Religion - Christianity - History

A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George WhitefieldThere are some men in the pages of history, whose greatness no person of common sense thinks of disputing. They tower above the herd of mankind, like the Pyramids, the Parthenon, and the Colosseum, among...

A Tract for the Times: The Church and the CensusI desire to say what follows, in all earnestness, to my fellow-countrymen who have been, through Gods goodness, baptized into the Church of England. I shall be thankful, also, if others will patiently consider what...

A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 - With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. *[NOTE: Suitable reproductions of the illustrations were not available at the...

Mocktails for every feast day! Finally, a pious bartender's guide that won't give you a hangover. Mike Foley is the author who brought you Drinking with the Saints and Dining with the Saints. Now, in Abstaining with the Saints, he offers roughly 200 delicious...

Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, InclusiveThe Presbytery, soon after their erection, being convinced of the expediency and necessity of emitting a judicial...

Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, established in New South Wales And Norfolk Island I do not think it necessary to make an apology for putting this Address into your hands; or to enter into a long detail of the reasons which induced...

From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion...

Aidan Nichols presents a detailed study of the extraordinary achievements of historic Anglo-Catholicism, crafted for a broad readership and with the particular intention that it may also find a (Roman) Catholic readership - where this tradition in the nation's Christian life has often been...

In this thought-provoking work, Christopher J. Kellerman provides a rigorously researched, era-by-era history of the Catholic Church's teachings and actions related to slavery. By telling stories of enslaved Catholics and Catholic slaveholders, analyzing arguments of theologians who either defended or condemned slaveholding, and examining...

Now available in trade paper! Amazing Grace is the surprising true story of John Newton, author of the song that has touched millions. A biography that reads like a novel, it reveals Newton's dramatic story of sin and salvation as a slave trader before...

Author: Charles a Stakely IVPublisher: AuthorhousePublished: 04/08/2025Pages: 236Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.00w x 1.00dISBN: 9798823024310

American Lutheranism, Volume 1 - Early History of American Lutheranism and the Tennessee SynodPREFACE. Essentially, Christianity is the special divine faith in the truth revealed by the Bible that we are saved, not by our own efforts, works, or merits, but alone by the...

American Lutheranism, Volume 2 - The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)As appears from this second volume, our chief object is to record the facts as to the theological attitude of the various Lutheran bodies in America, with...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called "burned-over district" of upstate New York, which was producing seers and prophets daily. Most of the new creeds flamed out; Smith's would endure, becoming the most...

Originally published: c2007. With new afterword and interview.Author: Donald B. Kraybill,Steven M. Nolt,David L. Weaver-ZercherPublisher: Jossey-BassPublished: 03/22/2010Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.04w x 0.80dISBN: 9780470344040About the AuthorDonald B. Kraybill, Ph.D., is senior fellow at the Young Center of Elizabethtown College. Among his...

An Account of the Life and Writings of S. Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons and Martyr - Intended to Illustrate the Doctrine, Discipline, Practices, and History of the Church, and the Tenets and Practices of the Gnostic Heretics During the Second CenturyIt was, perhaps, somewhat...

An American Religious Movement : A Brief History of the Disciples of ChristWho are these Disciples of Christ? What are these Christian Churches or Churches of Christ which now constitute one of the major religious groups in the United States? When, where, and how...

Uncovering the vibrant spiritual life of Late Antiquity In Late Antiquity (ca. 200-600 CE), the world was alive with unseen forces--divine agents who influenced every aspect of daily life. For most ordinary people, religion was not found in temples, synagogues, and churches, but in...

An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions - And of the Late Discovery of Ancient American RecordsThis edition was based off scans of the above-noted edition, available at Archive.org. The original uses some slightly odd English orthography--for example, unusual comma placement and an instance...

An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since KantIt is hoped that this book may serve as an outline for a larger work, in which the Judgments here expressed may be supported in detail. Especially, the author desires to treat the literature of...