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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4. The Romanesque rebuilding of England
George Garnett
in The Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction
Apart from Westminster Abbey, no major English church survived the first fifty years of Norman rule. The process of rebuilding was prosecuted with a zeal which sometimes verged on ...
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2. Establishing the church
Mark Chapman
in Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction
‘Establishing the Church’ charts the gradual emergence of the Church of England over the course of the sixteenth century. The Act of Supremacy gave Henry VIII the powers of the Pope, but ...
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6. Megachurches, cells, and progressive Pentecostalism
William K. Kay
in Pentecostalism: A Very Short Introduction
Using examples such as the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea, ‘Megachurches, cells, and progressive Pentecostalism’ discusses the role of these institutions. One of the secrets of ...
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Introduction: defining paganism
Owen Davies
in Paganism: A Very Short Introduction
‘Introduction: defining paganism’ emphasizes that the notion of paganism, as generally understood today, was created by the early Christian Church. It was a label Christians applied to ...
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2. Running the empire
Gillian Clark
in Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction
Peace and order were the basic duties of Roman government. ‘Running the empire’ explains how these duties were achieved or unfulfilled. The reigns and styles of government of emperors such ...
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4. Religion
Gillian Clark
in Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction
‘Religion’ looks at the shift in power from paganism towards Christianity. Religion in late antiquity also involves Judaism, Islam, and other myriad ways in which people thought about god ...
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9. City of God
Henry Chadwick
in Augustine: A Very Short Introduction
Around the time that Augustine was ordained, imperial policy passed a series of edicts closing temples and forbidding pagan sacrifices. The effect was a growing dislike of the Church. The ...
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13. The Masses and the Classes: The Urban Worker
Christopher Harvie and H. C. G. Matthew
in Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
‘The Masses and the Classes: The Urban Worker’ examines the condition of the working classes. The working classes enjoyed relative prosperity in the 1870s and 1880s, due to rising real ...
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5. Anglo-Catholicism
Mark Chapman
in Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction
‘Anglo-Catholicism’ looks at the role that this movement, with its concerns of holiness and authority, played in the Church of England from the 1830s. Aiming to redirect authority towards a ...
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Introduction
Mark A. Noll
in Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction
The Introduction emphasizes the diversity and strength of Protestantism today. Protestants live all over the world. Contemporary Protestant diversity is more than just geographical. Church ...
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8. Decisive change?
Gillian Clark
in Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction
‘Decisive change?’ looks at the forces ranged against the Christian Roman empire — including Islam, the Saracens, Persians, and Arabs — and investigates the fall of Rome. The Arab conquest ...
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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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4. Priesthood
Richard Lyman Bushman
in Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
‘Priesthood’ explores Mormonism's links to the priestly authority of the New Testament. The aim is to confer priesthood authority on all the adult male members of the church. Only ...
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6. Nineteenth-century Utah
Richard Lyman Bushman
in Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
After Smith's death the movement split, the largest group being led by Brigham Young. Throughout the 19th century, Utah was the destination of more than 80,000 Mormons who migrated from the ...
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7. Unity and division
Henry Chadwick
in Augustine: A Very Short Introduction
After the year 303, in the aftermath of the Great Persecution under Diocletian, the African churches were divided. The Christians of Africa disagreed about whether it was right to commit ...
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7. ‘Unless the Lord Build the City …’
Christopher Harvie and H. C. G. Matthew
in Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
‘Unless the Lord Build the City ...’ considers the reform of public health and education and the influence that religion had on this process. Epidemic diseases like cholera prevailed in the ...
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1. Revolution and its Repercussions
Paul Langford
in Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
‘Revolution and its Repercussions’ deals with the aftermath and impact of the Glorious Revolution. The need to legitimize the deposition of James II led parliament to declare a de facto ...
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8. Towards a Nation
John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths
in Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
The English Crown embodied the unity of England. By the end of the fifteenth century, English kings enjoyed an enviable mastery of their kingdom. ‘Towards a Nation’ considers how this unity ...
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5. Monastic and mystical Christianity
Linda Woodhead
in Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Monastic and mystical Christianity’ looks at the development of a form of Christianity that locates authority in the spiritual experience of each individual. Mystical Christianity focuses ...
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