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  • Orthodox Christians and the Rights Revolution in America

    by A. G. Roeber ...
    Series series Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
    A distinctive and unrivaled examination of North American Eastern Orthodox Christians and their encounter with the rights revolution in a pluralistic American society.From the civil rights movement of the 1950s to the “culture wars” of North America, commentators have identified the partisans bent on pursuing different “rights” claims. When religious identity surfaces as a key determinant in how ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Faithful Magistrates and Republican Lawyers

    Creators of Virginia Legal Culture, 1680-1810

    by A. G. Roeber ...
    Series series Studies in Legal History
    Until the mid-1700s, law was not thought of as a science or profession. Most Virginians adhered to the English country tradition that considered law to be a local and personal affair. The growth of cities and business, however, guaranteed that disputes would spill over county boundaries. As law proliferated and became more complex, it encouraged the growth of a legal profession composed of men who ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Hopes for Better Spouses

    Protestant Marriage and Church Renewal in Early Modern Europe, India, and North America

    by A. G. Roeber ...
    Series series Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (EUSLR)
    Modern Protestant debates about spousal relations and the meaning of marriage began in a forgotten international dispute some 300 years ago. The Lutheran-Pietist ideal of marriage as friendship and mutual pursuit of holiness battled with the idea that submission defined spousal roles.Exploiting material culture artifacts, broadsides, hymns, sermons, private correspondence, and legal cases on three ... Read more

    $40.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600-1800

    Edited by Ulrich L. Lehner, Richard A. Muller, A.G. Roeber ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600-1800 will offer a comprehensive and reliable introduction to Christian theological literature originating in Western Europe from, roughly, the end of the French Wars of Religion (1598) to the Congress of Vienna (1815). Using a variety of approaches, the contributors examine theology spanning from Bossuet to Jonathan Edwards. They review the major ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

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  • Christianity's Dangerous Idea

    The Protestant Revolution—A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First

    by Alister McGrath ...
    "An original and important book. . . . [T]he most readable introduction to the history, theology and present-day practices of Protestantism." — Publishers WeeklyA New Interpretation of Protestantism and Its Impact on the WorldThe radical idea that individuals could interpret the Bible for themselves spawned a revolution that is still being played out on the world stage today. This innovation lies ... Read more

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  • The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism

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    by Max Weber, Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells ...
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    In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin ... Read more

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  • Why Catholicism Matters

    How Catholic Virtues Can Reshape Society in the Twenty-First Century

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  • A Heart on Fire

    Catholic Witness and the Next America

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  • Reformation Myths

    Five Centuries Of Misconceptions And (Some) Misfortunes

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    What has the Reformation ever done for us?A lot less than you might think, as Rodney Stark shows in this enlightening and entertaining antidote to recent books about the rise of Protestantism and its legacy.‘Rodney Stark takes no prisoners as he charges through five hundred years of history, upsetting apple carts left and right. Almost everything you thought you knew about the Reformation turns ... Read more

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  • Render Unto Caesar

    Serving the Nation by Living our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life

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  • An Anxious Age

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