Religious History
Historical titles on religion, including early and modern church history, social history, mission history, the history of religious ideas, and historical studies of religious figures.
Hindiyya, Mystic and Criminal, 1720–1798:
A Political and Religious Crisis in Lebanon
By Bernard Heyberger
An account of the life of the controversial mystic Hindiyya 'Ujaymi and what her story reveals of the religious and political climate of 18th-century Lebanon.
ISBN: 9780227173886
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The Independent Methodists:
A History
By John Dolan
The definitive history of Independent Methodism, from its beginnings in the 1790s to the present day.
ISBN: 9780227679838
Inferior Office?:
A History of Deacons in the Church of England
By Francis Young
An illuminating study of an often overlooked order of the clergy, tracing the role of the Anglican diaconate from the Reformation and looking at its future.
ISBN: 9780227174883
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The Kingdom of God and the Son of Man:
A Study in the History of Religion
By Rudolf Otto
A masterful study of the person and work of Jesus by one of the most distinguished German theologians of the 20th century.
ISBN: 9780227173107
Light to the Isles:
Mission and Theology in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Britain
By Douglas Dales
A major study of the development of early English Church from a theological perspective, shedding new light on the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries.
ISBN: 9780227173411
Like a Mighty Army?:
The Salvation Army, the Church, and the Churches
By David W. Taylor
An exploration of the identity of the Salvation Army as an ecclesial body in the light of Karl Barth's ecumenical and ecclesiological theology.
ISBN: 9780227175033
ISBN: 9780227903889
The Making of the Self:
Ancient and Modern Asceticism
By Richard Valantasis
A wide-ranging study of asceticism in the Roman and early Christian traditions, combining both historical and theoretical analysis.
ISBN: 9780227172810
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Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church
By W.H.C. Frend
The definitive survey of martyrdom and persecution during the first four centuries of Christianity.
ISBN: 9780227172292
Mission in the Early Church:
Themes and Reflections
By Edward L. Smither
An examination of the missionary activities of Christians during the Patristic period, their themes and their methods, drawing lessons for mission today.
ISBN: 9780227174852
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The Old Testament Since the Reformation
By Emil G. Kraeling
A study of the issues raised by the Old Testament for Christian faith and the Church, and a survey of attitude to the Old Testament since the Reformation.
ISBN: 9780227170946
ISBN: 9780227170939
