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We Must Speak
Rethinking How We Communicate About Faith in the 21St Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
We Must Speak: Rethinking How We Communicate About Faith in the 21st Century Pray that I may declare (the message) boldly, as I must speak. - Ephesians 6:20 In We Must Speak, Larry Hollon addresses the communications crisis in mainline denominations and sounds a call to action for the church: Speak...
Frontiers of Faith
Bringing Catholicism to the West in the Early Republic
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
American religious histories have often focused on the poisoned relations between Catholics and Protestants during the colonial period or on the virulent anti-Catholicism and nativism of the mid- to late nineteenth century. Between these periods, however, lies an important era of close, peaceable,...
Pacifism and Pentecostals in South Africa
A new hermeneutic for nonviolence
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
Most of the early twentieth-century Pentecostal denominations were peace churches that encouraged a stance of conscientious objection. However, since the Second World War Pentecostals have largely abandoned their pacifist viewpoint as they have taken on a more literal Biblical hermeneutic from their...
I Fired God
My Life Inside---and Escape from---the Secret World of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Cult
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
A compelling memoir and account of the Independent Fundamental Baptist church and its shocking history of religious abuse.
Jocelyn Zichterman was born, raised, married into, and finally, with her family, fled the Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Founded by the fiery preacher Bob Jones,...
by Oral Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
The evangelistic crusades of Oral Roberts are one of the great phenomena of the twentieth century. To these crusades, conducted in his giant tent cathedral seating some 18,000 people, go an average of one and one-half million people annually. Presented under the slogan, “For all people of all churches,”...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2007
One hundred years after the Azusa Street Revival stunned Los Angeles and changed Western Christianity, Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing religious movement in the world. However, many Pentecostal denominations in the United States are in a slow decline. Will Pentecostalism survive in North...
by The United Methodist Publishing House
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Translated into Spanish, The Book of Discipline details the plan by which United Methodists govern themselves, and describes their understanding of what is expected of laity and clergy as we seek to be effective witnesses in the world and make disciples of Jesus Christ. As the product of more than...
by Martin Luther
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, commonly known as The Ninety-Five Theses, were written by Martin Luther in 1517 and are widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. Luther used these theses to display his displeasure with some of the Church's...
Unity in Christ and Country
American Presbyterians in the Revolutionary Era, 1758–1801
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
In this compelling account, William Harrison Taylor examines the interdenominational pursuits of the American Presbyterian Church from 1758 to 1801 to highlight the church’s ambitious agenda of fostering and uniting a host of New World values, among them Christendom, nationalism, and territorial...
Wesleyan-Holiness Churches in Australia
Hallelujah under the Southern Cross
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Most Wesleyan-Holiness churches started in the US, developing out of the Methodist roots of the nineteenth-century Holiness Movement. The American origins of the Holiness movement have been charted in some depth, but there is currently little detail on how it developed outside of the US. This book...
Perfectionist Persuasion
The Holiness Movement and American Methodism, 1867-1936
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1974
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"...a model for the kind of study that other denominations now deserve and need."—THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY
"...a sympathetic but balanced treatment...Important for social history collections and essential for those emphasizing the sociology of religion...
Luther Refracted
The Reformer's Ecumenical Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Luther Refracted speaks to the currency that Luther’s life and thought continue to enjoy in today’s Christian reflection. The contributors, representing a variety of Christian denominations, demonstrate Luther’s lasting impact on their own traditions and, together with the Lutheran respondents,...
by Charles Spurgeon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". Spurgeon was to 19th century England what D. L Moody was to America....
by Charles Spurgeon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". Spurgeon was to 19th century England what D. L Moody was to America....