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Who's Who of Your Ancestral SaintsFor anyone interested in his or her own genealogical links to medieval Europe and early Christianity, this book offers an extraordinary opportunity. For the first time, the lives of 275 early European saints are retold and accompanied by lineages connecting those saints to twenty-four...
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Churches of Christ in Oklahoma: A HistoryIn the 1950s and 1960s, Churches of Christ were the fastest growing religious organization in the United States. The churches flourished especially in southern and western states, including Oklahoma. In this compelling history, historian W. David Baird examines the key characteristics, individuals, and debates...
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Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi GermanyWhile Adolf Hitler's National Socialist government was persecuting Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses and driving forty-two small German religious sects underground, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continued to practice unhindered. How some fourteen thousand Mormons not only survived but thrived in Nazi...
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Bones in the Well: The Haun's Mill Massacre, 1838 A Documentary HistoryThe massacre at Haun's Mill is a defining moment in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Mormon Church. The Mormons were at war in 1838. They had come to Missouri at the urging of their prophet, Joseph Smith,...
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What Baptists BelieveShort essays on the major doctrines which have formed the foundations of Southern Baptist life and thought.Author: Herschel H. HobbsPublisher: B&H BooksPublished: 01/08/1964Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.96h x 5.33w x 0.28dISBN: 9780805481013
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Covenant of the Torch: A Forgotten Encounter in the History of the Exodus and Wilderness Journey (Book 2)The Covenant of the Torch made with Abraham is the most significant among all the covenants in the Bible. Why? It's the most detailed yet condensed summary of God's divine administration for redemption that outlines the work of restoration of His godly people and...
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Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and JudaismNot long ago, everyone knew that Judaism came before Christianity. More recently, scholars have begun to recognize that the historical picture is quite a bit more complicated than that. In the Jewish world of the first century, many sects competed for the name of...
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The Jesus Road: Kiowas, Christianity, and Indian Hymns [With CD]In this highly original and moving volume, an anthropologist, a historian, and a Native singer come together to reveal the personal and cultural power of Christian faith among the Kiowas of southwestern Oklahoma and to show how Christian members of the Kiowa community have...
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Black Christ of Esquipulas: Religion and Identity in GuatemalaOn the eastern border of Guatemala and Honduras, pilgrims and travelers flock to the Black Christ of Esquipulas, a large statue carved from wood depicting Christ on the cross. The Catholic shrine, built in the late sixteenth century, has become the focal point of...
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The Moravian Springplace Mission to the CherokeesIn 1801 the Moravians, a Pietist German-speaking group from Central Europe, founded the Springplace Mission at a site in present-day northwestern Georgia. The Moravians remained among the Cherokees for more than thirty years, longer than any other Christian group. John and Anna Rosina Gambold...
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Knowing Our Faith: A Guide for Believers, Seekers, and Christian Communities"I do not hope to convince you so that you will believe. That is to be left to the Holy Spirit. I write to you because you share the faith by which I live. I write so that you may share my joy in...
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For the Gospel's Sake: The Rise of the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of LinguisticsInformed take on the amazing growth of a very unusual missionary organizationThe two-sided mission organization comprising Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics is a paradox that begs for an explanation. The Summer Institute has long been doing laudable linguistic, humanitarian work...
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God's Two Words: Law and Gospel in Lutheran and Reformed TraditionsThe distinction between God's law and God's gospel lies at the core of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions--and has long been a point of controversy between them. God's Two Words offers new contributions from ten key Lutheran and Reformed scholars on the theological significance...
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Urban World and the First ChristiansIn the tradition of The First Urban Christians by Wayne Meeks, this book explores the relationship between the earliest Christians and the city environment. Experts in classics, early Christianity, and human geography analyze the growth, development, and self-understanding of the early Christian movement in...
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A Gathering of Larks: Letters to Saint Francis from a Modern-Day PilgrimWho was Saint Francis? Today he is most often a sweet ceramic statue in a garden, a sentimentalized romantic figure. But A Gathering of Larks, containing forty personal letters from Abigail Carroll to Francis, reveals him to be a complex man who lived a...
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Disputed Teachings of Vatican II: Continuity and Reversal in Catholic DoctrineThe Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) radically shook up many centuries of tradition in the Roman Catholic Church. This book by Thomas Guarino, a noted expert on the sources and methods of Catholic doctrine, investigates whether Vatican II's highly contested teachings on religious freedom, ecumenism,...
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Practices of the Self and Spiritual Practices: Michel Foucault and the Eastern Christian DiscourseIn this book Sergey Horujy undertakes a novel comparative analysis of Foucault's theory of practices of the self and the Eastern Orthodox ascetical tradition of Hesychasm, revealing great affinity between these two radical "subject-less" approaches to anthropology. As he facilitates the dialogue between the...
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Christianity in Action: The History of the International Salvation ArmyThis meticulously researched yet engaging book traces The Salvation Army's history of service from its beginnings in Victorian England to its present-day mission in all parts of the world. / A phenomenal religious movement, acclaimed for its compassionate service, The Salvation Army now works...
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Freedom, Truth, and Human Dignity: The Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious FreedomPope Paul VI characterized the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Freedom -- Dignitatis Humanae -- as one of the greatest documents of Vatican II. It is also perhaps the most intensely debated document of the Council; both the drafting of the Declaration of...
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Reading Philo: A Handbook to Philo of AlexandriaGuidebook par excellence to a significant ancient Jewish scholar A contemporary of both Jesus and the apostle Paul, Philo was a prolific Jewish theologian, philosopher, and politician -- a fascinating, somewhat enigmatic figure -- who lived his entire life in Alexandria, Egypt. His many...
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