History of religion

2009 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of Calvin, the Reformed theologian whose legacy has played such an important role in the shaping of modern South Africa.

John McIntosh attempts to describe more accurately and completely the spectrum of Evangelicalism (Anglican) that three successive principals of Moore Theological College appropriated and taught in the period.

In the minds of some, universal salvation is a heretical idea that was imported into Christianity from pagan philosophies by Origen (c.

The aim of this book is to promote more serious theological discussion in the Church, especially in the mainline Protestant churches and the Episcopal Church, on the issue of homosexuality.

In many churches, the work of evangelism and social justice is relegated to clergy, staff, or special committees.

Is it possible for a true believer in Christ to apostatize?

The three years that Calvin spent in Strasbourg are often considered a simple gap between his two periods in Geneva (1536-1538 and 1541-1564).

This is the story of Gandhis spiritual evolution the turning points and choices that made him not just a great political leader but also a timeless icon of nonviolence.

What is the mission of the corporate church?

When it comes to learning necessary ministry leadership skills, African Americans are unique in their view towards traditional theological education.

The Fly in My Eye is a reflection of an illusion.

Christmas cheers the birth of Christ with a fresh look at the festive season.

While the Reformed tradition originated with Huldrych Zwingli and was more fully developed with John Calvin, it was John Knox who made significant contributions to this movement as it unfolded in Scotland.

Building the Human City is a first overview of the award-winning yet quite diverse works of Jesuit philosopher William F.

The Civil War, sometimes called "e;The American Iliad,"e; is an epic of violence, rage, bravery, and love, whose echoes still can be heard.

This volume draws upon historical and theological sources and empirical research to provide a unique and diverse perspective on theological education in the twenty-first century.

Several years before his death, Augustine of Hippo reviewed his published works, commenting on his purpose in writing each, and correcting, from his present perspective, the mistakes he noticed.

How can theologians, philosophers, and ordinary people think about the Holy Spirit in the twenty-first century?

In the broad context of Christianity as it developed over two millennia, and with special reference to the last three centuries, this discussion finds that Evangelicalism has repeatedly offered a reduced and distorted understanding of the faith.

Unwilling on conscientious grounds to submit to the religious tests imposed by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the English and Welsh Dissenters of the second half of the seventeenth century established academies in which their young men, many of them destined for the ministry, might receive a higher education.

In a time when organized religion is suffering an identity crisis, the author of The Last Presbyterian?

Redemption and Relationship is an edited collection of essays written by Wycliffe College faculty, originating as homilies within the morning prayer chapel service.

Empowering English Language Learners showcases strategies of those who teach English as a second language in pre-schools, graduate schools, secular public schools, and private Christian schools.

This book addresses a growing need in apologetic literature.

This book examines part of the development of the Bruderhof community, which emerged in Germany in 1920.

In this book Michael Di Fuccia examines the theological import of Owen Barfield's poetic philosophy.

Jesus calls each of us to live in a way that gives the Father glory, shares his love with everyone around us, and reflects the life of Jesus.

Paul Snell, novice reporter, gets assigned a weekly column on chess, mostly because of his faux-filial attachment to the Hane Tribune's owner Waldo Turner.

Too often we turn prayer into well-intentioned patterns of our own making.

A Minister's Manual for Spiritual Warfare is written to assist pastors and other ministers help their parishioners find freedom from demonic oppression.

Short-term mission trips are commonplace in American church life.

There is an inherent connection between the Christian faith and special education.

Joseph of Nazareth, often "e;the forgotten man"e; in early Christian history, comes to life in the compelling historical novel, The Joseph Dialogues.

Thomas Merton is one of the most important spiritual voices of the last century.

Out of Galilee: The History of Christian Thought as a Great Conversation is an ambitious exploration of Christian thought over two millennia.

By the time of his death in 1933 Henri Bremond, priest and member of the elite Academie francaise, had established himself in France, and increasingly in England and the United States, as a distinguished historian of Christian spirituality and as a Catholic modernist who helped to shake the church out of its dogmatic slumbers by embracing "e;pure love,"e; artistic-poetic expression, and mystical prayer as the privileged manifestations of spiritual truth.

Pain is universal.

The Pelagian Controversy (411-431) was one of the most important theological controversies in the history of Christianity.

Jesus invited his disciples to be with him in Gethsemane as he struggled with his own hour of death.

August Wilson (1945-2005) wrote one play for every decade of the twentieth century that explored black life in America for the descendants of slaves.

Central to the mission of the church with each passing generation is the elucidation of the gospel of Christ, which is the heart of the Christian message.

While the Peoples Republic of China is officially an atheist country, Christianity continues to experience rapid growth on the Chinese mainland.

For several centuries now the Muslim Midwest, notably the Northwest and the Southwest, had been the "e;Muslim country"e; of China.

In a time when Charles Wesley's hymns, and even his name, are slowly fading from the purview of many Christians, this book is intended to recover the precious heritage of our past, and to bring to the reader's attention a sample of the massive body of Christian verse which that genius composed throughout his life.

Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Kotsk (1787-1859) was one of the most interesting and challenging figures of Hasidism in the nineteenth century.

In Understanding the Divide: A Presbyterian Elder, a Roman Catholic Theologian, and Basic Questions of the Christian Faith, a Presbyterian Elder and a Roman Catholic theologian reflect in dialogical fashion on basic but critical dimensions of contemporary Christian faith.

Contradiction and ambiguity are essential to the poetry of Madeline DeFrees.

Presents a multidisciplinary study of how Nigerian pentecostals conceive of and engage with a spirit-filled world, arguing that the character of the movement is defined through an underlying "e;spell of the invisible.

In today's polarized publics, we are rarely prepared to encounter one another peaceably and deeply across irreconcilable difference.

The stories of the women have often stayed in the shadows of Canadian Baptist history.