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God's army
Hardback,
04/12/1998,
£16.99
£15.29
Linked to a six-part Channel 4 television series, this is an exploration of the inner workings of the Salvation Army as it tries to adapt to changing times through corporate restructuring without compromising its ideals. The book also examines the organization's history.
Messiah
Paperback,
14/12/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
The story of the composition, first performances and cultural afterlife of one of the best-loved and most widely performed works in the entire history of music.
1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation
Hardback,
10/08/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
Did Martin Luther really post his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Castle Church door in October 1517? Probably not, says Reformation historian Peter Marshall. But though the event might be mythic, it became one of the great defining episodes in Western history, a symbol of religious freedom of conscience which still shapes our world 500 years later.
Puritans on Independence: The First Examination, Defence, and Second Examination
Hardback,
12/10/2017,
£120.00
£108.00
A scholarly edition of a set of manuscripts which reveal the political and ecclesiastical views of the Puritans in the period between their official suppression by the crown in 1592 and their sudden resurgence around the time of the English Civil Wars.
Monks, Miracles and Magic: Reformation Representations of the Medieval Church
Paperback,
18/01/2005,
£26.99
£24.29
An innovative study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity, revealing the process by which the medieval past was rewritten by Reformation propagandists.
Catholics: The Church and its People in Britain and Ireland, from the Reformation to the Present Day
Paperback,
01/03/2018,
£11.99
£10.79
New Eusebius
Paperback,
28/05/1987,
£20.00
£18.00
A source book for students of the patristic period and a companion volume to "Creeds, Councils and Controversies" and "Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church". This updated edition incorporates vital documents that were not available when the original collection was compiled.
Trinity: Part 1/ Volume 5: Books 2ed
Paperback,
28/02/2012,
£21.50
£19.35
In this classic work Augustine is engaged in a personal quest; he is 'looking for God', and of course inviting his readers to join him in the search.
Cloud of Witnesses: An Introductory History of the Development of Christian Doctrine to 500 CE
Paperback,
01/12/2007,
£19.99
£17.99
Jesus
Paperback,
22/03/2002,
£6.99
£6.29
Part of the Lion Access Guides series, which offers essential information on key subjects in lively, colour illustrated style
Documentary as Exorcism: Resisting the Bewitchment of Colonial Christianity
Paperback,
16/01/2014,
£21.99
£19.79
Frames colonial theology in the Caribbean as a form of witchcraft practice that bewitched Africans and later black colonial subjects, and discusses the continued impact of this bewitchment, namely in politics and anti-intellectualism in contemporary Black Pentecostal Church life, especially in the UK.
Theology: The Basic Readings 2ed
Paperback,
18/11/2011,
£19.99
£17.99
In this fully expanded and updated new edition, leading theologian Alister E. McGrath brings together key theological readings to provide a concise and balanced introduction to the Christian faith. Readings come from a broad theological spectrum and include both historical and contemporary, mainstream and cutting-edge approaches.
Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict
Paperback,
01/10/2016,
£9.95
£8.96
Faith and Sword gives a concise history of what has arguably been the longest conflict in human history - a conflict that continues, in a new form, to this day. The overtly religious Christian-Muslim struggle lasted for nearly thirteen centuries, and for most of that period the Muslims were in the ascendant.
Story of Christianity
Paperback,
06/06/2013,
£8.99
£8.09
The introductory history to the Christian faith.
Catholics: The Church and its People in Britain and Ireland, from the Reformation to the Present Day
Hardback,
02/03/2017,
£25.00
£22.50
Throughout the three hundred years that followed the Act of Supremacy - which, by making Henry VIII head of the Church, confirmed in law the breach with Rome - English Catholics were prosecuted, persecuted and penalised for the public expression of their faith. This book tells the story of the Catholics in Britain.
Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles
Hardback,
13/04/2017,
£25.00
£22.50
Cross and the Crescent
Paperback,
04/03/2004,
£7.99
£7.19
Presents an account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation. This book argues that though there were trading and cultural interactions between Islam and Christianity during the period when Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, neither side was remotely interested in the religion of the other.
Early Tudor church and society, 1485-1529
Paperback,
14/06/1993,
£36.99
£33.29
Examines the role of the early Tudor Church and the impact it had in society. Amongst the areas covered are: the Higher Clergy; the Church and the Lay Power; the Lesser Clergy; the Regular Clergy; Canon Law and the people; the community of the parish; worship and preaching; and beliefs and values.
Christology of the Later Fathers
Paperback,
£25.99
£23.39
"One of the most readable and inspiring surveys of the development of the theology of the early Church is to be found in the introduction on faith, theology, and creeds in this volume.....Dr. Hardy here clearly interprests the scope of the vast, yet delicate, problem faced by the Fathers in the period of the Ecumenical Councils.
Medieval Graffiti
Hardback,
02/07/2015,
£12.99
£11.69
Drawing on examples from surviving medieval churches in England, the author gives a voice to the secret graffiti artists from the lord of the manor and the parish priest to the people who built the church itself.
Mr Moody and the Evangelical Tradition
7,
01/03/2005,
£9.99
£8.99
An assessment of the life and legacy of Dwight L. Moody, including evaluation of his theology, preaching, revivalist strategy, church music innovation, and global missionary work.
History of Christianity, A
Hardback,
24/09/2009,
£35.00
£31.50
Christianity, one of the world's great religions, has had an incalculable impact on human history. This book describes the main ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organisation and spirituality, how it has changed politics, sex, and human society. It presents the global history of Christianity.
Beginnings of English Protestantism
Paperback,
30/05/2002,
£20.99
£18.89
A collection of challenging essays examining the early Protestants in the English Reformation.
Heretics Within: Anthony Wotton, John Goodwin & the Orthodox Divines
Paperback,
01/10/2014,
£35.00
£31.50
Late Medieval English Church
Paperback,
02/07/2013,
£14.99
£13.49
Bernard looks at the structure of the church, the nature of royal control over it, the clergy and bishops, the intense devotion and deep-rooted practices of the laity, anti-clerical sentiment, and the prevalence of heresy.
Roman Catholic Church, The
Hardback,
19/03/2007,
£22.50
£20.25
The history of the Roman Catholic Church is the gateway to understanding 2,000 years of Western and at times world civilization. This title begins with how Roman Catholics understand their faith, before telling the story of the multifarious ways in which their Church has shaped the lives and beliefs of Christian and non-Christians alike.
Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon 1689-1901
Paperback,
19/11/2014,
£30.00
£27.00
This handbook accesses historical, theological, rhetorical, literary, and linguistic studies to demonstrate the interdisciplinary strength of the field of sermon studies and to show the centrality of sermons to private and public life in this 'golden age' of the British sermon.
Short World History of Christianity
Paperback,
01/04/2008,
£20.99
£18.89
In this highly readable volume, Robert Bruce Mullin surveys the rise and spread of Christianity throughout the world. Global in focus and covering the expanse of Christian history, the book unveils the challenges that Christianity has faced throughout the centuries.
Common Prayer: The Language of Public Devotion in Early Modern England
Paperback,
08/05/2001,
£19.50
£17.55
This text explores the relationship between prayer and poetry in the century following the Protestant Reformation. The author challenges the conventional and largely misleading distinctions between the ritualized worlds of Catholicism and the more individualistic focus of Protestantism.
Picturing the Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in the Arts Over Two Millennia
Hardback,
25/06/2015,
£20.00
£18.00
An original introduction to the book of Revelation through the use of art history, with attention also given to the reception of the text in music, literature, and popular culture.
William Perkins and the Making of a Protestant England
Hardback,
30/10/2014,
£65.00
£58.50
This is a study of the theology of William Perkins (1558-1602), a prominent Cambridge scholar and teacher during the reign of Elizabeth I. Though often described as a Puritan, W. B. Patterson argues that Perkins was in fact a prominent and effective apologist for the established church.
Making Heretics: Militant Protestantism and Free Grace in Massachusetts, 1636-1641
Paperback,
22/09/2014,
£22.95
£20.66
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