History & Biography

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

During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated news on a near-weekly basis. This book provides an account of the council from the...

The fascinating story of the women who have lived in religious communities, from the dawn of the modern age onwards.

Presents a collection of work on religion in the middle ages. This book is useful reading for those who study the middle ages, church history or religion.

In lucid and non-technical prose, Young demonstrates how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds - the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed - came into being. She aims to bring the creeds back to life again in the challenging and demanding...

Presents an overview of the Church of England. Beginning with the great Victorian modernisers who stamped their taste on music as much as church buildings, this title takes us on a musical tour that takes in: the impact of the Wesleys, the...

Anglicanism can be seen as irredeemably English. Kevin Ward questions that assumption. He explores the character of the African, Asian, Oceanic, Caribbean and Latin American churches and shows how they are shaping what it means to be Anglican.

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.