John Binns, "The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia: A History "
English | ISBN: 1784536954 | 2017 | 320 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Surrounded by steep escarpments to the north, south and east, Ethiopia has always been geographically and culturally set apart. It has the longest archaeological record of any country in the world. Indeed, this precipitous mountain land was where the human race began. It is also home to an ancient church with a remarkable legacy. The Ethiopian Church forms the southern branch of historic Christianity. It is the only pre-colonial church in sub-Saharan Africa, originating in one of the earliest Christian kingdoms-with its king Ezana (supposedly descended from the biblical Solomon) converting around 340 CE. Since then it has maintained its long Christian witness in a region dominated by Islam; today it has a membership of around forty million and is rapidly growing. Yet despite its importance, there has been no comprehensive study available in English of its theology and history. This is a large gap which this authoritative and engagingly written book seeks to fill. The Church of Ethiopia (or formally, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church) has a recognized place in worldwide Christianity as one of five non-Chalcedonian Orthodox Churches.As Dr Binns shows, it has developed a distinctive approach which makes it different from all other churches.

Church Curiosities: Strange Objects and Bizarre Legends
By David Castleton
2021 | ISBN : 1784424447 | English | 96 pages | EPUB | 19 MB

Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay Liberation By Tommi Avicolli Mecca (ed.)
2009 | 323 Pages | ISBN: 0872864979 | PDF | 5 MB
This anthology by former members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) captures the history and spirit of the revolutionary time just after Stonewall, when thousands came out of the closet to claim their sexuality, and when queer resistance coalesced into a turbulent, joyous liberation movement-one whose lasting influence would ultimately inform and profoundly shape the LGBT community of today.Personal essays explore the philosophy and culture of the stridently anti-assimilationist GLF: the actions, demonstrations, and marches; views on marriage, religion, and gender; the drugs, orgies, and communes; and GLF's relationship to the hippies, the Black Panthers, the straight Left, the women's movement, civil rights, and the antiwar struggle.The collection includes contributions from Martha Shelley, Cei Bell, Paola Bacchetta, Susan Stryker, Tom Ammiano, Nikos Diaman, Mark Segal, Barbara Ruth, and Perry Brass.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 0310115965 | 601 pages | True EPUB | 11.8 MB
Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's readers.
Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, Description. Taking readers from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells his readers a story of actual people, in a particular situation, taking action or being acted upon, provides a window into the circumstances and historical context, and from there develops the story of a major period or theme of Christian history. Covering recent events, this book also:

Jennifer Scheper Hughes, "The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas "
English | ISBN: 1479802557 | 2021 | 264 pages | PDF | 13 MB
Tells the story of the founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the nascent faith alive

Introduction to the Mystery of the Church By Benoit-Dominique de La Soujeole
2014 | 670 Pages | ISBN: 0813226074 | PDF | 3 MB
Introduction to the Mystery of the Church is an ecclesiological survey presenting a doctrinal synthesis of the Church. The author's intention is to propose an overview of this mystery in connection with the entirety of the Christian mystery. The book is divided into two major parts, the first presenting the foundations in the Bible and the tradition up to our day, and the second being an explanatory proposal introducing the reader to the Church's definition and personality and concluding with an exposition of the four properties enunciated in the Creed (one, holy, catholic, and apostolic). The value of this way of proceeding is first and foremost in the proposal of a synthesis that allows one to situate each question in its rightful place, such study being oriented toward a better overall grasp of the subject. As the title suggests, the book is an introduction that should allow the reader to apprehend the mystery in its internal coherence in order subsequently, with the aid of other texts, to be able to enter more deeply into the study of one or other specific point. While this ecclesiology treatise is written from a Catholic point of view, an ecumenical perspective is often present, either through the presentation of divergent views from other Christian confessions or through the proposal for a theological convergence.

English | ASIN: B08QDS7RBT | 2021 | 23 hours and 25 minutes |kbps | 643 MB
More than 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's audiences. Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the 21st century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, Description. Taking listeners from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era, he tells his listeners a story of actual people - in a particular situation, taking action or being acted upon - provides a window into the circumstances and historical context, and from there develops the story of a major period or theme of Christian history. This concise book provides an easy-to-listen-to guide to church history with intellectual substance. The new edition of Church History in Plain Language promises to set a new standard for compelling church history.

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Album: Back to Scratch
Artist: Charlotte Church
Genre: Pop
Date/Year: 2010

1517 Media - White Savior: Racism in the American Church (2019)
English | Size: 961 MB
Category: Documentary

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Album: Starfish
Artist: The Church
Genre: indie-rock
Date/Year: 2021