Early Church

The Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles [9781781252086]

Exploring the origins of Christianity, this book looks at why it was that people first in Judea and then in the Roman and Greek Mediterranean world be…

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The Cities That Built the Bible [9780062366740]

Robert Cargill, Assistant Professor of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Iowa, is an archeologist, Bible scholar, and host of numero…

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In Stone and Story: Early Christianity in the Roman World [9781540960672]

This beautifully designed, full-color textbook introduces the Roman background of the New Testament by immersing students in the life and culture of t…

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The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia [9780745953670]

This book tells a surprising story. Many think of Christianity as a Western faith, which grew out of its origins in the Middle East towards Rome and i…

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Who Were the Church Fathers?

Who were the Church Fathers? What did they achieve? And why are their lives and writings considered so important? D'Ambrosio dusts off the dry theolog…

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A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography: a Reference Guide to Over 800 Christian Men and Women, Hereticsnd Sects of the First Six Centuries [9781619702691]

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A Social History of the Early Church [9781912552184]

In the first decades after Christ a small movement from the Middle East rapidly grew to become an empire-wide phenomenon. Soon there were established …

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Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain [9780292731325]

In villages and towns across Spain and its former New World colonies, local performers stage mock battles between Spanish Christians and Moors or Azte…

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Between Personal and Institutional Religion: Self, Doctrine, and Practice in Late Antique Eastern Christianity [9782503541310]

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Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes [9780823209675]

For over a thousand years, Eastern Christendom had as its center the second capital of the Roman Empire-Constantinople, the New Rome, or Byzantium. …

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Call Down Lightning: What the Welsh Revival of 1904 Reveals About the End Times [9780785219071]

God Is Up to Something Big The Bible dedicates more space to prophecy than to any other subject. These prophetic portions of Scripture have received a…

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Celtic Saints of Scotland, Northumbria and the Isle of Man [9781781556016]

Most books about Celtic saints are based on their legendary medieval lives. This book, however, focuses on the sites where these early Christians live…

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Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church [9780281071319]

While scholars have long regarded the second century as one of the most decisive stages in the history of Christianity, there are no introductory surv…

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Christians and Their Many Identities in Late Antiquity, North Africa, 200-450 CE [9780801451423]

For too long, the study of religious life in Late Antiquity has relied on the premise that Jews, pagans, and Christians were largely discrete groups d…

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Christians and Their Many Identities in Late Antiquity, North Africa, 200-450 CE [9781501713576]

For too long, the study of religious life in Late Antiquity has relied on the premise that Jews, pagans, and Christians were largely discrete groups d…

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Church History in Plain Language [9780310115960]

Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's readers.Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global…

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Colossians [9781783597222]

Putting Jesus in his place. This was the issue with which the church at Colossae wrestled. There was a plethora of other gods and spiritual beings …

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De Doctrina Christiana: A Classic of Western Culture [9780268008741]

This volume is the result of an international conference held at the University of Notre Dame in 1991 in which leading scholars, classicists, medieval…

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Dynamics and Identity in Early Christianity: Associations, Judeans, and Cultural Minorities [9780567613288]

This study sheds new light on identity formation and maintenance in the world of the early Christians by drawing on neglected archaeological and epigr…

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Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity [9780313383595]

This revealing history examines the controversies, maneuvering, and political wrangling that occupied the Christian Church for the first four centurie…

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