This is a study of the theological development of key leaders of the Baptist and Congregational denominations at their period of greatest influence, including C.H. Spurgeon and R.W. Dale, and of the controversies in which those among them who embraced and rejected the liberal transformation of their evangelical heritage opposed each other. It presents a theological portrait of Victorian England in the history of the English Free Churches, tracing the theological development of key leaders over several decades. Hopkins also captures the 'state of the Unions' - Congregational and Baptist - through the freeze-frames provided by their biggest denominational controversies of the period.

Product Description: Glory Descending

This important new collection of essays on a topic of vital importance is by a group of scholars from ten countries, from a wide range of Christian traditions, East and West, and from various academic disciplines.What has happened to sacramentality in an age which is on the one hand visual and on the other culturally cast adrift from the traditional symbolic universe in which sacramental theology was naturally at home? This book is not just confined to a discussion of Eucharistic theology. It examines both the historical roots of sacramentality, the concept of a sacral person, ways in which sacramentality may be re-envisioned and the flourishing roday of churches of a largely non-sacramental style in an age which is increasingly visual rather than verbal.The vital importance of the subject of this book is confirmed by the distinction of the contributors―David Brown (Professor of Theology at Durham University), Timothy Jenkins (Cambridge), Bishop Geoffrey Rowell (Oxford), Jeremy Begbie (St. Andrews and Cambridge), Ann Loades (Durham), David N. Power (Catholic University of America), Sven-Erik Brodd (Uppsala), Peter Bouteneff (St. Vladimir's Seminary, New York) and Susan A. Ross (Loyola University, Chicago).

Product Description: Book by Rowell, Geoffrey, Chilcott-Monk, J. P.

A collection of readings, prayers, and suggestions for daily devotions during the Advent season invites readers to enter a deeper understanding of the Incarnation of Christ, offering insight into the experiences and feelings of characters from the Bible. Original.

Product Description: A moving devotional companion, evoking the sights and sounds that surrounded Jesus in the last days of his life. The dramatic narrative style invites us to participate imaginatively in the unfolding events. Arranged as daily readings throughout Lent.

Product Description: Book by Dudley, Martin

Product Description: Oxford Scholarly Classics is a new series that makes available again great academic works from the archives of Oxford University Press. Reissued in uniform series design, the reissues will enable libraries, scholars, and students to gain fresh access to some of the finest scholarship of the last century...read more