This book, by a Methodist minister with wide experience of churches in Britain and abroad, has arisen out of a consuming interest in the ecumenical movement in England over a period of years. Written
Autobiographical narrative is seldom viewed as a catalyst for the social and political upheavals of mid-seventeenth-century England and its colonies. Protestant Autobiography in the Seventeenth-Centur
Modern ecumenism traces its roots back to the 1910 World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh. Celebrating a Century of Ecumenism brings readers up to date on one hundred years of global dialogue betwee
Commemorates the experience of Faith & Order in North America by collecting key presentations from the 50th anniversary conference, which study Faith & Order's past and present and offer a vis
One of the most divisive issues in Western Christianity since the Reformation is the question of how humans are justified by God. In 1999, after many decades of ecumenical dialogue, Lutherans and Roma
'How do such people, with brilliant members and dull ones, fare when they pass from being a dominant minority to being a powerless one?' So asked the Kilkenny man-of-letters Hubert Butler (1900-1991)
Sharp controversies -- about biblical authority, the ordination of women, evangelical "worship styles," and the struggle for homosexual "inclusion" -- have rocked the Lutheran church in recent decades
This is not a commentary on the theologian Augustine (354-430) says, Miles (emerita historical theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California), but an autobiography modeled after his Confe
This book is the first ever case study of a single inner-city church in China, tracing the church’s struggles with the ups and downs of Chinese politics. Concentrating on the little known Mao era and
Explores the history, theology, and culture of the Coptic Orthodoxy, discussing key figures in the renewal of the church, and examining the role of women within church and society.
Seeks to inform Catholics about the essentials of Evangelicalism so that they can dialogue with Evangelicas about, the commonalities that they share with them, and the differences that need to be nego
The 14 essays in this collection provide scholars outside of Quebec a glimpse of the history of French-speaking Protestantism in the province that is otherwise scattered in English-language journals o
Martinez (Hispanic studies and pastoral leadership, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California) describes Latino Protestants as a religious minority within an ethnic minority in the US, but not
The Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, originated in England during the civil wars of the mid-seventeenth century. Early Quakers have been variously described as founders of a fundamentall
El Filioque es una de las cuestiones más largas y complejas de la historia del dogma cristiano. Se cuenta todavía entre las causas de la división entre católicos y ortodoxos. En 1995, a petición de Ju
Mark A. Noll, named one of America's most influential evangelicals by Time Magazine, provides a fresh and accessible history of Protestantism from the era of Martin Luther to the present day. Noll beg
In 1935, at the height of his powers, Howard Thurman, one of the most influential African American religious thinkers of the twentieth century, took a pivotal trip to India that would forever change h
