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Explores the domination of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, which is the largest, richest, most powerful, and most conservative, diocese in Australia. It is led by a hardline, uncompromising and well-organised male clerical elite who are determined to impose their version of Christianity on the Anglican Church both in Australia and internationally.

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The complete and restored text of The Memoirs of Charles G. Finney available to lay readers for the first time without the scholarly schemata.

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The first comprehensive introduction to the Orthodox Church in the United States from 1794 to the present, this text offers a succinct overview of the Church's distinctive history and its particular perspectives on the Christian faith.

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The first comprehensive introduction to the Orthodox Church in the United States from 1794 to the present, this book includes a succinct picture of the distinctive history of Orthodoxy and its particular perspectives on the Christian faith.

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This book portrays the changing fortunes of the Polish Orthodox Church as it responds to the different Polish governments. Simultaneously, it illuminates the complex relationship among the state, the Orthodox and rival Roman Catholic faiths, and the Slavic minorities (chiefly Ukrainian and Belarusan) who are the primary adherents of Orthodoxy.

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The Late John Paul II was portrayed by admirers as one of history's great popes. But in The Pope in Winter, leading Vatican expert John Cornwell seriously questions the workings of his papacy and points to fundamental flaws - exacerbated by age and infirmity - that have alarming consequences for both the Catholic Church's future.

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Sweeney chronicles the true story of Peter Morrone, a hermit who in the Middle Ages found himself the most powerful man in the Catholic Church--and who would be the only pope in history to abdicate.

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In a brief, narrative survey, Balmer and Fitzmier trace the history of the Presbyterian tradition, from its roots in Europe to its manifestations in contemporary America.

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This addition to the Denominations in America series surveys the history of the Presbyterian Church in the United States and includes a biographical dictionary of its principal figures.

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The Protestant Experience in America lays out the history of Protestants in America, the core beliefs and common practices that they mostly share, the major events and controversies, and long-term trends for the future of Protestants in the United States.

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When Martin Luther nailed 95 criticisms of the Catholic Church to the door of his local church in 1517 he sparked not just a religious Reformation, but an unending cycle of political, social and economic change. This book presents the story of the Reformation and its lasting legacy - in effect, how Protestantism created the modern world.

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Concise and accessible introduction to the Quaker tradition and how its history, tenets, spirituality, and practices apply to current social and justice issues.

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Stanford Lehmberg, a noted authority on the Tudor period, examines the impact of the Reformation on the cathedrals of England and Wales. Based largely on manuscript materials from the cathedral archives themselves, this book is the first attempt to draw together information for all twenty-nine of the cathedrals that existed in the Tudor period. The

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This book provides an extensive rhetorical analysis of Pope Franciss visual, spatial, tactile, written, and oral discourse. It reveals how the interrelated topoi of illness, space, mercy, and conversion converge to articulate Franciss vision for the Church.

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Contends that John Paul II's overseas pastoral visits are a rhetorical response to a church and society deeply affected by secularization and pluralism, and constitutes a new way of speaking about the sacred.

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This text provides the student with an historical overview of the people and events that have shaped Roman Catholicism in the United States. Fair minded and informative, this book will be useful to anyone teaching a course on Roman Catholicism or American Religion.