Church History

The central focus of this book is the role that the British, Australian, Canadian, South African, and New Zealand (BACSANZ) Baptist press played in...

Everyone is familiar with the Bible—after all, it’s still the best-selling book in the world. But just exactly how did we get the collection of six...

Appeal is often made in ecumenical discussion between East and West to the standard of the undivided Church of the first centuries of the Christian...

The Beginner’s Guide to God chronicles the growth of Christianity after Jesus’ ministry and details the persecution of his followers. There’s also ...

The nature of Baptist identity has come to a place of critical importance in Baptist studies. What exactly constitutes a Baptist? Tom Nettles seeks...

Michael W. Holmes, a leading text critic and scholar of the Apostolic Fathers, offers a highly readable translation of the most significant body of...

Patrick Whitworth tells the story of the growth of the early Christian community. Eschewing speculation, he provides a clear narrative interspersed...

The stained glass windows of England's cathedrals and churches are masterpieces of colour and storytelling, and for a thousand years they have brou...

St Edmund's Church in the beautiful village of Warkton, Northamptonshire is an unassuming place – but it holds some of the most exquisite sculpture...

Throughout the history of the Christian church, two narratives have constantly clashed: the imperial logic of Babel that builds towers and borders ...

Discover why the fundamentals of the Reformation still matter today Why do people get so excited about a bunch of Latin phrases, that some guys in ...

Where most books dance around the distasteful details of the church's past, this one puts a spotlight on the negative and positive alike. With one ...

Many have heard of the extraordinary explosion of Christianity throughout China in recent decades. Few, however, know how it occurred. Paul Hattawa...

The Crossway Short Classics Series Presents Rare Sermons from Black Puritan Minister Lemuel Haynes Born in 1753, Lemuel Haynes was an indentured se...

The first American presbytery was founded in 1706. In the following years, Presbyterians grew to form one of the largest and most eminent denominat...

Samuel Rutherford (ca.1600–1661) was one of his era’s most accomplished men—university scholar, defender of the Reformed faith and Presbyterian chu...

The idea of saints and sainthood are familiar to all, irrelevant of religious faith. In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Yarrow looks at the ori...

In the Middle Ages, it was thought that praying at the right shrine could save you from just about anything, from madness and famine to false impri...

Russian Baptists and the Orthodox Church have had a difficult, and at times, dramatic relationship over the past century and a half. However, the p...

The rood screen was the visual focus of the medieval parish church, dividing the nave from the chancel. Most were built of wood and were adorned wi...

Revival Ð a people saturated with God, answers the question: What is ÔrevivalÕ in the history of the Christian church and how can we distinguish a...

Wales has been called the land of revival because at least fifteen outstanding revivals in Wales from 1762-1862 resulted in spiritual awakening. Th...

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands along...

Constantine's life – his career, faith and relationship to the church – raises questions for Christians and for historians that cannot be ignored. ...

This intellectual history is the first to apply the ideal-type or model-building methodology of Otto Hintze (1861û1940) to Western historical thoug...

In his provocative book offers a revisionist history of the trans-denominational initiatives of English evangelicals from 1965 to 2000. 'Based on i...

A two-volume translation of the major texts produced by Luther in the critical years of the Reformation. Volume II: The Spirit of the Protestant...

Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the events of 1517, Reformation Divided explores the impact in England of the cataclysmic transformation...

Although the 500th anniversary celebration of the Reformation of 1517 is over, ministry in the church continues. In having looked to the past, we n...

While books about the lives of women in church history are abundant, in this book Simonetta Carr focuses on the important questions they asked—rele...

During the reign of Queen Victoria, the Church of England changed remarkably, and many of the institutions that are now a significant part of its l...

Though there have never been many Quakers, these small numbers belie the sect's tremendous impact, both historical and contemporary. Quakerism has ...

Mark A. Noll presents a fresh and accessible history of Protestantism from the era of Martin Luther to the present day. Beginning with the founding...

The twin volume with this, Revival Ð a people saturated with God, answered the question: What is ÔrevivalÕ in the history of the Christian church ...

In religious terms Pentecostalism was probably the most vibrant and rapidly-growing religious movement of the 20th century. Starting as a revivalis...

From the middle ages to the present day the houses of local clergy – parsonages, vicarages and rectories – have been among the most significant bui...

The five-volume Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions series is governed by a motif of migration ('out-of-England'). It first traces o...

Monumental brasses became popular during the Middle Ages and were commonly mounted on the walls and floors of cathedrals to commemorate the great a...

Despite claims that miracles died with the apostles, Jesus said that every believer could do the same miraculous works as He did (John 14:12). From...