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1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation
Hardback,
10/08/2017,
£16.99
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.
Catholics: The Church and its People in Britain and Ireland, from the Reformation to the Present Day
Paperback,
01/03/2018,
£11.99
Global Church History: The Great Tradition through Cultures, Continents and Centuries
Paperback,
05/09/2019,
£34.99
Cathedrals of Britain
Paperback,
05/03/2020,
£9.99
For centuries the great religious buildings of Great Britain have inspired and fascinated pilgrims and visitors from around the world. The beauty and diversity of British ecclesiastical architecture is superbly captured in this guide to over 60 of Britain's finest cathedrals.
Ships Of Heaven: The Private Life of Britain's Cathedrals
Hardback,
11/04/2019,
£25.00
We learn of rogue saints exploited by holy sinners, the pomp and prosperity that followed these ships of stone, the towns that grew up in their shadows, the impact of the Black Death, the Reformation and icon-smashing Puritanism, the revival brought about by the Industrial Revolution, and the hope and disillusion of two world wars.
Medieval Graffiti
Hardback,
02/07/2015,
£15.99
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.
Story of Christianity
Paperback,
06/06/2013,
£12.99
The introductory history to the Christian faith.
Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict
Paperback,
01/10/2016,
£9.95
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.
Christian History: An Introduction
Paperback,
15/02/2013,
£26.00
Written by one of the world's leading theologians and a bestselling author, this book provides a truly global review by exploring the development of Christianity and related issues in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Lost Christianities
Paperback,
27/10/2005,
£9.99
The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups Christians claimed that there was just not one God. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine; and others that he was divine but not human. This book offers a study of these forms of Christianity, and how they came to be suppressed, reformed, or forgotten.
History of England's Cathedrals
Paperback,
01/09/2017,
£20.00
England's sixty or so Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals are among its most iconic buildings and attract thousands of worshippers and visitors every year. Yet though much has been written about their architecture, this book provides the first rounded account of the whole of their 1700 years from Roman times to the present day.
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England
Paperback,
12/12/1991,
£18.99
Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This analysis of beliefs held on different levels of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700.
Penguin history of the church: The early church
Paperback,
30/09/1993,
£10.99
Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world.
Silence and Honey Cakes
Paperback,
19/11/2004,
£7.99
The Archbishop of Canterbury explores the lessons we can learn from the wisdom and spirituality of the desert fathers.
Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume
Paperback,
01/02/2009,
£22.50
An English-language book of the library of fourth-century Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945 which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance.
Tiny Churches
Hardback,
01/10/2016,
£16.99
Discover 60 of Britain's most perfect diminutive churches that prove small is beautiful. Descriptive background text brings the history of each tiny church to life.
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