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Dorothee Soelle - Mystic and Rebel: The Biography

Renate Wind has composed a well-researched and searching biography of Dorothee Soelle (1929-2003), who became a true religious provocateur...

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Divine Complexity: The Rise of Creedal Christianity

Paul Hinlicky reads the history of the early church as a genuine, centuries–long theological struggle to make sense of the confession of Jesus' life,...

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The Emergence of Christianity: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective

This brief survey text tells the story of early Christianity. Cynthia White explores the emergence of Christianity in Rome during the first four centuries of...

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A People's History of Christianity: Modern Christianity to 1900, Vol 6

After the Reformation, Christians found themselves living amidst wars of religion, Enlightenment, and colonization. This volume explores the spread of...

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A People's History of Christianity: Twentieth-Century Global Christianity, Vol 7

A specific focus and intent of this final volume of A People's History of Christianity is to delve behind the global phenomenon of Christianity to glimpse some...

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eBook-A People's History of Christianity: Christian Origins, Vol 1

Dealing with a time when "Christians" were moving towards separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this inaugural volume of A People's History of...

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eBook-A People's History of Christianity:Late Ancient Christianity, Vol 2

The particular excitement of this volume lies in its focus on the everyday realities of Christians' lives in the era of Christian ascendancy and Roman decline....

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Act and Being: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 2

The fresh, critical translation of the volume is now available in paper. Act and Being, written in 1929-1930 as Bonhoeffer's second dissertation, deals with...

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Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious Zeal

Observing that Abraham Lincoln once described the United States as an "almost chosen nation," Robert Jewett offers a critical survey of the history of...

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The Future of Lutheranism in a Global Context

What are the strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities for Lutheran theology and the Lutheran church around the world? Contributors from around...

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The Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Thomas Müntzer: A Tragedy of Errors

Rejected in the sixteenth century by both Protestants and Catholics, yet hailed by Marxist historians as a forerunner of the Marxist revolution, this volume...

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The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Post-Holocaust Perspectives

How much did Dietrich Bonhoeffer know of the Holocaust, and what did he do to help the Jews? Should Bonhoeffer be considered one of the "Righteous among the...

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When Children Became People: The Birth of Childhood in Early Christianity

Bakke paints a fascinating picture of children's first real emergence as people against a backdrop of the ancient world. Using theological and social history...

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Two Worlds Are Ours: An Introduction to Christian Mysticism

In this masterful historical survey, theologian John Macquarrie demonstrates how Christians, especially the great mystics, have experienced at their own...

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Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther

Mark Edwards's pioneering work on the Reformation as a "print event" traces how Martin Luther, the first Protestant, became the central figure in the...

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Face to Face: Portraits of the Divine in Early Christianity

Examining how God and eventually Christ are portrayed in early Christian art, Jensen explores questions of the relationship between art and theology, conflicts...

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Creation and Fall: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 3

Creation and Fall originated in lectures given by Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the University of Berlin in the winter semester of 1932—33 during the demise of...

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Documents from the History of Lutheranism, 1517-1750

A unique resource: from the Reformation to Pietism. This unique collection of excerpts from Lutheran historical and theological documents - many...

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Fortress Introduction to Black Church History

A concise and accessible history. A brief history of black Christian churches in the United States has long been needed. Larger sociological and historical...

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