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  • The Triumph of Christianity

    How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

    New York Times Bestseller: A “marvelous” account of how the tiny sect of Christianity rapidly became the dominant religion in the West (Reza Aslan, New York Times–bestselling author of Zealot).How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire become the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Book of Margery Kempe

    by Margery Kempe ...
    Translated by Barry Windeatt ...
    A remarkable medieval woman's life and the earliest surviving autobiography in English, now updated with new materialThe story of the eventful life of Margery Kempe - medieval wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Here Kempe recounts in vivid, unembarrassed detail the madness that followed the birth of the first of her fourteen ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Elements of Christian Thought

    A Basic Course in Christianese

    In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted classrooms around the world, teachers scrambled to convert their lectures and presentations into a format more conducive to online and distance learning.For Eugene Rogers, this meant transcribing as closely as possible the spoken lectures that have made his Introduction to Christian Thought course at UNC Greensboro, a course he has ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Power of Parable

    How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus

    In 1969, I was teaching at two seminaries inthe Chicago area. One of my courses wason the parables by Jesus and the other wason the resurrection stories about Jesus. I hadobserved that the parabolic stories by Jesusseemed remarkably similar to the resurrectionstories about Jesus. Were the latter intended asparables just as much as the former? Had webeen reading parable, presuming history, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • God's Ghostwriters

    Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

    by Candida Moss ...
    From an award-winning biblical scholar, the “monumental and eye-opening” story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the message of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity in ways both subtle and profound (Reza Aslan).For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture have credited the authorship of the New Testament to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A New English Translation of the Septuagint

    The Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation of Jewish sacred writings) is of great importance in the history of both Judaism and Christianity. The first translation of the books of the Hebrew Bible (plus additions) into the common language of the ancient Mediterranean world made the Jewish scriptures accessible to many outside Judaism. Not only did the Septuagint become Holy Writ to Greek ... Read more

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  • Brand Luther

    How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing, Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe--and Started the Protestant Reformation

    A revolutionary look at Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the birth of publishing, on the eve of the Reformation’s 500th anniversaryWhen Martin Luther posted his “theses” on the door of the Wittenberg church in 1517, protesting corrupt practices, he was virtually unknown. Within months, his ideas spread across Germany, then all of Europe; within years, their author was not just famous, but ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Abortion Policy and Christian Social Ethics in the United States

    Today's Christian pro-life movement has misplaced its priorities. The issue of abortion is more complex than the movement often appreciates. For a start, Scripture is less clear about the moral weight of the fetus than we often think. In fact, early Christians took different positions on abortion because they also relied on different scientific sources about the unborn. Furthermore, Christian ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Journeys to Heaven and Hell

    Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition

    A New York Times best-selling scholar's illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hell“[An] illuminating deep dive . . . An edifying origin story for contemporary Christian conceptions of the afterlife.”—Publishers WeeklyFrom classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifth-century Christian apocrypha, narratives that described guided tours of the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Bible's Cutting Room Floor

    The Holy Scriptures Missing from Your Bible

    The Bible you usually read is not the complete story. Some holy writings were left out for political or theological reasons, others simply because of the physical restrictions of ancient bookmaking technology. At times, the compilers of the Bible skipped information that they assumed everyone knew. Some passages were even omitted by accident.In The Bible's Cutting Room Floor, acclaimed author and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary

    The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

    An examination of how the teachings of Jesus reveal the essential role of sexuality in spiritual growth and transformation• Shows that Jesus did not come to redeem humanity from the life of the flesh, but to honor it as a spiritual path• Uses Hebrew, gnostic, and early Christian source texts to reveal the true context of the words attributed to Jesus• Explores the spiritual and physical ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Second Founding

    New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy

    by David Quigley ...
    At the close of the Civil War, Americans found themselves drawn into a new conflict, one in which the basic shape of the nation's government had to be rethought and new rules for the democratic game had to be established. In this superb new study, David Quigley argues that New York City's politics and politicians lay at the heart of Reconstruction's intense, conflicted drama. In ways that we ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs

    A Reference Guide to More Than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers

    Edited by David W. Bercot ...
    Interest in the ways of the early church has never been more intense. What did early Christians believe about the divinity of Christ? What were the beliefs of those who sat at the feet of Jesus’ disciples? Now, for the first time, a unique dictionary has been developed to allow easy access to the ancient material and furnish ready answers to these questions and others like them. David W. Bercot ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Mercenary Mediterranean

    Sovereignty, Religion, and Violence in the Medieval Crown of Aragon

    by Hussein Fancy ...
    Sometime in April 1285, five Muslim horsemen crossed from the Islamic kingdom of Granada into the realms of the Christian Crown of Aragon to meet with the king of Aragon, who showered them with gifts, including sumptuous cloth and decorative saddles, for agreeing to enter the Crown’s service.They were not the first or only Muslim soldiers to do so. Over the course of the thirteenth and fourteenth ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • James the Brother of Jesus

    The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls

    "A passionate quest for the historical James refigures Christian origins, … can be enjoyed as a thrilling essay in historical detection." —The GuardianJames was a vegetarian, wore only linen clothing, bathed daily at dawn in cold water, and was a life-long Nazirite. In this profound and provocative work of scholarly detection, eminent biblical scholar Robert Eisenman introduces a startling theory ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Secret Teachings of Jesus

    Four Gnostic Gospels

    In December 1945, two Egyptian fellahin, digging for natural fertilizer in the Nile River valley unearthed a sealed storage jar. The jar proved to hold treasure of an unexpected sort: a collection of some fifty-two ancient manuscripts, most of which reflect the teachings of a mystical religious movement we call Gnosticism (from the Greek word gnosis, "knowledge"). The texts are also, with few ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Stir Up, O Lord

    A Companion to the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels in the Book of Common Prayer

    by Kevin Carey ...
    Anyone who finds solace in the words of the Book of Common Prayer will welcome this companion to its Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used at the Ministration of the Holy Communion, throughout the Year.Written for both the lay and ordained, this thought provoking commentary gives the words of Cranmer and his colleagues renewed meaning in our own time by providing historical context for their ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene

    The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend

    by Bart D Ehrman ...
    Bart Ehrman, author of the highly popular books Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code, Lost Christianities, and the New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus, here takes readers on another engaging tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of Jesus' most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, the Apostle Paul, and Mary Magdalene. What does the Bible tell us about each of these key ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Life of Adam Clarke

    Adam Clarke (1760-1832), was a Methodist theologian, who is best known for his whole Bible commentary that is still used by millions today.This particular biography, by J. W. Etheridge, was penned in 1858. This is a great look into his life, and has been read and reread for generations.Contents:Book 1 – The Morning of LifeDivision 1 – Chapter 1: His Parentage and ChildhoodDivision 2 – Chapter 2 – ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Faith and Heritage

    by Antelope Hill ...
    Faith and Heritage (active 2011-2019) was an online consortium of Traditionalist Protestant Christian writers who sought to provide a forum for like-minded Christians who, as they say, "have not acquiesced to the contemporary idols of Cultural Marxism, multiculturalism, equality, and the heretical social gospel." The website was instrumental in influencing and encouraging debate - theological, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ

    Nicolas Notovitch was a Russian aristocrat, Cossack officer, spy, and journalist known for his contention that during the years of Jesus Christ's life missing from the Bible, he followed traveling merchants abroad into India and the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh, Nepal, where he studied Buddhism. While recovering from a broken leg at the monastery of Himis, Notovich discovered the text to The Life of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Novice's Tale

    A historical adventure full of intrigue and suspense

    by Ann Swinfen ...
    Series Book 2 - Oxford Medieval Mysteries
    A young girl’s disappearance hints at a disturbing truth...When novice Emma Thorgold goes missing from Godstow Abbey in the summer of 1353, the hunt is on throughout the Oxfordshire countryside for any sign of where she could have gone.Bookseller Nicholas Elyot and scholar Jordain Brinkylsworth are anxious to help the girl, but her stepfather has other, more sinister intentions.Why is he so ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Did the Old Testament Endorse Slavery?

    The God of the Old Testament commanded and endorsed many practices that we find morally reprehensible today. High on the list was the institution of slavery, which features prominently in several sections of the Hebrew Bible. Fathers could sell their daughters into slavery, masters could beat their slaves, creditors could carry off children for failure to repay a debt, and foreigners could be kept ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The First Thousand Years

    A Global History of Christianity

    “[A] brilliant survey of the development of Christianity . . . tells a riveting story of a struggling young religion searching for an identity.” —Publishers WeeklyThis sweeping history begins with the life of Jesus and narrates the remarkable story of Christianity as it unfolded over the next thousand years. Unique in its global scope, the book encompasses the vast geographical span of early ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus