at Windsor Castle, Spiritual Direction Tutor
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Liverpool University Press The Council of Ephesus of 431: Documents and
Book SynopsisThe First Council of Ephesus (431) was the climax of the so-called Nestorian Controversy. Convoked by the emperor Theodosius II to restore peace to the Church, it immediately divided into two rival councils, both meeting at Ephesus. Attempts by the emperor’s representatives to get the bishops on both sides to meet together had no success, and after four months the council was dissolved without having ever properly met. But a number of decrees by the larger of the two rival councils, in particular the condemnation of Nestorius of Constantinople, were subsequently accepted as the valid decrees of the ‘ecumenical council of Ephesus’. The documentation, consisting of conciliar proceedings, letters and other documents, provides information not only about events in Ephesus itself, but also about lobbying and public demonstrations in Constantinople. There is no episode in late Roman history where we are so well informed about how politics were conducted in the imperial capital. This makes the Acts a document of first importance for the history of the Later Roman Empire as well for that of the Church.Trade Review‘Richard Price [has made] translated texts for historians... available to a wider scholarly public... In this way, future research will have much easier access to difficult complex of traditions.’ Wolfram Kinzig, Plekos (translated from German)‘[S]ophisticated and nuanced historical narrative... an extraordinary contribution to scholarship on the council and on the development of fifth-century theology and ecclesiastical politics.’ Nathan Porter, Vigiliae ChristianaeTable of ContentsGeneral IntroductionI. The Sources II. The ‘Nestorian Controversy’ and the First Council of Ephesus: a brief historyIII. The TheologyDocuments and Proceedings1. Before the Council [Eph 1]2. The Session of 22 June [Eph 2]3. After the Session of 22 June [Eph 3]4. The ‘Session’ of 22 July [Eph 4] 5. From the end of July till Nestorius’ retirement [Eph 5]6. From the Colloquia at Chalcedon to the Dissolution of the Council [Eph 6]Appendices I. Attendance at the CouncilII. From the Coptic ActsGlossaryBibliography MapsIndices
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Abingdon Press Methodist Mission at 200
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Xlibris Us Christianity Exposed: Black Preacher, Rabbi and
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Liverpool University Press The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This
Book SynopsisThe Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran are adherents of the last surviving Gnostic tradition from the period of Late Antiquity, and the Book of Kings is the capstone to one of their most sacred scriptures. A universal history in four parts, it concisely outlines the entire 480,000 year span of the material world, from its creation to its destruction in the maw of the great Leviathan, with details including a succession of antediluvian cataclysms that have previously wiped out all human life, the reigns of the kings who have reigned over humanity and are still yet to reign, a lament on the end of pagan antiquity under the reign of the Arabs, and the apocalyptic drama attending those who have the misfortune to live at the end of the world era. For the first time ever, this work appears in English in its entirety, complete and unabridged, and directly translated from original Mandaic manuscripts, with the events mentioned within it coordinated with our calendar. It also includes an extensive commentary illustrating its relationship to contemporary historical writing and with the sacred literature of Zoroastrians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, and other neighbouring religious communities living under Sasanian rule.Trade Review‘[The book] offers interesting insights into a Middle Eastern community during the era of the Byzantine and Sasanid empires. It is useful for those wanting to compare religious beliefs between cultures.’ Medievalists.net
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Four Courts Press Ltd A dictionary of Irish Saints
Book SynopsisScarcely a parish in Ireland is without one or more dedications to saints, in the form of churches in ruins, holy wells or other ecclesiastical monuments. This book is a guide to the (mainly documentary) sources of information on the saints named in these dedications, for those who have an interest in them, scholarly or otherwise. The need for a summary biographical dictionary of Irish saints, containing information on such matters as feastdays, localizations, chronology and genealogies, although stressed over sixty years ago by the eminent Jesuit and Bollandist scholar Paul Grosjean, has never before been satisfied. Professor Ó Riain has been working in the field of Irish hagiography for upwards of forty years, and the material for the over 1,000 entries in his Dictionary has come from a variety of sources, including Lives of the saints, martyrologies, genealogies of the saints, shorter tracts on the saints (some of them accessible only in manuscripts), annals, annates, collections of folklore, Ordnance Survey letters, and other documents.
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Liverpool University Press The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of
Book SynopsisThe Council of Constantinople of 869-70 was highly dramatic, with its trial and condemnation of Patriarch Photius, a towering figure in the Byzantium of his day, and the tussle of wills at the council between the papal legates, the imperial representatives and the bishops. It was church politics and personalities rather than issues of doctrine, such as icon veneration, that dominated the debates. Out of all the acts of the great early councils, the acts of this council, of which this edition is the first modern translation, are the nearest to an accurate and complete record. Its protest against secular interference in ecclesiastical elections was taken up later in the West and led to this council’s being accorded full ecumenical status, although it had been repudiated in Byzantium soon after it was held. No early council expresses so vividly the tension between Rome’s claim to supreme authority and the Byzantine reduction of this to a primacy of honour.
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Archaeopress (Trans)Missions: Monasteries as Sites of Cultural
Book Synopsis(Trans)missions: Monasteries as Sites of Cultural Transfers focuses on the Catholic tradition of consecrated life (vita religiosa) from the High Middle Ages to the present. It gathers papers by authors from various disciplinary backgrounds, in particular art history, history, anthropology and translation studies. Finally, it includes two short reports on Czech projects on monastic topics. The chronological and geographical scope of the book is focused on the Western tradition from the High Middle Ages up to the present, specifically in the territory of Central Europe and Spain along with its overseas colonies. The region of Central Europe was interconnected with the Spanish Empire through the Austrian and Spanish Habsburgs, allowing the given topic to be studied in a broader international context, and to involve the Central European and Spanish territories in the global flow of information, thus incorporating the regional and national histories of individual European countries into global history. This involvement is also enabled by the study of interconnecting themes, such as cultural transfers within and between the Old and the New World, information flows between the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs, the processes of individual and social identity formation, representation and othering of women, and the missionary activities of mendicant orders in the New World, together with their translation practices; and by the contextualization of monastic history and related themes within the processes of European internal and external colonization and evangelization.
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University of Wales Press The Theology of Griffith Jones and Religious
Book SynopsisThis book discusses Griffith Jones’s High Church ministry and theology, which developed into mass evangelism in Wales. It considers Jones’s background, his life as a parson, preaching in Welsh and educational interests, as well as his determination to remain within the Church of England. Bishop George Bull’s concerns about evangelism, influence of the Prayer Book and Continental Pietism, ‘conversionism’, and the tendency to separatism are also discussed. Jones may not have been an original thinker, but he was an untiring communicator and organiser. There are sections on Jones’s catechising, ‘baptismal covenant’, and moderate Calvinism which influenced later Welsh Calvinistic Methodism. Jones’s advocacy of the Welsh language, especially with English donors to his schools, his links with the SPCK, and collaboration with gentry – especially Sir John Philipps and Bridget Bevan – show the effectiveness with which he participated in the growing evangelical movement in Wales.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Griffith Jones in his Setting Chapter 2 Sir John Philipps, the SPCK and a New View of Mission Chapter 3 Bishop George Bull as Griffith Jones’s Mentor Chapter 4 Prayer-Book Roots of Griffith Jones’s Preaching Chapter 5 The Theology of Griffith Jones’s Preaching Chapter 6 Griffith Jones’s Moralism and Theology Chapter 7 Catechizing, Baptism, and the Trend Towards Evangelicalism Chapter 8 Griffith Jones’s Ministry and the Language Chapter 9 Griffith Jones’s Legacy to the Church of England in Wales Conclusion Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Religious Politics in Post-Reformation England
Book SynopsisNew scrutinies of the most important political and religious debates of the post-Reformation period. The consequences of the Reformation and the church/state polity it created have always been an area of important scholarly debate. The essays in this volume, by many of the leading scholars of the period, revisit many of the important issues during the period from the Henrician Reformation to the Glorious Revolution: theology, political structures, the relationship of theology and secular ideologies, and the Civil War. Topics include Puritan networks and nomenclature in England and in the New World; examinations of the changing theology of the Church in the century after the Reformation; the evolving relationship of art and protestantism; the providentialist thinking of Charles I;the operation of the penal laws against Catholics; and protestantism in the localities of Yorkshire and Norwich. KENNETH FINCHAM is Reader in History at the University of Kent; Professor PETER LAKE teaches in the Department of History at Princeton University. Contributors: THOMAS COGSWELL, RICHARD CUST, PATRICK COLLINSON, THOMAS FREEMAN, PETER LAKE, SUSAN HARDMAN MOORE, DIARMAID MACCULLOCH, ANTHONY MILTON, PAUL SEAVER, WILLIAM SHEILSTrade ReviewAn important contribution to the field of Tudor-Stuart religious history. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY, Spring 2008 *[A] collection of superb essays. * THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Peter Lake Art and Iconoclasm in Early Modern England - Keith Thomas The Latitude of the Church of England - Diarmaid MacCulloch Joan of Contention: The Myth of the Female Pope in Early Modern England - Thomas Freeman Anti-Puritanism: the Structure of a Prejudice - Peter Lake The Fortunes of English Puritanism: an Elizabethan Perspective - Brett Usher What's in a Name? Dudley Fenner and the Peculiarities of Puritan Nomenclature - Patrick Collinson Puritan Preachers and their Patrons - Paul S Seaver New England's Reformation: `Wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the Eies of All People are upon Us' - Susan Hardman Moore `Anglicanism' by Stealth: the Career and Influence of John Overall - Anthony Milton Destroyed for doing my Duty: Thomas Felton and the Penal Laws under Elizabeth and James I - Thomas Cogswell Charles I and Providence - Richard P Cust John Shawe and Edward Bowles: Civic Preachers at Peace and War - W J Sheils Material Evidence: The Religious Legacy of the Interregnum at St George Tombland, Norwich - Kenneth Fincham
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Little, Brown Book Group The Secret History of Lucifer (New Edition)
Book SynopsisIn her new account of an old religion, Lynn Picknett explains that Lucifer means 'the light bringer' and was a personification of the Morning Star, the planet Venus and its goddess. 'He' was originally 'she' -- a divine representation of love, light and human warmth. The early Christian Church appropriated the name Lucifer, and it became synonymous with darkness and the Devil. Yet many great thinkers have covertly followed the old Luciferan way, most famously Leonardo da Vinci, who encrypted the symbols of his heretical beliefs in his work, visible only to those who have the key.Trade Review"'A thought-provoking book that considers many issues, not least the role and image of women in Christianity.' Good Book Guide 'Lynn Picknett... presents the Magdalene in a fresh and disconcerting way.' Washington Post Book World 'Picknett's book... puts Mary Magdalene back on top of her pedestal.' Nexus"
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Christian Focus Publications Ltd The Story of the Scottish Reformation
Book SynopsisThe Reformation had a radical effect on Scotland not just spiritually but also politically and socially. Given its spiritual decadence in the lead up to this, it was in much need of reformation. A contributor to that success was the old Celtic Church who revered the Bible as the supreme standard and hence placed an emphasis on the preaching of the Word. Renwick considers the character and the experiences of the leader of the Scottish Reformation John Knox. Secularly it was to have an influence on the Scottish Parliament e.g. the importance of education for all as a result of the principles they had built. It also considers the protagonists of the reformation such as the nobles and the place of Mary of Lorraine the Queen Mother and Queen Mary. As well as looking at the Scottish Reformation it gives its historical context not forgetting what was happening elsewhere. It is clear that for those who were involved in the Scottish Reformation it was costly but they considered it important to defend the reformed faith. An opportunity to read of lives that were transformed as they became convicted of the gospel truth which in turn led them to serve God.Trade Review"I am delighted to see this classic study of the Scottish Reformation by Prof. Renwick come back into print...It is written with the two qualities Calvin desired for his own literary productions: clarity and brevity" -- Douglas F. Kelly (Professor of Theology Emeritus, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina)"Its depth of research, extent of coverage and clarity of presentation, all combine to make Renwick's study one of the finest and most eminently readable introductions available on this most exciting period in Scotland's history." -- Tom Lennie"Increasingly our people are interested in their roots, whether geneaological or spiritual. Here in this little book A. M. Renwick provides us with a way to trace where we've come in such a way to help us know where the church needs to go. Get out your shovel and dig into the history of the Scottish Reformation!" -- Sean Michael Lucas"A. M. Renwick's small book on the Scottish Reformation is the best introduction to the period. I am delighted that on the 450th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation this superb book is being reissued." -- David Robertson
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Liverpool University Press The Book of Pontiffs: Liber Pontificalis
Book SynopsisNo complete translation of the Latin text of the Book of Pontiffs—the Liber Pontificalis of the Roman Church—exists in any language, though the work is indispensable to students of late antiquity and the early middle ages; this book provides an english version of the first ninety papal biographies, from St Peter down to AD 715. These lives were first compiled in the sixth century and then regularly brought up to date. In them the reader will find the curious mixture of fact and legend which had come by the Ostrogothic period to be accepted as history by the Church in Rome, and also the subsequent records maintained through to the early eighth century while Rome was under Byzantine sovereignty. In no sense was the Liber Pontificalis an ‘official’ chronicle of these centuries, and there emerge throughout the interests and prejudices of compilers who belonged, it seems, to the lower levels of the papal administration. For this new edition the translation has been carefully emended, and in places the underlying text has been reconsidered. Vignoli section numbers have been added, as in the translator’s later volumes of the Liber Pontificalis (ttH 13 and 20). The translation has been reset to distinguish more clearly the status and value of additions to the standard Liber Pontificalis text by the use of different type. there have been revisions and extensions to both the glossary and the bibliography, and material has been added to Appendix 3.Trade Review… a valuable updated translation of a significant document of early papalhistory. * The Catholic Historical Review *… makes available to a wider readership a central text for the history of Christian Rome … [Davis’s] book is a job well and succinctly done. * The Classical Review *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Early Papal Chronicles The Liber Pontificalis The complier and his continuators The value of the early lives The tombs of St Peter and the early Roman bishops The compiler's chronology Other 'formulaic' material The early popes as martyrs The Symmachan apocrypha The Liber Pontificalis and the liturgy Church foundations and endowments The Constantinian church foundations Other fourth-century church foundations Church foundations in the fifth century Ostrogothic Rome Rome in the Byzantine epoch Composition and date of the Liber Pontificalis Translating the Liber Pontificalis Select Bibliography Texts and commentaries Modern works General Specific topics Legendary and forged material Liturgy and related matters Topography and history Church foundations The Book of Pontiffs Peter Linus, Cletus, Clement Aneclitus, Evaristus, Alexander Xystus I, Telephorus, Hyginus Pius, Anicetus, Soter, Eleuther Vistor, Zephyrinus Callistus, Urban, Pontian Anteros, Fabian, Cornelius Lucius, Stephen I Xystus II, Dionysius Felix I, Eutychian, Gaius Mercellinus, Mercellus Eusebius, Miltiades Silvester Mark, Julius Liberius Felix II, Damasus Siricius Anastasius I, Innocentius Zosimus, Boniface I Celestine Xystus III Leo I Hilarus Simplicius, Felix III Gelasius p41 Anastasius II, Symmachus Hormisdas John I Felix IV Boniface II, John II Agapitus Silverius Vigilius Pelagius I John III Benedict I, Pelagius II Gregory I, Sabinian, Boniface III Boniface IV, Deusdedit, Boniface V Honorius Severinus John IV Theodore Martin Eugene I, Vitalian Adeodatus Donus Agatho Leo II p76 Benedict II John V Conon Sergius John VI John VII Sisinnius, Constantine Appendix 1: The Librarian Catalouge Appendix 2: The Laurentian Fragment Appendix 3: Extracts from the epitomes of the first edition of the Liber Pontificalis Glossary of Technical Terms in the Translation Index of Churches Mentioned Maps
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Temple Lodge Publishing The Tree of Life and the Holy Grail: Ancient and
Book SynopsisRecent works of fiction and popular history have promoted the idea that the Holy Grail symbolizes a physical bloodline resulting from the union of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. This, supposedly, is the 'secret' that esoteric movements have kept tirelessly for the past 2,000 years. From her groundbreaking research, Sylvia Francke exposes this notion to be a blatant misinterpretation of the mystery traditions that preceded and ran parallel to the birth of Christianity. She traces the ancient spiritual paths of knowledge from the Cathars, the Knights Templar and the enigmatic Rosicrucians, to the work of Rudolf Steiner in the twentieth century. Here, she concludes, is true Grail knowledge: the Tree of Life and the Holy Grail itself explained in their metaphysical context. From her research, she suggests a solution to the riddle of the sudden wealth and strange behaviour of Berenger Sauniere, the mysterious priest of Rennes-le-Chateau in southern France. True Grail knowledge, she concludes, has nothing to do with bloodlines or worldly status, but is an ancient lifeline to the spiritual origins of creation. Its energetic forces ray up from the earth and down from the constellations and planets while interacting with individual human beings. It holds the key to the fulfilment of mankind's quest, a step to the next phase of human evolution...The recent explosion of interest in an alternative history of Christianity - the shadow Grail - prompted Sylvia Francke to revise "The Tree of Life and the Holy Grail", first published in 1996. The result is a completely reworked and expanded book that constitutes a powerful and convincing refutation of distorted esoteric truths.
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Umbria Press A Church Near You
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SPCK Publishing Jesus and His World - Paul and His World
Book SynopsisHave you ever wanted accessible introductions to the key figures of Christian history? In this book two expert authors draw on biblical scholarship to bring Jesus and Paul and their worlds vividly to life. Jesus and His World Jesus Christ is probably the single most influential figure in world history, but who was this preacher from Nazareth? Can we be sure he existed? And if he did, what was the world like in which he lived?Placing Jesus firmly in the Jewish world of 1st-century Palestine, Peter Walker explores the religious and social background to his life, the Jewish expectations of a messiah, Jesus' ministry and teaching, and helps readers interpret Jesus' radical mission and the way he related to the world around him. Paul and His WorldWe know little about Paul, yet he has had a greater impact on the development of Christianity than any other person except Christ. For some, his influence has been largely negative. For others, he is simply the greatest mind in Christian history.Stephen Tomkins argues that Paul would have been quite at home with such a mixed reception. Despite enjoying a degree of hero worship in his lifetime, he was also more reviled than any other Christian, and his Christian life was a constant arduous missionary journey of shipwrecks, prison, mob violence and the depressing politics of church life. This is a lively and lucid portrayal of the man behind the controversy and the drama.
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Andrei Besedin How to Use Salamstore Quran Reading Pen!
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Restoration Archive The Teachings of Denver C. Snuffer, Jr. Volume 4:
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Rowman & Littlefield We Are All Priests: The Ecclesiological
Book SynopsisIn this book, Roger Whittall argues that Luther’s teaching on the common priesthood (the “priesthood of believers”) was a persistent element of Luther’s ecclesiology and closely related to his understanding of the church as the communion of saints. Whittall’s focus is the common priesthood’s activity in the Christian community, moving beyond its contested relationship to the church’s ordained ministry, or the views that limit its appearance to Luther’s early polemical writings. Rather, the common priesthood stands alongside the public ministry. They are equal partners in the church’s mandate to receive and speak God’s word, to respond in prayer, praise, and joyful service of God’s world and all its people. This wide-ranging investigation features later material not often considered in relation to the common priesthood. For Luther “priesthood” was a biblical expression of Christian spiritual life, worship, and service, forming both the personal faith of individual Christians and the corporate nature of the Christian community. Whittall also examines Luther’s use of key biblical texts to link church and priesthood through the themes of unity and community, equality, and participation. Understood in this way, this priesthood still speaks powerfully to the identity and mission of the church today.Trade ReviewWhittall brings a perceptive analytical review of the current scholarly debate and a careful contextual assessment of Luther’s own utterances on the complex of ideas involved in the calling of the baptized as priests who bring the gospel to others. Whittall’s careful chronological tracing of the development of Luther’s views of this calling of the baptized and the church’s public ministry in several literary genres not only illuminates the historical witness of the reformer but also provides resources for encouraging all Christians to take seriously both the role of the shepherds of Christ’s people and believers’ responsibility to witness to Christ in daily life. -- Robert Kolb, professor emeritus, Concordia Seminary, St. LouisTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Church and Priesthood in Luther’s First LecturesChapter 2: Luther’s Early Ecclesiology, Its Substance and FormChapter 3: Luther’s Early Teaching on The Common Priesthood, to 1525Chapter 4: The Biblical Data for The Common PriesthoodChapter 5: Luther’s Ecclesiology and the Challenge of Reform, from 1524Chapter 6: The Response to Rome: Next InstalmentChapter 7: The Common Priesthood in Luther’s Old Testament Writings, 1524–46Chapter 8: The Common Priesthood in Luther’s New Testament Preaching, 1522–46Conclusions: Martin Luther’s Common Priesthood: Its Boundaries and Horizons
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Hachette Livre - BNF Vie de Sainte Brigitte de Suède Écrite d'Après
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Hachette Livre - BNF Histoire de Saint Vincent Ferrier, Apôtre de
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Hachette Livre - BNF Les Pères de l'Eglise Des Trois Premiers Siècles
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Hachette Livre - BNF L'Immaculée Conception: Courte Histoire d'Un
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Hachette Livre - BNF L'Apostolat de la Souffrance, Ou Les Victimes
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