History & Biography

A history of the formative period of the Church, this text includes an account of Rome and first-century Judaism, the gnostics and the conflicts of Eastern Christendom. It examines such figures as Origen, Arian and St Augustine of Hippo.

How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book describes not only the main facts, ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organization and spirituality, but...

A superbly entertaining overview of the Church of England over the last fifty years

In lucid and non-technical prose, Young demonstrates how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds - the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed - came into being. She aims to bring the creeds back to life again in the challenging and demanding...

Presents an overview of the Church of England. Beginning with the great Victorian modernisers who stamped their taste on music as much as church buildings, this title takes us on a musical tour that takes in: the impact of the Wesleys, the...