European history: Reformation

The volume brings together early statements of belief from across the Radical Reformation.

Part research project, part detective story, this book presents results from the most comprehensive study of successful churches in history.

Das Lutherjahrbuch ist das bedeutendste Organ der internationalen Lutherforschung und wird im Auftrag der Luther-Gesellschaft e.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Geschichte der Großherzöge von Hessen, deren Herrschaft die politischen, sozialen und kulturellen Entwicklungen Deutschlands über Jahrhunderte hinweg prägte.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former Christian Scientist Caroline Fraser comes the first unvarnished account of one of America's most controversial and little-understood religious movements.

The Pentecostal and Charismatic movement is one of the miracles of the 20th century.

How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America?

Sixteen church historians here examine Martin Luther in an uncommon waynot as Reformer or theologian but as pastor.

Theodore Parker (1810-1860) was a powerful preacher who rejected the authority of the Bible and of Jesus, a brilliant scholar who became a popular agitator for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, and a political theorist who defined democracy as "e;government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people--words that inspired Abraham Lincoln.

Drawing on the resources of five other volumes in the series, Transforming Vestries creates a single source designed specifically for this governing body.

Since the disintegration of the USSR many Russian Baptists have actively engaged in evangelism, church planting, and acts of social service.

Over the last several decades, perceptive observers of Western civilization have documented what virtually everyone has perceived: as the old foundations of society have toppled, morality and personal character have been set adrift and often vanished altogether.

With the approach of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s inauguration of the Protestant Reformation and the burgeoning dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans opened under Pope Francis, this new edition of Walter Altmann’s Luther and Liberation is timely and relevant.

The Reformation of the 16th century was a complex and multifaceted political, social, cultural, and religious process.

Die öffentliche Sorge für die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung hat in der Covid-19-Pandemie von neuem ihre Relevanz und ihre Probleme gezeigt.

Wilhelm Loehe is one of the most significant nineteenth-century figures for North American church life and mission, whose influence continues into the present.

Margaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a license; "e;Old Elizabeth,"e; an ex-slave who courageously traveled to the South to preach against slavery in the early nineteenth century; Harriet Livermore, who spoke in front of Congress four times between 1827 and 1844 - these are just a few of the extraordinary women profiled in this, the first comprehensive history of female preaching in early America.

1522 hielt Martin Luther in der Schlosskirche zu Weimar zwei Predigten, aus denen seine Schrift "Von weltlicher Obrigkeit" (1523) hervorging.

Durch das Evangelium tritt die Kirche als "congregatio sanctorum", als Versammlung der Heiligen, in die Geschichte.

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Why does the church worship as it does?

"Reformation" ist ein Schlüsselwort, das epochale Veränderungen in Kirche und Theologie, im sozialen und politischen Leben bezeichnet, und zwar mit Ausstrahlung auf die gesamte europäische Geschichte.

With the Assemblies of God now over a century old, this book takes a fresh look at critical issues in the AG's origins.

Das Lutherjahrbuch ist das bedeutendste Organ der internationalen Lutherforschung und wird im Auftrag der Luther-Gesellschaft herausgegeben.

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The eighteenth-century English minister Andrew Fuller lived a consequential life, debating noteworthy contemporaries such as Thomas Paine and contributing to the pioneering international work of William Carey.

At the time of his death in the autumn of 2017, Robert W.

We once believed that as a majority culture in North America everyone knew all there was to know about a church and its surroundings.

Die biblischen Lesungen sind unverzichtbarer Bestandteil eines jeden Gottesdienstes.

Over the past half century, there has been a proliferation of scholarship on the great American theologian Jonathan Edwards.

Despite being widely recognized as John Wesley's key moment of Christian conversion, Aldersgate has continued to mystify regarding its exact meaning and significance to Wesley personally.

This book studies the politics of Pentecostal conversion and anti-Christian violence in India.

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Den überkonfessionellen und weltweiten Trend der Praise-and-Worship-Music greift der Theologe Andreas Scheuermann in dieser wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung auf und zeigt Chancen und auch Gefahren.

This book addresses several dimensions of the transformation of English Nonconformity over the course of an important century in its history.

Die Reformation war nicht bloß ein Ereignis im Binnenraum der sich neu formierenden protestantischen Kirchen, sondern entfaltete ihre Wirkungen in ganz verschiedenen Kontexten und strahlte auf alle Gebiete des politischen, gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Lebens aus.

Top voices highlight important changes in the role of bishop.

John Wesley's Doctrine of Justification provides updated scholarship on this pivotal doctrine of Methodism, providing a deeper understanding of a major tenet of the Christian faith.

Die wirkungskräftige Perspektive vom obrigkeitshörigen und politisch passiven Luthertum bei Max Weber und Ernst Troeltsch prägte lange Zeit das Bild vom Luthertum bis in das gegenwärtige allgemeine Bewusstsein.

Mit Weitsicht, Diplomatie und unerschütterlicher Entschlossenheit führte Papst Pius IV.

A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the Amish This second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices.

Zum 100-jährigen Jubiläum der "Evangelischen Frauen in Baden" legen Anke Ruth-Klumbies und Christoph Schneider-Harpprecht einen Band zu Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunftsperspektiven der evangelischen Frauenarbeit in Baden vor.

Bonhoeffer thought and wrote a great deal about political life, but he did so neither as a political theorist nor a political activist but rather as a Christian pastor and theologian.

Helge Stadelmann und Stefan Schweyer präsentieren ein Lehrbuch der Praktischen Theologe, das sich von anderen abhebt:- Es ist aus freikirchlicher Perspektive geschrieben und ergänzt so die Lehrbücher für Praktische Theologie aus volkskirchlichem Kontext.

The dramatic story of the genesis of the Anabaptist movement, told directly through the letters of its leaders and other primary documents.

From Lake Chad to Iraq, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide relief around the globe, and their scope is growing every year.

As earth prepares for war, join heaven in preparing for a wedding.