Church History

A history of the formative period of the Church, this text includes an account of Rome and first-century Judaism, the gnostics and the conflicts of Eastern Christendom. It examines such figures as Origen, Arian and St Augustine of Hippo.

A volume covering one of the most significant periods in the formation of the doctrine of the Church. A key text for all students of Patristics. Fully updated bibliographies for each chapter, subject area and writer are included.

Diarmaid MacCulloch provides a factual basis for a thorough study of the history and development of Christianity. Readers begin their journey from the earliest days of the fledgling Christian Church to the end of the twentieth century.

An introduction to the study of the ways the church has evolved in its corporate life since its birth in the first century. Special attention is given to studying its changing relationship and interaction with the surrounding societies in which it...

Priests and Politics offers the general reader an account of how the Church of England responded to the most important social and political issues of the twentieth century.