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The Image of Edessa

The Image of Edessa


Mark Guscin



About the Author Mark Guscin, BA Hons Degree (1st Class) in Latin from University of Manchester (1984), is currently Mana...
Archbishop Theodore: Commemorative Studies on his Life and Influence (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)

Archbishop Theodore: Commemorative Studies on his Life and Influence (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)


Michael Lapidge



Review "This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of seventh-century Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical hist...
Minister to the Cherokees: a Civil War autobiography

Minister to the Cherokees: a Civil War autobiography


Barbara Lee Cloud, James Anderson Slover



Review "An interesting and useful primary source, particularly for its account of his work among the Cherokees and homest...
John Calvin: The Organizer Of Reformed Protestantism 1509 To 1564

John Calvin: The Organizer Of Reformed Protestantism 1509 To 1564


Williston Walker



John Calvin: The Organizer Of Reformed Protestantism 1509 To 1564...
John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait

John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait


William J. Bouwsma



From Library Journal In this work, Bouwsma provides a clear and brilliantly argued analysis of Calvin's place in 16th-cen...
Martin Luther: Roman Catholic Prophet (Marquette Studies in Theology, #25.)

Martin Luther: Roman Catholic Prophet (Marquette Studies in Theology, #25.)


Gregory Sobolewski



Martin Luther: Roman Catholic Prophet (Marquette Studies in Theology, #25.)...
Augustine: from rhetor to theologian

Augustine: from rhetor to theologian


Joanne Mcwilliam



Augustine: from rhetor to theologian...
Evangelical Disenchantment: Nine Portraits of Faith and Doubt

Evangelical Disenchantment: Nine Portraits of Faith and Doubt


David Hempton



From Publishers Weekly Nine erstwhile evangelicals who recanted their beliefs—historical figures includ...
Islam In Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography Of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

Islam In Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography Of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi




Islam In Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography Of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi...
Bishop von Galen: German Catholicism and national socialism

Bishop von Galen: German Catholicism and national socialism




From the Back Cover "Von Galen is a fascinating figure, and his action raises important questions concerning resistance i...
A Muslim in Victorian America: The Life of Alexander Russell Webb

A Muslim in Victorian America: The Life of Alexander Russell Webb




Review "In this timely and engaging book, Umar Abd-Allah brings to life an important, but little-known figure in Victoria...
The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava

The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava


Dilgo Khyentse, Yeshe Tsogyal



Review "The first complete version of Guru Rinpoche’s life, The Lotus-Born translated by Erik Pema Kunsang, one of...
Art and the religious impulse

Art and the religious impulse


Eric Michael Mazur



Art and the religious impulse...
Hero of the Heartland: Billy Sunday and the Transformation of American Society,1862–1935

Hero of the Heartland: Billy Sunday and the Transformation of American Society,1862–1935


Robert F. Martin



From Library Journal Billy Sunday, baseball player for the Chicago Whitestockings, "entrepreneurial evangelist," and the ...
Richelieu

Richelieu


Hilaire Belloc



About the Author Hilaire Belloc began his academic career with a lecture tour of the United States in 1892. He became a m...
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II

Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II


George Weigel



Amazon.com Review Witness To Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II by George Weigel is as comprehensive a biography o...
Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God

Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God


Noel Piper



Review “A fine work of drawing the reader into the historical and spiritual life of these early pioneer missionari...
Buddha

Buddha


Karen Armstrong



Amazon.com Review Books on Buddhism may overflow the shelves, but the life story of the Buddha himself has remained obscu...
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

Confession of a Buddhist Atheist


Stephen Batchelor



From Publishers Weekly Batchelor's Buddhism Without Beliefs (1997) described a secular approach to the Eastern philosophy...
Epicurus and His Gods

Epicurus and His Gods




Epicurus and His Gods...
The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI: The Christocentric Shift

The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI: The Christocentric Shift


Emery De Gaál



Review "Pope Benedict XVI’s theological work and his pastoral and spiritual writings are here placed in the perspect...
Al-Kindi (Great Medieval Thinkers)

Al-Kindi (Great Medieval Thinkers)


Peter Adamson



Review highly readable account...Of course, it would be foolish to suggest the Adamson's aim in writing this excellent bo...
Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life (Oxford Studies in British Church Music)

Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life (Oxford Studies in British Church Music)


Peter Horton



Review "Peter Horton is the leading S.S. Wesley scholar, and this fine book is the result of many years' work...this is c...
Language in the Confessions of Augustine

Language in the Confessions of Augustine


Philip Burton



Review The relative value of the work lies in the detailed information about a specific number of issues, especially stat...