History & Biography

How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book describes not only the main facts, ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organization and spirituality, but...

Trevor Beeson reflects on the long-term consequences of a momentous change in the church's life which should result in the release all its members from the restrictions of a still largely male-orientated faith community.

A history of the formative period of the Church, this text includes an account of Rome and first-century Judaism, the gnostics and the conflicts of Eastern Christendom. It examines such figures as Origen, Arian and St Augustine of Hippo.

The beginning of the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. This title deals with the formative work of Erasmus, Luther, Zwingli and Calvin, and analyses the special circumstances of the English...

A volume covering one of the most significant periods in the formation of the doctrine of the Church. A key text for all students of Patristics. Fully updated bibliographies for each chapter, subject area and writer are included.

A superbly entertaining overview of the Church of England over the last fifty years

Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world. The author paints a portrait of the early Christians, constructed out of a mosaic of ancient sources.

Provides readers with an overall insight into and analysis of Christianity became a genuinely worldwide faith in the 20th century for the first time. Written for 2nd and 3rd year university students and in seminaries, the book maps out the...

Many of the world's religions have not actively sought converts, largely because they have been too regional in character. Buddhism, Islam and Christianity, however, are the three chief exceptions to this. This book traces the expansion of...