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“mark roosien”

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  • Ritual and Earthquakes in Constantinople

    Liturgy, Ecology, and Empire

    by Mark Roosien ...
    Located on the North Anatolian Fault, Constantinople was frequently shaken by earthquakes over the course of its history. This book discusses religious responses to these events between the fourth and the tenth century AD. The church in Constantinople commemorated several earthquakes that struck the city, prescribing an elaborate liturgical rite celebrated annually for each occasion. These rituals ... Read more

    $90.99 USD

  • The Eucharistic Sacrifice

    by Sergius Bulgakov ...
    Translated by Mark Roosien ...
    This first English translation represents Sergius Bulgakov’s final, fully developed word on the Eucharist.The debate around the controversial doctrine of the Eucharist as sacrifice has dogged relations between Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches since the Reformation. In The Eucharistic Sacrifice, the famous Russian theologian Sergius Bulgakov cuts through long-standing polemics ... Read more

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  • The Triumph of Christianity

    How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

    by Bart D. Ehrman ...
    The “marvelous” (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot), New York Times bestselling story of how Christianity became the dominant religion in the West.How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries? In The Triumph of Christianity, ... Read more

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  • Heresy

    A History of Defending the Truth

    by Alister E. McGrath ...
    A study of the history of heresy and rival forms of Christianity, arguing that the church must continue to defend what is true about Jesus.Our ongoing fascination with alternative Christianities is on display every time a never-before-seen gospel text is revealed, an archaeological discovery about Jesus makes front-page news, or anew work of fiction challenges the very foundations of the church. ... Read more

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  • The Patient Ferment of the Early Church

    The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

    by Alan Kreider ...
    How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the amazing story of the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Challenging traditional understandings, Kreider contends the church grew because ... Read more

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  • The Closing of the Western Mind

    The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason

    by Charles Freeman ...
    A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine’s adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization.When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course of European history in ways that continue to have repercussions to the present day. Adopting those aspects of ... Read more

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  • Keys to the Council

    Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II

    by Richard R. Gaillardetz, Catherine Clifford ...
    As the church marks the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, too few Catholics have an adequate grasp of what the council contributed to the life of the church. The problem is understandable. The Second Vatican Council produced, by far, more document pages than any other council. Consequently, any attempt to master its core teachings can be daunting. There is a danger ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Rediscovering the Church Fathers

    Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church

    by Michael A. G. Haykin ...
    While the church today looks quite different than it did two thousand years ago, Christians share the same faith with the church fathers. Although separated by time and culture, we have much to learn from their lives and teaching.This book is an organized and convenient introduction to how to read the church fathers from AD 100 to 500. Michael Haykin surveys the lives and teachings of seven of the ... Read more

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  • Know the Creeds and Councils

    by Justin S. Holcomb ...
    Series series KNOW Series
    In every generation, the Christian church must interpret and restate its bedrock beliefs, answering the challenges and concerns of the day. This accessible overview walks readers through centuries of creeds, councils, catechisms, and confessions—not with a dry focus on dates and places, but with an emphasis on the living tradition of Christian belief and why it matters for our lives today.As a ... Read more

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  • The Pilgrimage of Egeria

    A New Translation of the Itinerarium Egeriae with Introduction and Commentary

    by Anne McGowan, Paul F. Bradshaw ...
    This new version of the late fourth-century diary of journeys in and around the Holy Land known as the Itinerarium Egeriae provides a more literal translation of the Latin text than earlier English renderings, with the aim of revealing more of the female traveler’s personality. The substantial introduction to the book covers both early pilgrimage as a whole, especially travel by women, and the ... Read more

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  • The Oxford History of Christian Worship

    Edited by Geoffrey Wainwright, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker ...
    The Oxford History of Christian Worship is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the origins and development of Christian worship to the present day. Backed by an international roster of experts as contributors, this new book will examine the liturgical traditions of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant, and Pentecostal traditions throughout history and across the world. With 240 photographs ... Read more

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  • The Changing Shape of Church History

    by Justo L. González ...
    New, different readings of church history are finally reflecting Christianity’s deep roots in every culture worldwide. González listens to voices from centers other than the North Atlantic to help us see a different perspective of church history—a global story that includes those previously marginalized—as he offers us a hopeful outlook for the future of world Christianity. ... Read more

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