Church history books

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This book takes the influential genre of practical divinity as a framework for understanding Wesley’s role as an...  Read More >>

Die Pfarrei ist eine der erfolgreichsten Institutionen des Mittelalters. Die Christianisierung Europas und die kirchliche...  Read More >>

Das 16. und 17. Jahrhundert ist für die Völkerrechtsgeschichte von besonderer Bedeutung. Aufgrund der spanischen...  Read More >>

During the seventh and early eighth centuries a number of influential saints' cults were established within the...  Read More >>

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Paulus von Theben war der erste Mönch, der in der Wüste lebte - so behauptete es der Kirchenvater Hieronymus in...  Read More >>

In 1395, a poor and illiterate French woman began to experience nightly visions of devils and angels. Was she a...  Read More >>

"The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium that dealt with heavily fragmented texts...  Read More >>

"Hans Sachs war nicht nur Nürnberger Schuster, sondern auch Dichter und Meistersinger: Mit der ""Wittenbergisch...  Read More >>

The exercise of worldly power by Church institutions is among the characteristic features of the Holy Roman Empire...  Read More >>

The author looks at the Stone of Destiny in a way never before attempted and shows how its very dimensions provide...  Read More >>

Erik Ranstrom is assistant professor of theology and religious studies at Rosemont College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvannia....  Read More >>

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Uncovers how evangelical Christians in the border states influenced debates about slavery, morality, and politics...  Read More >>

Seeks to understand the prevailing conception of government in the light of an important transformation in the idea...  Read More >>

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Scholars across many fields have come to realize that ritual is an integral element of human life and a vital aspect...  Read More >>

This book is the second volume in the six-volume series The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings and focuses...  Read More >>

Scholars across many fields have come to realize that ritual is an integral element of human life and a vital aspect...  Read More >>

About 500 years ago, Martin Luther visited Rome. Reflections about his journey often inquire as to its having been...  Read More >>

This volume brings together historians and art historians to explore the ways in which religious art was transformed...  Read More >>

An original interpretation of the early European Enlightenment and the politics of religion in later Stuart England...  Read More >>

A study of the inability of the churches to deal with the crisis of the Great Depression and the shift from church-based...  Read More >>

The first full-scale study of the medieval funerary monuments of South Wales.  Read More >>