Christianity

ISBN: 9781910900437
Published by : John Donald
This book examines the role of religion in the story of Oliver Cromwell’s invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland. Analysis of the printed propaganda produced by the Scots and the English makes it clear that both nations defined their... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783275663
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History
Volume: Volume 42
Rational Dissent was a branch of Protestant religious nonconformity which emerged to prominence in England between c. 1770 and c. 1800. Based on the sole study of the Scriptures and the application of individual reasoning to understanding the word... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783275816
Published by : Boydell Press
This book presents a modern critical edition of Henry VIII's second published work against Martin Luther. This open letter to Luther, printed at the king's command in December 1526, was in reply to a private letter addressed to him by Luther the p... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781847012401
Published by : James Currey
Series: Religion in Transforming Africa
Assassinated by Idi Amin and a democratic ally of J.F. Kennedy during the Cold War, Benedicto Kiwanuka was Uganda's most controversial and disruptive politician, and his legacy is still divisive. On the eve of independence, he led the Democratic P... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783275847
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Volume: Volume 47
In the two centuries preceding the Reformation in England, economic, political and spiritual conditions combined with constructive effect. Endemic plague prompted a demonstrative piety and, in a world enjoying rising disposable incomes, this linke... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789255751
Published by : Oxbow Books
A study of archaeology and the early Church in Greece is long overdue. So far, no book has been published in English that examines the growth of Christianity in southern Greece from New Testament times until the medieval period, taking into accoun... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580469968
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 174
Starting in the fourteenth century, northern France saw the rise of confraternities and other lay communities of men and women, organized around trades and religious devotions dedicated to specific patron saints. The composition of new plainchant ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859621089
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
EDITORIALE Eugen Rachiteanu, Chiara Marconi, «Città di Vita». Religione, arte, e cultura… uno sguardo sul contemporaneo da 75 anni Jan Wladyslaw Wos, Il 75° anniversario della rivista «Città di Vita&... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781648250040
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
Created by John Calvin, the Consistory of Geneva was a quasi-tribunal entrusted with enforcing Reformed morality. Comprised of pastors and elders, this body met weekly and summoned people for a wide range of "sinful" behavior, such as dr... .... Learn More