Todd Hartch, "The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity "
English | ISBN: 0199843139 | 2014 | 304 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Winner of 2014 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology from the American Society of Missiology

Neil H. Williams, "Chasing the Wind: Christianity and the Quest for the Life Worth Living"
English | ISBN: 1666718165 | 2021 | 174 pages | EPUB | 939 KB
Chasing the Wind covers a variety of ideas from Christianity, science, philosophy, ethics, and psychology. It starts with Socrates's statement, "an unexamined life is not worth living" and asks how we might go about discovering what is a worthwhile life and what might motivate us to live such a life.

Orthodox Christianity and Human Rights in Europe: A Dialogue Between Theological Paradigms and Socio-Legal Pragmatics By Elisabeth-Alexandra Diamantopoulou (editor), Louis-Leon Christians (editor)
2018 | 388 Pages | ISBN: 280760420X | PDF | 4 MB
This collective book aims at examining in what terms, and to what extent, the "reception" of the Human Rights doctrine takes place in Eastern Orthodox countries, as well as in the Orthodox diaspora. A series of questions are raised regarding the resources and theological structures that are mobilized in the overall Human Rights' debate and controversy, the theological "interpretation" of Human Rights within the Eastern Orthodox spiritual tradition, and the similarities and/or divergences of this "interpretation", compared to the other Christian confessions. Special attention is given to the various Orthodox actors on the international arena, aside the national Orthodox churches, which participate in the Ecumenical dialogue, as well as the dialogue with the European and international institutions. Religious freedom, as a fundamental Human right, guaranteed by the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), constitutes a key-issue that contributes to broadening the reflections on the overall Human Rights-related problematic between East and West, by shading light on the more complex issue pertaining to the conceptualization and implementation of Human Rights in countries belonging to the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The present volume studies the diversity that characterizes the Orthodox theological traditions and interpretations regarding Human Rights, not only in terms of an "external", or a "strategical" approach of socio-political and ecclesial nature, but also through a reflexive analysis of theological discourses.

Greg Sheridan, "God Is Good for You: A Defence of Christianity in Troubled Times"
English | 2019 | pages: 368 | ISBN: 1760632600 | EPUB | 0,9 mb
Judeo-Christian traditions have underpinned the moral and legal fabric of Western civilization for more than 2000 years, yet now we've reached a point where Christianity is becoming a minority faith rather than the mainstream belief. It's a situation that's fraught both for Christians and wider society, where the moral certainties that were the foundation of our institutions and laws are no longer held by the majority. At this point of crisis for faith, God is Good for You shows us why Christianity is vital for personal and social well-being. It carries a vital torch for Christianity in a way that's closely argued, warmly human, good humored yet passionate, and, above all, convincing.

Patricia Cox Miller, "Women in Early Christianity: Translations from Greek Texts"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0813214173 | PDF | pages: 362 | 1.0 mb
From the fictional Thecla in the second century to the very real Olympias in the early fifth century, the history of women in early Christianity was as complex and rich as the religion itself. This comprehensive sourcebook brings together translations of a variety of ancient Christian texts that elucidate how women were perceived and portrayed in the Greek literature written in the second to the sixth centuries. The texts included in the volume have been generously excerpted, providing the modern reader with an in-depth view of the historical reality of early Christian women's lives as well as a nuanced perspective on the many ways in which women were understood in theological and ecclesiastical frameworks.

Philip Jenkins, "The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0199767467 | PDF | pages: 367 | 2.7 mb
In this new and substantially expanded Third Edition, Philip Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South-in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing upon the extensive new scholarship that has appeared on this topic in recent years, he asks how the new Christianity is likely to affect the poor, among whom it finds its most devoted adherents. How should we interpret the enormous success of prosperity churches across the Global South? Politically, what will be the impact of new Christian movements? Will Christianity contribute to liberating the poor, to give voices to the previously silent, or does it threaten only to bring new kinds of division and conflict? Does Christianity liberate women, or introduce new scriptural bases for subjection?

Qi Duan, "The Indigenization of Christianity in China III "
English | ISBN: 1032384611 | 2022 | 236 pages | PDF | 14 MB
As the third volume of a three-volume set on the indigenization of Christianity in modern China, this book analyzes the endeavors of Christianity in adapting to the changing social environment between the late 1920s and the end of the twentieth century.

The Baptism of Early Virginia: How Christianity Created Race By Rebecca Anne Goetz
2012 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1421407000 | PDF | 2 MB
In The Baptism of Early Virginia, Rebecca Anne Goetz examines the construction of race through the religious beliefs and practices of English Virginians. She finds the seventeenth century a critical time in the development and articulation of racial ideologies-ultimately in the idea of "hereditary heathenism," the notion that Africans and Indians were incapable of genuine Christian conversion. In Virginia in particular, English settlers initially believed that native people would quickly become Christian and would form a vibrant partnership with English people. After vicious Anglo-Indian violence dashed those hopes, English Virginians used Christian rituals like marriage and baptism to exclude first Indians and then Africans from the privileges enjoyed by English Christians-including freedom. Resistance to hereditary heathenism was not uncommon, however. Enslaved people and many Anglican ministers fought against planters' racial ideologies, setting the stage for Christian abolitionism in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Using court records, letters, and pamphlets, Goetz suggests new ways of approaching and understanding the deeply entwined relationship between Christianity and race in early America. -- James Sidbury, Rice University

Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? By David Wenham
1995 | 472 Pages | ISBN: 0802801242 | EPUB | 4 MB
This is aprint on demandbook and is therefore non- returnable.This book provides a broad, popular look at the relationship between Paul and Jesus. Considering the recurrent question of how much Paul knew and was dependent on the teachings of Jesus, Wenham studies the Gospels and Paul's letters, systematically compares the teachings of Jesus and Paul, and reveals the intriguing connections and differences between the two. His conclusions make this volume a groundbreaking work with exciting implications for the study of Jesus and the Gospels and of Paul and early Christianity.

Rafael Domingo, "Law and Christianity in Poland "
English | ISBN: 1032019727 | 2022 | 352 pages | PDF | 7 MB
This volume is the first comprehensive study of the Polish history of law and Christianity written in English for a global audience.