Christianity

Culture and the Thomist Tradition examines the crisis of Thomism today as thrown into relief by Vatican II and synthesises the theological critiques of modernity to be found in the works of Alasdair MacIntyre and the Radical Orthodoxy circle...

F. Gerald Downing explores the teachings of Paul, arguing that the development of Paul's preaching and of the Pauline Church owed a great deal to the views of the vagabond Cynic philosophers, critics of the Gods and of the ethos of civic society...

This is the first up-to-date, accessible study on the rule of Cyprian as the Bishop of Carthage in the 250s AD...

This comprehensive one-stop handbook reference compiles results for new and exciting areas of research and examines a wide range of articles to survey the historical, conceptual and personal perspectives of biblical interpretation throughout the ages...

This, the first book to focus solely on Donne's religious writing, also places his work in a literary context and attempts to reach a more realistic assessment of its originality than has been possible hitherto. The prose works that are examined in detail include the controversial treatises Bianthan..

Offers an introduction to the entire canon of John Donne's religious writing, seeking to make its political and theological context fully accessible. This text focuses on the precise historical and political circumstances of Donne's life, and examines his prose works, essays and sermons...

A comprehensive study of the rise, development and use of credal formulaines in the creative centuries of the Church's history...

A comprehensive study of the rise, development and use of credal formulaines in the creative centuries of the Church's history...

Early Christian Ritual Life attempts to counteract the undervaluing of ritual by placing it at the forefront of early Christian life. An array of Christian ritual activities are explored, employing ritual theory critically and explicitly to make sense of various ritual behaviours and their interconn..

Early Christians and Animals presents a colourful and comprehensive overview and analysis of the significance of animals in early Christian thought, tradition, text and art...

First published in 1906, this book considers the concept of atonement and suggest that the doctrine of atonement is not an artificial theorem or an inexplicable or unethical dogma, but that it has roots in the foundations of all human life...

This book is concerned with the conflict between "Darwinism" as the Victorians called it, and Christianity, a conflict here re-stated in modern terms because it so vitally affects our understanding of human nature and human values today. _x000D_  _x000D_..