Christianity books

Covering a broad range of topics - encompassing legal, social, cultural, theological and political history - the...  Read More >>

Based upon a rich and diverse range of primary sources, this book traces Henry’s life from his birth in 1551. Providing...  Read More >>

Frequent discussions of Satan from the pulpit, in the courtroom, in print, in self-writings, and on the streets...  Read More >>

This book explores individual and community involvement in the approbation, reconfiguration and regulation of early...  Read More >>

This collection focusses upon the history and theology of sin and salvation in reformation and post-reformation...  Read More >>

In the seventeenth and eighteenth century the terms ’atheism’ and ’deism’ involved fine distinctions that have not...  Read More >>

Focusing specifically on semi-religious women, this volume addresses a number of provocative questions about gender...  Read More >>

In this collection, the result of a lifetime’s study, Brendan Bradshaw provides an insight into how concepts of...  Read More >>

In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life have increasingly been identified as being...  Read More >>

This volume looks at the writings and actions of Franciscus Zabarella (1360-1417), the professor of canon law at...  Read More >>

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Church Music and Protestantism in Post-Reformation England breaks new ground in the religious history of Elizabethan...  Read More >>

John Owen (1616-1683) and Richard Baxter (1615-1691) were both pivotal figures in forming the nonconformist landscape...  Read More >>

The Society of Jesus was founded on a principal of strict obedience to papal authority, yet the turbulent political...  Read More >>

Franciscans in sixteenth-century New Spain were deeply ambivalent about their mission work. Fray Juan de Zumárraga,...  Read More >>

This book traces the origins of Juan de Valdés’ religious experience, and underlines the large influence of his...  Read More >>

Whilst the Protestant Reformation of 1560 is acknowledged as being a watershed moment in Scottish history, relatively...  Read More >>

Luther's 95 Theses begin and end with the concept of suffering, and the question of why a benevolent God allows...  Read More >>

The belief that God eternally and unalterably decrees the election of one part of humankind and the reprobation...  Read More >>

With a focus on England from the accession of Elizabeth I to the mid-1620s, this book examines the practice of public,...  Read More >>

The Imitatio Christi is considered one of the classic texts of Western spirituality. In this pioneering study, the...  Read More >>

This volume is the first attempt to assess the impact of both humanism and Protestantism on the education offered...  Read More >>

A greater fluidity in social relations and hierarchies was experienced across Europe in the early modern period,...  Read More >>

Drawing upon early modern religious history and the study of the Atlantic World, this collection provides a longue...  Read More >>

Heinrich Heshusius (1556-97) became a leading church superintendent and polemicist during the early age of Lutheran...  Read More >>