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Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity...and Why It Matters
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David Kinnaman, Gabe Lyons
It's a difficult fact to face: the perception that most nonbelievers have of Christianity is overwhelmingly negative. Through groundbreaking research conducted on 16- to 29-year-old non-Christians, released solely through this book, Christians will see how their friends, colleagues, and neighbors really perceive them. "Unchristian" uncovers why ...
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Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
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Bart D Ehrman
The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine, while others said he was divine but not human ...
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The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
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Bart D Ehrman
Featuring vibrant full color throughout, this new edition of Bart Ehrman's highly successful introduction approaches the New Testament from a consistently historical and comparative perspective, emphasizing the rich diversity of the earliest Christian literature. Rather than shying away from the critical problems presented by these books, Ehrman ...
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Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices
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Frank A Viola, Dr. George Barna
Offering compelling historical evidence, the authors maintain that most of what Christians do in present-day churches is not rooted in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles.
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The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
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Professor Philip Jenkins
In looking back over the enormous changes wrought by the 20th century, Western observers may have missed the most dramatic revolution of all. While secular movements like communism, feminism, and environmentalism have gotten the lion's share of our attention, the explosive southward expansion of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has ...
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Who Stole My Church: What to Do When the Church You Love Tries to Enter the 21st Century
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Gordon MacDonald
In this fictional story, pastor and author MacDonald uses topical examples and all-too-familiar characters to reassure readers that it is possible to embrace change, and to demonstrate how that change can actually be a positive influence in their church.
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Concise History of the Catholic Church
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Thomas S Bokenkotter
Bokenkotter's massive undertaking offers readers the major historical and theological events that have shaped the Catholic Church over the past 2000 years. CONCISE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH presents encapsulations of the Church's history and its interaction with various governments, its response to wars, and its negotiation of splinter ...
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Documents of the Christian Church
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Chris Maunder (Editor), Henry Bettenson (Editor)
'That invaluable Christian reference book.' Church Times 'Covering the whole range of Christian thought, it is specially valuable to the young student.' Church Quarterly Review This selection of writings from the most important moments in the history of Christianity has become established as a classic work. Now incorporating a wealth of new ...
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Story of Christianity: Volume 2: Volume Two: The Reformation to the Present Day
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Justo L Gonzalez
Beginning with the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, this second volume of The Story of Christianity continues narrative history to the present.
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Foxes Book of Martyrs
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John Foxe
Foxe's Book of Martyrs, streamlined and reorganized for modern readers in this edition, is a classic of courage and faith. It chronicles the tragic yet triumphant stories of men and women who faced torture and martyrdom rather than deny their vision of truth and of God.
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Azusa Street
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Frank Bartleman
From the pen of John Bartleman, an early leader of the Pentecostal movement, we have an eyewitness account of the "latter rain" when Pentecost moved from California to Maine and back.
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Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
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Mark A Noll
In Turning Points, Mark Noll takes readers on a tour of twelve decisive moments in Christian history, reflecting also on some twentieth-century events that may someday be considered turning points.
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Return of the Prodigal Son
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Henri J M Nouwen
Henri Nouwen considers the parable of the Prodigal Son, the painting by Rembrandt, and his own life journey, exploring themes of homecoming, affirmation, and reconciliation as well as those of loneliness, dejection, jealousy, and anger.
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Eusebius: The Church History
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Paul L Maier, Ph.D. (Translator)
This new, highly affordable paperback edition includes Maier's best-selling translation, historical commentary on each book of "The Church History," and ten maps and illustrations. Often called the "Father of Church History," Eusebius recorded crucial information about the lives of Jesus' disciples, the development of the New Testament, Roman ...
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Church History in Plain Language: Updated 2nd Edition
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Bruce Shelley
This volume concerning Christian church history tells about people, not just "eras" and "ages" and is authoritatively researched.
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Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome
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Professor Rodney Stark
A leading expert on early Christianity presents new, authentic, and sometimes startling facts and statistics about the rise of early Christianity, and reveals how it grew to become the world's greatest religion.
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Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
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Dennis Covington
Journalist Dennis Covington documents the case of Glenn Summerford, arrested and tried for murdering his wife with rattlesnakes. On Sand Mountain, Covington found he discovered the similarities between himself and the devotees of snake-handling, strychnine-drinking religions so quickly it was disturbing to him. This book was voted by the "Voice ...
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The Early Church
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Henry Chadwick
This first volume of the penguin history of the church looks at the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD and at the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world. Drawing on recent historical research, Professor Henry Chadwock shows how Christianity had its roots in a synthesis of contemporary ideas and ...
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From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ
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Paula Fredriksen
Paul Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached.
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Revolution
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Dr. George Barna
One of the world's best-known and most respected pollsters shares the results of years worth of research. He also offers insight into the motivations of those leaving the church and new information on alternative church communities.
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Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity
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Frank A Viola
Author Frank Viola presents a compelling case for a new kind of church based on the model for fellowship found in Acts. Redefine expectations and reimagine a life-changing church.
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Documents of the Christian Church
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Henry Bettenson (Editor)
Here is a fine collection of the most important source materials for the history of Christianity, in a compact and attractive little volume. --The Christian Century
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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580, Second Edition
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Dr. Eamon Duffy
This profoundly influential book re-examines events leading up to the Reformation in England and illuminates our understanding of the period. A prize-winning account, it recreates lay people's experience of the religion of the pre-Reformation church showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but was a strong and ...
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Church in History
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B K Kuiper
An absorbing survey of the history of the Christian church from A.D. 33 to the present, including a comprehensive section on the church in the United States and Canada. An ideal text for seondary schools and Bible institutes.
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
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Professor Thomas E Woods, Jr.
This book will strike an enormous chord with readers looking to defend Western Civilization and their faith.
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