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Law and Theology in the Middle Agesby G.R. Evans
Routledge 2001; US$ 50.95This is a thought provoking examination of the tension between ecclesiastical and secular authority in medieval Europe. Focusing on a wide range of concepts and themes, this is a wide ranging and accessible text. more...
Canons in Conflictby James E. Brenneman
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 110.00This text examines current literary theory and theological discussions and then applies these theories to a consideration of true and false biblical prophecy to reach an integrative resolution of authority and canon in a pluralistic context. more...
What God Has Joined Togetherby Robert H. Vasoli
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 50.00Since Vatican II, there has been a sizeable increase in the number of Catholic marriage annulments in the USA - previously a rarity. This text offers a study of this annulment "American-style", exploring how and why the American system has become geared to the mass-production of annulments. more...
La décrétale Ad Gallos Episcopos: son texte et son auteurby Yves-Marie Duval
BRILL 2004; US$ 103.00A new edition (and its French translation) of the oldest known Decretale. The commentary demonstrates the originality of the arguments leading to decisions concerning the blessed virgins and the ecclesiastical hierarchy. This answer to the bishops of Gaul could be the making of Jerome, personal assistant to Pope Damasus between 382 and 384. more...
A Problem of Presenceby Matthew Engelke
University of California Press 2007; US$ 21.95The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe refer to themselves as ?the Christians who don?t read the Bible.? They claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God ?live and direct? from the Holy Spirit. In this insightful and sensitive historical ethnography, Matthew Engelke documents how this rejection of scripture speaks to longstanding concerns within Christianity over mediation and authority. The Bible, of course, has been a key medium through which Christians have recognized God?s presence. But the apostolics perceive scripture as an unnecessary, even dangerous, mediator. For them, the materiality of the Bible marks a distance from the divine and prohibits the realization of a live and direct faith. Situating the Masowe... more...
Canon Law, Careers and Conquestby Jörg Peltzer
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 118.00Study of the politics of episcopal elections in twelfth and thirteenth-century Normandy and Greater Anjou. more...
Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartresby Christof Rolker
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 88.00Major new study of Ivo of Chartres, providing a new interpretation of the authorship of works attributed to him. more...
E.M. Bounds Speaks to the Modern Churchby Darrel King
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 9.99Listen to the Prophet of Prayer as He Speaks to the Modern Church EDWARD MCKENDREE BOUNDS exhorted people in nineteenth-century America to repent and return to the righteousness of God. His message to the Church continues to ring true in our own times. As you read his poignant words, you will be convicted, challenged, inspired, and edified. In this book, which was compiled by an E.M. Bounds scholar, you will discover biblical truth from the heart and lips of this passionate servant of God. You will want to respond to what Bounds has to say about:; Spiritual leadership; Financial responsibility; Worldliness; Boasting and pride; The pulpit ministry; Emotionalism in religion Bounds' writings give a strong warning to today's Church: If... more...
Subverting Scripturesby Beth Hawkins Benedix
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 85.00This collection seeks to fill the interdisciplinary space that addresses when, why, and how writers strategically reference the Bible for subversive or re-evaluative purposes. It explores the specific biblical pieces used this subversion, and why they are used, with reference to many contemporary sources. more...
Roman Canon Law in Reformation Englandby R. H. Helmholz
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 32.00Both a companion to and development of Maitland's celebrated Roman Canon Law in Medieval England. more...









