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Angels: A Very Short Introduction
David Albert Jones
Angels: A Very Short Introduction outlines prominent stories and speculations about angels in Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and post-Christian spiritualties. What are angels? ...
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Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction
Mark Chapman
Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction highlights the diversity of contemporary Anglicanism by exploring its history, theology, and structures. Although originally united by ...
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Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction
Fergus Kerr
Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction is an introduction to this early thirteenth century Italian Catholic priest's work. Placing Aquinas in an historical context, it ...
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Augustine: A Very Short Introduction
Henry Chadwick
Augustine: A Very Short Introduction traces the development of Augustine's thought, discussing his reaction to the thinkers before him, and themes such as freedom, creation, ...
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The Book of Common Prayer: A Very Short Introduction
Brian Cummings
The Book of Common Prayer is one of the most influential books in history. For nearly six centuries, it has formed the order of worship for established Christianity in England, and is now ...
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The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction
Terryl L. Givens
The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction examines the Book of Mormon primarily in terms of the claims that its narrators make for its historical genesis, its purpose as a ...
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Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction
Jon Balserak
Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction explores major ideas associated with the Calvinist system of thought. Beginning during the Protestant Reformation in cities like Zurich, ...
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Catholicism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Gerald O'Collins
Despite a long history of external threats and internal strife, the Roman Catholic Church remains a vast and influential presence in our modern world. But what were its origins, and how has ...
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Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
D. Stephen Long
Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction presents a discussion of the relationship between Christian ethics, modern, and postmodern ethics, and explores practical issues ...
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Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Linda Woodhead
At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, Christianity: A Very Short Introduction offers an important overview of the world's ...
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The Devil: A Very Short Introduction
Darren Oldridge
Focussing specifically on the Christian Devil, The Devil: A Very Short Introduction explores the many guises and roles he played in the Bible. He has fascinated writers and theologians ...
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Jesus: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Bauckham
Jesus: A Very Short Introduction explores the figure of Jesus through the four Gospels of the New Testament. These ancient texts provide historical evidence for his life and ...
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Martin Luther: A Very Short Introduction
Scott H. Hendrix
Martin Luther: A Very Short Introduction details Luther's life, writings, world, and legacy. It explains the religious reformation and his importance, emphasizing the political ...
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Methodism: A Very Short Introduction
William J. Abraham
Methodism: A Very Short Introduction traces Methodism from its origins in the work of John Wesley and the hymns of his brother, Charles Wesley, in the 18th century, right up to ...
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Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Lyman Bushman
Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction sets out to examine a religion with over 12 million adherents that still baffles outsiders nearly 170 years after the founder' death. How ...
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Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction
A. Edward Siecienski
To many in the West, Orthodoxy remains shrouded in mystery, an exotic and foreign religion that survived in the East following the Great Schism of 1054 that split the Christian world into ...
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Paul: A Very Short Introduction
E. P. Sanders
Paul is the most powerful human personality in the history of the Church. A missionary, theologian, and religious genius, in his epistles he laid the foundations on which later Christian ...
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Pentecostalism: A Very Short Introduction
William K. Kay
Pentecostalism: A Very Short Introduction outlines the origins and growth of Pentecostalism, looking at the theological aspects of the movement and also the sociological ...
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Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction
Mark A. Noll
Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction presents a history of Protestantism beginning with the founding of Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Anabaptist churches in the ...
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Puritanism: A Very Short Introduction
Francis J Bremer
Puritanism: A Very Short Introduction traces the development, triumph, and decline of the Puritan world and examines the Puritan legacy in American history. It charts the rise ...
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The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction
Pink Dandelion
The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction charts the history of Quakerism and its present-day diversity, and outlines its approach to worship, belief, theology and language, and ...
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Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction
Ennis B. Edmonds
Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction provides an account of this widespread but often poorly understood movement looking at its essential history, principles and practices, and ...
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The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction
Peter Marshall
The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction considers a process which transformed Europe and left an indelible mark on the modern world — one that began as a dispute over ...
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