Institutes of the Christian Religion

Theologian par excellence of the Reformation, John Calvin is best known for his Institutes of the Christian Religion, written as a theological introduction to the Bible and a vindication of Reformation principles. After appearing in several editions beginning in 1536, Calvin's Institutes was finally published in this authoritative 1559 edition. Henry Beveridge's translation of Calvin's magnum o…

Protestant Christianity, Interpreted Through Its Development

This book is an essay in the interpretation of Protestant Christianity. It has grown out of conviction that the nature and meaning of Protestantism can be seen only in the light of historical development. We have, therefore, deliberately abandoned many of the usual patterns for interpreting Protestant life and thought. Survey descriptions of the various Protestant denominations almost invariabl…

Philosophical Letters: Letters Concerning the English Nation

Philosophical Letters (LETTERS CONCERNING THE ENGLISH NATION) VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET) Best known for his philosophical novel Candide, Voltaire ranked among the leading intellectuals of the Enlightenment period. This collection confirms the philosopher's reputation for displays of irrepressible genius and individuality. Voltaire's two-and-a-half-year sojourn in England (…

The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine

Eusebius' account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, traces the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ends with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine.

The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors

What did the Puritans and their successors teach? Was their teaching biblical? What can we learn from them for our life and witness today? These questions guided Dr. LLoyd-Jones in giving the addresses in this volume. Far from sharing the idea that a knowledge of the past is useless or irrelevant, he believed that the study of history is vital to the well-being of the church today. In these add…

C. S. Lewis in a Time of War

C. S. Lewis is universally recognized as one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century. Despite his sophistication, Lewis was able to reach a vast popular audience during his lifetime and continues to attract thousands of new readers every year. But when during the most desperate years of World War II he was asked by the BBC’s Home Service to give radio addresses about Christianity,…

Puritan Reformed Spirituality:

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1

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9780852346297 / 0852346298

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Softcover; 475 hlm.; 14.88 x 22.4 cm

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285.9

The Kindness of Strangers: the Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from…

This title of this book was inspired by the happy resolution of a problem of translation. A number of the Latin legal, ecclesiastical, and literary texts discussed below use the expression 'aliena misericordia' to describe the motivation of the person who rescued abandoned children.

Words from the Land: Encounter with Natural History Writing

Words From the Land spans the full range of the contemporary nature writing genre. In this expanded edition, Stephen Trimble adds five writers to the fifteen included in the original edition, including selections both from well-known masters and from vital new writers who focus on our relationship with the earth. A new preface brings his critical commentary up to date. In his fascinating introd…

The Future of Hope: Christian Tradition Amid Modernity and Postmodernity

Over the last three decades a major cultural shift has taken place in the attitudes of Western societies toward the future. Modernitybs eclipse by postmodernity is characterized in large part by the loss of hope for a future substantially better than the present. Old optimism about human progress has given way to uncertainty and fear. In this book scholars from various disciplines -- theology, …