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No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists. Most antebellum southern Baptist churches allowed women and slaves to vote on membership matters and preferred populists preachers who addressed their appeals...
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Oxford University Press
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1996-12-12
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This book contributes to the small but growing literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Edwards focusses on the eastern "Greek" provinces in the first and second centuries A.D.--the period during which Christianity, Judaism, and numerous...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
1996-09-12
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Arianism has always been regarded as the archetypal heresy. It did affirm the divinity of Christ as the Son of God, but, unlike orthodoxy, it regarded the divinity as secondary and inferior to that of the Father, the one supreme God. Recently many scholars have...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
1996-08-08
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One of the key figures in Christian history, St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556) was a passionate and unique spiritual thinker and visionary. The works gathered here provide a first-hand, personal introduction to this remarkable character: a man who turned away from...
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Penguin
Parution :
1996-06-27
ePub
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This book is the first history in English of the Lutheran Church in Germany and Scandinavia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A period of fundamental and lasting change in the political landscape with the separation of the old twin monarchies of Sweden-Finland...
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Clarendon Press
Parution :
1995-11-09
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This book is the first comprehensive study of Mormon architecture. It centers on the doctrine of Zion which led to over 500 planned settlements in Missouri, Illinois, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Canada, and Mexico.This...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1995-08-24
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In the year 2000--and beyond--what will the church be like? What challenges will it face? Will the church be able to provide a strong sense of community? Will it be an ethical force in the lives of Americans? And what role will religion play in politics and in the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1995-04-13
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In this ground-breaking study, Shelley Baranowski not only explores how and why church-going Protestants in eastern Prussia turned to Nazism in large numbers, but also shows that the rural elite and the church propagated a myth of the stability, the wholesomeness, and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1995-04-06
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This original examination of the spiritual narratives of conversion in the history of American Protestant evangelical religion reveals an interesting paradox. Fervent believers who devoted themselves completely to the challenges of making a Christian life, who longed to...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1994-01-06
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From 1922 to 1936 the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. was torn by conflict. Fundamentalists, led by Clarence E. Macartney, William Jennings Bryan, and J. Gresham Machen, modernists, guided by Henry Sloane Coffin, and moderates, directed by Charles R. Erdman and Robert...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1993-11-25
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'Orthodoxy claims to be universal . . .'Since its first publication fifty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1993-04-29
ePub
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The French Revolution dealt a fatal blow to the alliance of Church and State.The Christian church had to adapt to great changes - from the social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution to the philosophical speculations of Kant's 'Copernican revolution', to Darwin's...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1990-11-29
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This book describes the role of the medieval Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (c.600-c.1453). As an integral part of its policy it was (as in western Christianity) closely linked with many aspects of everyday life both official and otherwise. It was a formative...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
1986-04-25
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Owen Chadwick describes the effects of the European Revolution of 1789 to 1815 on the Papacy, and compares Catholic Church of the ancient régime to that of the early nineteenth century. The book shows how strongly the Counter-Reformation still worked in Italy during the...
Editeur :
Clarendon Press
Parution :
1980-03-05
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Classic Bible Stories are retold for little ones to understand and comforting promises and truths are simply presented for young hearts. Each story includes a pertinent scripture verse along with a relevant promise. Biblical truths include: God is the creator. God is...
Editeur :
Twin Sisters® Digital Media™
Parution :
2025-12-11
epub sans DRM
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Snuggle close and help baby learn to thank God for all of His blessings with this adorably-illustrated book. Black and white art and bursts of color will capture baby’s attention with large, simple pictures that encourage learning. Rhyming text and beautiful art will...
Editeur :
Twin Sisters® Digital Media™
Parution :
2025-12-02
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Help baby learn that God created everything with this adorably-illustrated book. Black and white art and bursts of color will capture baby’s attention with large, simple pictures that encourage learning. Rhyming text and beautiful art will make this baby’s favorite...
Editeur :
Twin Sisters® Digital Media™
Parution :
2025-12-02
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Snuggle close and help baby learn the classic prayer “Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep” with this adorably-illustrated book. Black and white art and bursts of color will capture baby’s attention with large, simple pictures that encourage learning. Rhyming text and beautiful...
Editeur :
Twin Sisters® Digital Media™
Parution :
2025-12-02
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Help baby learn the precious song “Jesus Loves Me This I Know,” with this adorably-illustrated book. Black and white art and bursts of color will capture baby’s attention with large, simple pictures that encourage learning. Rhyming text and beautiful art will make this...
Editeur :
Twin Sisters® Digital Media™
Parution :
2025-12-02
epub sans DRM
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Little ones will enjoy this perfect first introduction to the story of Noah’s Ark. Through simple sentences and vibrant pictures, young hearts will learn this classic Bible story of Noah’s obedience to God and God’s faithfulness to Noah and his family. A beautiful...
Editeur :
Twin Sisters® Digital Media™
Parution :
2025-11-03
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