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  • Parables of the Cross
    I. Lilias Trotter / ILilias Trotter
    Isabella Lilias Trotter was an artist and a Christian missionary for over 38 years to the Muslims of Algeria. After serving God in England for a time with the YWCA, she went with her own funding to Algeria to serve God there. In 1888 she founded the Algiers Mission Band. In 1964 the Algiers Mission Band became incorporated into Arab World Ministries. ...
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    14,28 €

  • Europe and the Faith
    Hilaire Belloc
    “You have been told ‘Christianity (a word, by the way, quite un- historical) crept into Rome as she declined, and hastened that decline.’ That is bad history. Rather accept this phrase and retain it: ‘The Faith is that which Rome accepted in her maturity; nor was the Faith the cause of her decline, but rather the conservator of all that could be conserved.”“In the next period—t...
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    11,86 €

  • Kult bei der Arena
    Tim Wittenberg
    The book looks at the worship of the goddess Nemesis within the context of the Roman ludi and offers the first entire collection and analysis of all known archaeological finds and findings that connect the cult of Nemesis with Roman amphitheatres. Several central aspects of the ancient games are thus emphasized: The political and religious dimension of the events as well as the...
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    71,12 €

  • Biogragraphical Encyclopedia
    J. Turner Stilson
    This book presents the personalities, doctrines, divisions and events that shaped an American denomination, the Church of God Abrahamic Faith. Yet, it is more than the chronicle of a denomination, it is a compilation of hundreds of detailed biographies, spanning more than 150 years, plus photos, charts, doctrinal discussions, and more. The book honors and records the faithfuls’...
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    34,52 €

  • Negro Masonry In The United States
    Harold Van Buren Voorhis
    This book is the result of nearly a quarter of a century of research of the American Masonic history and the story of the Alpha Lodge of New Jersey.                                                                                                                         ...
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    10,31 €

  • Un pez tan, pero tan grande
    Ericka Marcela Lizcano Padilla
    Este libro te llevará de la mano a profundizar en la historia del profeta Jonás y te hará preguntarte: «¿Tengo un poquito de Jonás dentro de mí?». Descubrirás por qué no puedes esconderte de Dios, cómo Su amor perdona incluso a los más «malvados», y qué hacer con el enojo que nos hace querer huir. ¡Dios usa peces, plantas y grandes tormentas para mostrarnos Su plan perfecto! ¿L...
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    8,32 €

  • Between Worlds
    Eric C Smith
    John A. Broadus (1827-95) was a highly influential Southern Baptist leader, preacher, scholar, and educator during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He cofounded the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, which today is among the largest seminaries in the world. Broadus’s enduring impact on American preaching stems in part from his 1870 homiletics manual, a widely adop...
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    43,51 €

  • The Canon of Ancona
    John Kinder
    Born in Italy, Raffaele Martelli was headed for a brilliant career as a priest and professor but his passion for Italian unification and civil rights put him at odds with the church establishment. After a chance encounter with Rosendo Salvado, founder of the New Norcia Mission, he sailed to Fremantle in 1853, at the age of 42.Directed by church authorities to work among the whi...
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    39,31 €

  • The Pagan World
    Holly Sloan
    THE PAGAN WORLDAncient Spiritual Systems That Shaped HumanityBy Holly SloanBefore organized religion, before doctrine and dogma, humanity understood the world through pagan spiritual systems rooted in land, ancestors, cycles, and unseen forces. These ancient belief structures shaped how societies governed themselves, marked time, understood fate, honored the dead, and explained...
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    19,79 €

  • The Pagan World
    Holly Sloan
    THE PAGAN WORLDAncient Spiritual Systems That Shaped HumanityBy Holly SloanBefore organized religion, before doctrine and dogma, humanity understood the world through pagan spiritual systems rooted in land, ancestors, cycles, and unseen forces. These ancient belief structures shaped how societies governed themselves, marked time, understood fate, honored the dead, and explained...
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    14,52 €

  • The Devil in History
    Shona Morgan
    The Devil in History: Demonology and the Ars Goetia explores how ideas of evil, demons, and the adversary developed across centuries of religious belief, cultural exchange, and historical upheaval.From the demon spirits of ancient Mesopotamia to the adversary of Hebrew scripture, from medieval Christian diabology to the grimoires of early modern Europe, this book traces the lon...
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    15,59 €

  • The Devil in History
    Shona Morgan
    The Devil in History: Demonology and the Ars Goetia explores how ideas of evil, demons, and the adversary developed across centuries of religious belief, cultural exchange, and historical upheaval.From the demon spirits of ancient Mesopotamia to the adversary of Hebrew scripture, from medieval Christian diabology to the grimoires of early modern Europe, this book traces the lon...
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    21,64 €

  • Magic in Merlin’s Realm
    Francis Young
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    59,12 €

  • THE GRAND DECEPTION
    Rick Hodge
    There have been 46 failed end-of-the-world predictions that were to occur between30 CE and 1920 CE but didn’t. Life expectancy in the days when Jesus lived waslittle over 30 years and many believed that Jesus Christ’s second coming would occurduring the 1st century CE. It didn’t happen. In 992 CE the Catholic Good Fridaycoincided with the Feast of the Annunciation, which people...
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    22,99 €

  • Vede Rigveda-01
    Željko Žic
    Rigveda - Mandala I presents a landmark scholarly and poetic achievement: the first comprehensive Croatian translation of the opening mandala of the Rigveda, the oldest preserved sacred text of Indo-European civilization.Translated and commented by Zeljko Zic, this volume goes beyond a literal rendering of ancient Sanskrit hymns. It offers a carefully balanced interpretation th...
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    29,63 €

  • The History of the Anglo-Catholic Revival from 1845
    W. J. Sparrow Simpson
    First published in 1932, The History of the Anglo-Catholic Revival from 1845 is a sober and judicious history of the Catholic Revival in the Church of England by a very well-known Anglo-Catholic scholar with an established reputation. The scope of the book is clearly shown by the chapter headings. ...
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    56,74 €

  • Trinity and Reality
    Ralph Allan Smith
    The doctrine of the Trinity is often neglected, especially in the preaching and teaching of the Church, but in this book Ralph Allan Smith shows how Trinitarian theology has wide-ranging implications for the Christian worldview. Trinity and Reality introduces Christians to a number of essential biblical doctrines by presenting them through the lens of the Trinity, explaining Ch...
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    31,51 €

  • Spirit(s) and Chinese Religiosity
    Jacob Chengwei Feng
    This open access book offers a fresh perspective on the history of Chinese Christianity, retelling it through the lens of Pentecost (Acts 2) to illuminate the rise of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity in China from the 20th century onward.Parting from traditional academic studies of Chinese Pentecostalism, the author departs from beginning with the early 20th-century int...
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    75,29 €

  • Blood for the Gods, Humanity’s Disturbing History of Sacrifices History
    Victoria van Halen
    Blood for the Gods explores one of the darkest and most uncomfortable patterns in human history. Across continents and centuries, societies repeatedly killed in the name of belief, order, and necessity. From ancient rituals to modern systems, the methods changed, but the logic often remained the same.This book traces how ritual killing emerged from fear, became organized throug...
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    13,26 €

  • Counterpoints of Ecstasy
    Lytton N. McDonnell
    A cultural history of the relationship between music and trance in America, from the early colonial era to the Jazz Age.Counterpoints of Ecstasy provides an engaging exploration of the relationship between music and self-transcendent experiences in America from the 1620s to the 1920s. It investigates how diverse Americans-from Puritan settlers to vaudeville entertainers-used mu...
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    167,04 €

  • Godless Polemics
    Florian Zappe
    Godless Polemics examines the role of pamphleteering as a medium for radical critique in the intellectual and cultural history of American atheism, focusing on its function as oppositional and counter-hegemonic discourse. ...
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    98,26 €

  • New Religious Movements and the Romantic Spirit of Modernity
    Dick Houtman / Galen Watts / Stef Aupers
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    27,29 €

  • New Religious Movements and the Romantic Spirit of Modernity
    Dick Houtman / Galen Watts / Stef Aupers
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    84,44 €

  • Church Politics in Mid-Victorian Britain
    Michael J. Turner
    This book is a new and original study of High Church activism in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the church union movement, it describes and explains unprecedented levels of clerical-lay cooperation in campaigns of Church defense, responses to contemporary pressures inside the Church, and efforts to mitigate problems in Church-state relations. It explo...
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    179,51 €

  • A Journal Of The Pilgrims At Plymouth; Mourt’s Relation
    Dwight B. Heath
    Imagine stepping into the shoes of the early English adventurers, feeling the chill of the New England air as they embarked on a journey that would shape the destiny of a nation. This historical journal, once lost to time, has been lovingly restored for today’s and future generations, offering a vivid glimpse into the pilgrim experiences that defined the early colonial period. ...
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    16,97 €

  • Who Were the Pilgrims?
    William T. (William Thomas) Davis
    'Who were the Pilgrims?' by William T. Davis offers a compelling historical exploration of one of early America’s most enduring and influential groups. Delving into the foundational era of Colonial America, this meticulously prepared volume illuminates the lives, beliefs, and societal impact of the Pilgrims and Puritans in New England. It presents a detailed chronicle of their ...
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    15,66 €

  • The Massacre of St. Bartholomew
    Henry White
    Delve into one of the most brutal and pivotal moments in European history with Henry White’s authoritative work, 'The massacre of St. Bartholomew'. This compelling historical account meticulously details the horrific events of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572. But more than just recounting the massacre itself, White’s narrative first provides an essential examination ...
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    32,85 €

  • The Massacre of St. Bartholomew
    Henry White
    Delve into one of the most brutal and pivotal moments in European history with Henry White’s authoritative work, 'The massacre of St. Bartholomew'. This compelling historical account meticulously details the horrific events of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572. But more than just recounting the massacre itself, White’s narrative first provides an essential examination ...
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    44,18 €

  • Of the Importance of Religious Opinions.
    Jacques Necker / Mary Wollstonecraft
    'Of the importance of religious opinions,' by the eminent 18th-century statesman and thinker Jacques Necker, is a penetrating examination into the profound role of faith within society and the individual conscience. Originally translated from the French, this significant work serves as a foundational text in Christian thought, meticulously articulating a philosophical defense o...
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    25,23 €

  • Of the Importance of Religious Opinions.
    Jacques Necker / Mary Wollstonecraft
    'Of the importance of religious opinions,' by the eminent 18th-century statesman and thinker Jacques Necker, is a penetrating examination into the profound role of faith within society and the individual conscience. Originally translated from the French, this significant work serves as a foundational text in Christian thought, meticulously articulating a philosophical defense o...
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    36,56 €