New Testament History

This book recounts the Roman and Jewish context of New Testament times...the lives of John and Jesus, and the history of the first two generations of the Church.

Truth Speaks to Power: The Countercultural Nature of Scripture

World-renowned biblical interpreter Walter Brueggemann invites readers to take a closer look at the subversive messages found within the Old Testament. Brueggemann asserts that the Bible presents a "sustained contestation" over truth, in which established institutions of power do not always prevail. But this is not always obvious at first glance. A closer look reveals that the text actually con…

Judgements on History and Historian

Renowned for his Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy and Reflections on History, Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897) has well been described as “the most civilized historian of the nineteenth century.” Judgments on History and Historians consists of records collected by Emil Dürr from Burckhardt’s lecture notes for history courses at the University of Basel from 1865 to 1885. The 149 bri…

The Golden Door: The Life of Katharine Drexel

This is a biography of a member of the prominent Drexel family of Philadelphia who devoted her immense fortune and her life to the services of others, and in the black habit of a nun was content to walk “simple, silent and unknown.” Granddaughter of the first Francis Drexel, who built up one of the large financial empires of our country, Katharine Drexel grew up in ease, even in luxury.…

Christianity through the centuries

Edition

2

ISBN/ISSN

0-310-38360-9

Collation

Hard cover, 507 halaman

Series Title

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Call Number

R 270.00 C136 C1

Theologies of the American Revivalists: From Whitefield to Finney

For centuries, revivals?and the conversions they inspire?have played a significant role in American evangelicalism. Often unnoticed or unconsidered, however, are the particular theologies underlying these revivals and conversions to faith. With that in mind, church historian Robert Caldwell traces the fascinating story of American revival theologies from the First Great Awakening through the Se…

Kesalehan John Calvin: Kumpulan Prosa, Puisi, dan Kidung Rohaninya

Kesalehan John Calvin adalah sebuah kumpulan prosa dan puisi karya John Calvin yang sangat berharga. Karya-karya ini dikumpulkan dengan sangat cermat untuk mendorong pemahaman yang lebih personal atas pribadi Calvin dan devosinya kepada Allah. Bab-bab di dalamnyamenelusuri perjalanan spiritual dan iman Calvin. Pandangan-pandangan terhadap hidup dan doa Kristen, contoh doa-doanya. Mazmur-mazmur …

The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years After Jesus, Vol. 1

"~Contrary to several popular works of Christian scholarship, historian Paul Barnett maintains that the first two decades of Christian history are hardly ""lost years."" As he shows in this penetrating book, the period between Jesus and the earliest Christian texts is open to historical investigation, and he richly details the time and setting in which the church was born. Writing in a very acc…

The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years

Edition

7

ISBN/ISSN

0-8028-2781-0

Collation

Soft Cover, 230 hlmn

Series Title

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Call Number

F 270.1 B2618 C1

Lady Jane Grey: Christian Biographies for Young Readers

Although she ruled England for less than two weeks and was executed for treason at the age of sixteen, Lady Jane Grey has been admired for generation for her courage and faithfulness to the gospel. In this addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, Simonetta Carr tells Lady Janes Grey's story of intrique and explains its context: te tumultuous politics of Reformation Englan…