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subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
Rodney Stark, a sociologist by training, has written a book that should end much of the Christian-bashing occuring in academia.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become one of Christianity's most influential thinkers.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the belief that America is fundamentally and formally Christian originated in the 1930s.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
The Unintended Reformation asks what propelled the West into this trajectory of pluralism and polarization, and finds answers deep in our medieval Christian past.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
This, his greatest work, presents a defense in support of the monastic groups known as the "hesychasts," the originators of the Jesus Prayer.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
But in history's eyes, they became the first Christians. In this electrifying social and intellectual history, Paula Fredriksen answers this question by reconstructing the life of the earliest Jerusalem community.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
Reviews of the hardcover edition: "The publication of a new translation of Eusebius's The Church History is an important event.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
"highly entertaining and informative... This is a book worth arguing with, written with verve, wit and passion. It is also lavishly illustrated.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
This book argues that whatever one makes of such devotion to Jesus, the subject deserves serious historical consideration. Mapping out the lively current debate about Jesus, Hurtado explains the evidence, issues, and positions at stake.
subject:"Religion / Christianity / History" from books.google.com
The new millennium forces us to reflect on systems for counting time and distinguishing historical eras.