General Christianity category: 9124 books

Henry Hammond (1605-1660) was one of the most popular English Divines in his day, even being invited to sit on the Westminster Assembly of divines. The Christian must have an intellectual handle on everything that comes up against the Christian faith in order to glorify Jesus Christ as a faithful witness...

This work contains a summary of the doctrines of the Catholic and Protesant churches, and amazingly, from an analysis of the decrees from the Council of Trent and the the propositions of the Formula of Concord of the Protestants, Swedenborg shows how the the basic underlying theology of these two...

Based on the National Study of Youth and Religion--the same invaluable data as its predecessor, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers--Kenda Creasy Dean's compelling new book, Almost Christian, investigates why American teenagers are at once so positive about Christianity...

The interface between the current Shi'ite landscape and Christian thinking is of the greatest significance for the shifting political and religious dynamics of the Middle East. Sasan Tavassoli here examines Iranian Shi'ite thinkers' encounters with Christian thought since the Islamic revolution of...

This volume offers insights into the current ‘public-square’ debates on Indian Christianity. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as rigorous analyses, it discusses the myriad histories of Christianity in India, its everyday practice and contestations and the process of its indigenisation....

Satan's assault on Christianity has been successful which is why the perceived church is ultimately destined for a great fall. Our current reality is that the church is now hurdling towards extinction. But, rather than adding my personal opinion as to why this is happening, I will allow God's...

Finally, the third book of the Christianity 101 series! After books one and two you have heard the bad news. Hell is real, and we are all going there. BUT, there is also GOOD NEWS! The Gospel (good news) is that we can be saved from Hell. So in this third book of the series we explain how Jesus will...

This is the second book in our Christianity 101 Bible studies. In this book the topics of sin, death, and eternal judgment are explained. Some of the questions answered in this book include: What is sin? Why did God put the tree of knowledge in the garden? What is death? What happens after we die?...

This book explores the role of bodily, sensory experience in early Christianity (first – seventh centuries AD) by focusing on the importance of smell in ancient Mediterranean culture. Following its legalization in the fourth century Roman Empire, Christianity cultivated a dramatically flourishing...

We are going to be occupied with the meaning of Christ ... (but) there are a few preliminary words that I want to say, and they have to do with something of which we are all conscious, a matter which is troubling the majority of real Christians. It is the matter of the lost impact of Christ, of the Gospel,...

The recent tide of books comparing Christianity and Buddhism has centered mostly on similarities. The Dalai Lama, for example, provided his opinions on Christianity in a popular book, The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (1996). Other writers have equally sought to describe...

Whats wrong with Christianity? Why does it so often seem like the church is working against good in the world instead of helping it? What if we got the facts right but the story wrong? What If Christians Grew Up? takes the beliefs most common in mainstream Christianity and puts them under the lens...

In this book, Febe Armanios explores Coptic religious life in Ottoman Egypt (1517-1798), focusing closely on manuscripts housed in Coptic archives. Ottoman Copts frequently turned to religious discourses, practices, and rituals as they dealt with various transformations in the first centuries of Ottoman...

The foundation of religion is a true idea of God. It is upon this idea of the Divine that all doctrines ultimately rest. Christianity affirms the existence of three Divine persons in the one God the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. This is an erroneous concept that has been uncritically embraced...