Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards George M. Marsden "Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, he ignited the momentous G… OL16027341W
Reformation and scholasticism Reformation and scholasticism E. Dekker Historical theologians have commonly held that no close connection exists between the two major intellectual movements of the sixteenth century--Reformation and Calvinist Scholasticism. Recent schola… OL20545061W
Providence in early modern England Providence in early modern England Alexandra Walsham "This book is the most extensive study to date of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century belief that God actively intervened in human affairs to punish, reward, and chastise. Providentialism has ofte… OL20944170W
Exploring the heritage of John Calvin Exploring the heritage of John Calvin David E. Holwerda Bandstra, A. J. Law and gospel in Calvin and in Paul.--Primus, J. H. Calvin and the Puritan Sabbath.--Vos, L. A. Calvin and the Christian self-image.--Holwerda, D. E. Eschatology and history.--Minnem… OL20945501W
Biographical dictionary of evangelicals Biographical dictionary of evangelicals Timothy Larsen,Mark A. Noll Biographical articles of people characterized by "conversionism, activism, biblicism, and crucicentrism," born in or before 1935, with careers in the "English-speaking world, understood ... as [Great… OL20946582W
Image and word in the theology of John Calvin Image and word in the theology of John Calvin Randall C. Zachman "In his groundbreaking new study of the Swiss reformer, Randall C. Zachman reveals and analyzes John Calvin's understanding of image and word both comprehensively and chronologically, with attention … OL20949120W
The age of evangelicalism The age of evangelicalism Steven P. Miller At the start of the twenty-first century, America was awash in a sea of evangelical talk. The Purpose Driven Life. Joel Osteen. The Left Behind novels. George W. Bush. Evangelicalism had become so po… OL20957541W
De sprekende slang De sprekende slang Nico Dros Geschiedenis van het kerkelijke conflict dat ontstond in het dorp Oosterend op Texel naar aanleiding van de veroordeling van ds. Geelkerken door de synode van de Gereformeerde Kerken in 1926. OL24990876W
America's God America's God Mark A. Noll "Mark A. Noll is McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois."--BOOK JACKET. OL2674364W
The English Reformation The English Reformation Arthur Geoffrey Dickens Henry VIII officially brought the Protestant Reformation to England in the 1530s when he severed the English Church from the Papacy. But the seeds of the movement, according to A.G. Dickens, were pla… OL3639002W
Religion in the British Atlantic, 1500-1800 Religion in the British Atlantic, 1500-1800 Carla Gardina Pestana Beginning with the role religion played in the lives of believers in West Africa, eastern North America, and western Europe in about 1500, author Carla Gardina Pestana shows how the Protestant Reform… OL4461084W
Later Calvinism International Perspectives (Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies) Later Calvinism International Perspectives (Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies) W. Fred Graham This volume presents the evolution of Calvin's ideas in the latter part of the sixteenth and early part of the seventeenth centuries along national lines. Calvin's influence is traced in Switzerland,… OL7014133W