A series that examines the lives of people who have had a major impact on the history or current practice of religion. This volume follows the life of Aimee Semple McPherson, famed for her tent revivals in America.
A series that examines the lives of people who have had a major impact on the history or current practice of religion. This volume follows the life of...
Calvin became an important influence in the Reformation, and his theological beliefs, known as Calvinism, have become integral to many of today's major Protestant churches.
Calvin became an important influence in the Reformation, and his theological beliefs, known as Calvinism, have become integral to many of today's majo...
Swedenborg is credited as being the major intellectual of Sweden for the early eighteenth century. Interested in spiritual matters, he wrote prolifically about his beliefs.
Swedenborg is credited as being the major intellectual of Sweden for the early eighteenth century. Interested in spiritual matters, he wrote prolifica...
A spiritual leader now working in India, Sai Baba encourages individuals to lead whole lives by reaching for his ideals of love, peace, nonviolence, and right conduct.
A spiritual leader now working in India, Sai Baba encourages individuals to lead whole lives by reaching for his ideals of love, peace, nonviolence, a...
The first woman to serve as the president of the American Society of Biblical Literature, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza is a biblical scholar as well as a respected feminist theologian.
The first woman to serve as the president of the American Society of Biblical Literature, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza is a biblical scholar as well a...
For the non-specialist, Martin Marty traces the church's quest through twenty centuries for unity, sanctity, universality, and authentic witness. He delves into the disparity between the ideals of the church and historical realty in order to provide a brilliant, instructive, and eminently fair statement of the history of Christianity from its founding to the present day. In this second edition, revised and expanded, Marty has added an entirely new section entitled "Postscript and Prescript" in which he discusses the recent past and prospects. Fresh insights and revisions based on the most...
For the non-specialist, Martin Marty traces the church's quest through twenty centuries for unity, sanctity, universality, and authentic witness. He d...
In this new edition of The Amish and the State Donald Kraybill brings together legal scholars and social scientists to explore the unique series of conflicts between a traditional religious minority and the modern state. In the process, the authors trace the preservation--and the erosion--of religious liberty in American life. Kraybill begins with an overview of the Amish in North America and describes the "negotiation model" used throughout the book to interpret a variety of legal conflicts. Subsequent chapters deal with specific aspects of religious freedom over which the Amish...
In this new edition of The Amish and the State Donald Kraybill brings together legal scholars and social scientists to explore the unique se...
This first in-depth treatment of Philip Schaff's analysis of religion in America examines the development of religion in the United States in the nineteenth century through the eyes of that period's foremost church historian.
This first in-depth treatment of Philip Schaff's analysis of religion in America examines the development of religion in the United States in the nine...