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Escape from Reason: A Penetrating Analysis of Trends in Modern Thought
Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness. How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy? In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends in twentieth-century thought and unpacks how key ideas have shaped our society.…
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- 9780830834051
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- Softcover; 124 hlm.; 10.7 cm x 17.7 cm
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- 231.042
Affirming the Apostles' Creed
The Apostles Creed is the oldest, most beautiful succinct summary of Christian beliefs. Though often recited in unison during worship services, the creed begins with the phrase "I believe," making it a deeply personal profession of faith. But when was the last time you examined it closely? In Affirming the Apostles' Creed, an excerpt from Growing in Christ, noted Bible scholar and author J. …
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- 9781433502101
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- Softcover; 155 hlm.; 12.3 x 17.7 cm
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- 238.11
Background of Early Christianity
Having long served as a standard introduction to the world of the early church, Everett Ferguson's Backgrounds of Early Christianity has been expanded and updated in this third edition. The book explores and unpacks the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, religious, and philosophical backgrounds of a good historical understanding of the new testament and the early church. New to this ad…
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- 3
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- 9780802822215
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- Softcover; 647 hlm.; 16.59 x 24.13 cm
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- 270.1
Reading Scripture With The Church Fathers
Many Christians today long to become reacquainted with their ancient ancestors in the faith. They see a deeper worship and devotion in the prayers and hymns of the early church. And they believe that the writings of the early church can shed new light on their understanding of Scripture. But where and how do we begin? Our first encounter with the writings of the church fathers may seem like vis…
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- 9780830815005
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- Softcover; 225 hlm.; 13.87 x 20.98 cm
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- 270.1
Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
This bestselling textbook (over 125,000 copies sold) isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience. This popular textbook is organized around 14 key moments in church history, providing contemporary Christians with a fuller understanding of God as he ha…
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- 9780801039966
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- Softcover; 368 hlm.; 15.24 x 22.86 cm
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- 270.00
The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World
Mention history and some might struggle to stifle a yawn. But when presented as a narrative it can often be compelling reading. Stephen J. Nichols takes a key period in time, the Reformation, and presents its major players in a fresh way. From Martin Luther, a simple monk who wielded the mallet, to kings and queens, this book goes behind the scenes to uncover the human side of these larger-than…
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- 9781581348293
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- Softcover; 159 hlm.; 14 x 21.5 cm
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- 270.6
The Dawn of the Reformation: Essays in Late Medieval and Early Reformation Th…
Throughout these essays there runs a common theme: the need to place the Reformation movement in its medieval context, and to bridge the ideological gaps between late medieval Renaissance, and Reformation studies. The opening chapters consider late medieval thought and the emergence of the young Luther at the center of the Reformation movement. There follows a study of the impact upon Luther of…
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- 0576292045
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- Softcover; 309 hlm.; 15 x 23 cm
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- 270.6
Eusebius: The Church History
Often called the "Father of Church History," Eusebius was the first to trace the rise of Christianity during its crucial first three centuries from Christ to Constantine. Our principal resource for earliest Christianity, The Church History presents a panorama of apostles, church fathers, emperors, bishops, heroes, heretics, confessors, and martyrs. This paperback edition includes Paul L. Maier'…
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- 9780825433078
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- Softcover; 368 hlm.; 13 x 20 cm
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- 270.1
Saint Agustine: Confessions
In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his "Confessions" is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his s…
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- 3
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- 9780199537822
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- Softcover; 352 hlm.; 13.03 x 19.89 cm
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- Oxford World's Classics
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- 270.2092
Saint Augustine: A Life
Garry Wills examines this famed fourth-century bishop and seminal thinker whose grounding in classical philosophy informed his influential interpretation of the Christian doctrines of mind and body, wisdom and God. Saint Augustine explores both the great ruminator on the human condition and the everyday man who set pen to parchment. It challenges many misconceptions - among them the myth of Aug…
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- 9780143035985
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- Softcover; 173 hlm.; 12.7 x 18 cm
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- 270.2092
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