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A Brief History of Saints
By: Cunningham, Lawrence
Published by: Wiley-Blackwell
A Brief History of Saints follows the rise of the cult of saints in Christianity from its origin in the age of the martyrs down to the present day.:.; Refers to both well-known saints, such as Joan of Arc, and lesser-known figures like the ‘holy fools’ in the Orthodox tradition.; Ranges over subjects as diverse as the history of canonization processes, the Reformation critique of the cult of saints, and the role of saints in other religious traditions.; Discusses the relevance of sainthood in the postmodern era.; Two appendices describe patron saints and the iconography of saints in art.
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Price: $63.95
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Britain and the Papacy in the Age of Revolution, 1846-1851
By: Matsumoto-Best, Saho
Published by: Boydell & Brewer
From the time of the Reformation Anglo-Vatican relations have typically been seen as a long history of unending antagonism and mutual suspicion, but this has not always been the case. This book sheds light on one of the most curious episodes in early Victorian history when, around the time of the 1848 revolutions in Europe, a rapprochement almost developed between Britain and the papacy, and British politicians and writers referred to the new head of the Catholic Church, Pius IX, as 'the good pope'.
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Price: $85.00
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Britannia, Europa and Christendom
By: Coupland, Philip
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan, Ltd.
Reveals the important role of Churches in the politics of Britain and united Europe. This book, linking Christian leaders and politicians, shows the conflicting relationships between national identity and Christian universalism, and between Britain as a one-time world power, a European nation, and junior partner in the 'transatlantic alliance'.
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Price: $110.00
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Buddha
By: Nelson, Walter Henry
Published by: Jeremy P. Tarcher
The classic illustrated yoga guide by one of the world's most widely recognized yoga masters has now been revised and updated for the 21st century. Choudhury makes Hatha yoga fun, easy, and completely understandable. 160 photos.
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Price: $13.95
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Buddhism
By: Hawkins, Bradley K.
Published by: Routledge
Buddhism is a concise and readable survey of the history of Buddhism, from its roots in India to its spread across South and East Asia and its present day manifestation in Europe and America.
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Price: $19.95
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Business of the Heart
By: Corrigan, John
Published by: University of California Press
The "Businessmen's Revival" was a religious revival that unfolded in the wake of the 1857 market crash among white, middle-class Protestants. Delving into the religious history of Boston in the 1850s, John Corrigan gives an imaginative and wide-ranging interpretive study of the revival's significance.
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Price: $15.95
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Calvin
By: Mullett, Michael
Published by: Routledge
Mullet locates Calvin in the context of early 16th century France charting his emergence as an influential theologian and civic religious leader.
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Price: $21.95
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The Cambridge Companion to Jesus
By: Bockmuehl, Markus
Published by: Cambridge University Press
This Companion incorporates the most up-to-date historical work on Jesus the Jew with the 'bigger issues' of critical method, the story of Christian faith and study, and Jesus in a global church and in the encounter with Judaism and Islam.
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The Cambridge Companion to Levinas
By: Critchley, Simon; Bernasconi, Robert
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Emmanuel Levinas is now widely recognised alongside Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre as one of the most important Continental philosophers of the twentieth century. His abiding concern was the primacy of the ethical relation to the other person and his central thesis was that ethics is first philosophy.
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Cartwrightiana
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Published by: Routledge
Cartwrightiana is the first of 2 volumes giving authoritative editions of the works of the early Elizabethan Puritans - Cartwright, Browne and Harrison.
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Price: $390.00
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