Church history books

This new edition fully reflects developments in our understanding of early Christianity and provides the reader...  Read More >>

This book is not claiming Melanchthon rediscovered the gospel. That honor belongs to his friend and mentor, Martin...  Read More >>

Religious rivalry exists where groups of people distinguish themselves from others on the basis of differing beliefs...  Read More >>

No extant text gives so vivid a glimpse into the experience of an ancient prisoner as Paul's letter to the Philippians....  Read More >>

Font of Pardon and New Life is a study of the historical development and impact of John Calvin's doctrine of baptism,...  Read More >>

In The Embodied God, Wilson focuses on depictions of God's body in the New Testament. She argues that Luke-Acts...  Read More >>

Historians have debated how the clergy's support for political resistance during the American Revolution should...  Read More >>

This book highlights the impact of Christianity on the history of law and society in the Lowlands. The diversity...  Read More >>

'Whoever opens the pages of this book will find a very attractive presentation of Carmelite saints and their spirituality....  Read More >>

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"It has often been noted that the Protestant Reformation of the early sixteenth century witnessed a revived interest...  Read More >>

Prudentius’ Crown of Martyrs offers an English translation, with introduction and commentary, of the Liber Peristephanon,...  Read More >>

This volume is an investigation of how Augustine was received in the Carolingian period, and the elements of his...  Read More >>

Children in the Bible and the Ancient World is a helpful introduction to any who study children and childhood in...  Read More >>

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This book highlights the life and writings of an itinerant preacher in John Wesley’s Methodist Connexion, Thomas...  Read More >>

Protestant Aesthetics and the Arts is the first study of its kind, containing essays that address Protestantism...  Read More >>

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Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain brings together twenty-five essays by renowned historian Terence O’Reilly....  Read More >>

The Reformed Conformity that flourished within the Early Stuart English Church was a rich, vibrant, and distinctive...  Read More >>

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An internationally recognized scholar zeroes in on five key moments in history to show how the North African church...  Read More >>

Die Begegnung von Martin Luther und dem päpstlichen Legaten Thomas de Vio Cajetan im Anschluss an den Augsburger...  Read More >>

Glaubt man den Angaben des Kolosserbriefes, dann wurde das Schreiben von Paulus in einer Haftsituation niedergeschrieben,...  Read More >>

In this critical exploration of the role of manuscripts in textual scholarship, Liv Ingeborg Lied studies the Syriac...  Read More >>