Early Christian Traditions:

Traces the growth of the Christian church's theology, worship, leadership, and ethics through its first six centuries, ending with Augustine of Hippo. This book provides a readable and understandable overview of early Christianity for the reader with little or no knowledge of the subject. It also provides the more serious student with a rationale for learning more.

Early Christian Traditions

The Woman With The Alabaster Jar:

Margaret Starbird's theological beliefs were profoundly shaken when she read Holy Blood, Holy Grail, a book that dared to suggest that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalen and that their descendants carried on his holy bloodline in Western Europe. Shocked by such heresy, this Roman Catholic scholar set out to refute it, but instead found new and compelling evidence for the existence of the bride of Jesus--the same enigmatic woman who anointed him with precious unguent from her "alabaster jar." A Reader's Catalog Selection of "the 40,000+ best books in print."

The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail

In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and how It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture:

... the origins of this masterpiece are far from what one might expect, and its beginnings lie in murder, deceit, bitter political feuds, and religious conflicts so intense they threatened the unity of England. The struggle to translate the Bible into English was a passionate cause, in the name of which crusaders fought, were imprisoned, and were sometimes even executed. For the lover of history, literature, or language, In the Beginning is a book that shouldn't be missed. In bringing the story of the King James Bible to light, it captures a vanished period of history in vivid, compelling detail.

In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and how It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture

Understanding the development of early Christianity and its impact on Western history and thought offers valuable insights into the modern world and the present state of Christiantiy. It also provides perspective on comparable developments in other periods of history and reveals human nature in its religious dimension. Check out the table of contents.

Christian Life: Ethics, Morality, and Discipline in the Early Church

Rogue Messiahs: Tales of Self-Proclaimed Saviors:

Wilson's lucid survey of the lives, claims, actions, and abuses of cult leaders makes for compelling reading. He outlines the psychological makeup of these individuals and provides an intriguing narrative that keeps the reader's interest, providing many case histories that most will not be familiar with. The author also focuses on the followers of these "rogue messiahs,"...

Rogue Messiahs: Tales of Self-Proclaimed Saviors

The Confessions by St. Augustine

By his own account, St. Augustine of Hippo (A.D.354-430) lived a life of sin until his conversion to Christianity at the age of 32. the story of a great sinner who became a great saint, and greatness is all the more admirable if it is achieved against such odds. He paints such a black picture of his past that the reader might easily lose sight...

The Confessions

...the third in a series of four planned volumes. This volume follows The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity and Satan. Read the great reviews these books are getting. If you love history and/or psychology this book will fascinate you..

Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages

Christians have been slow to recognize the pagan elements in modern culture. Those who believe that America is a Christian nation are blind to the pagan forces that influence all aspects of life. The contributors to this volume hold that America is now a new mission field where the gospel is in a life-and-death struggle with "the spirits of the age."

Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds:

Explores tensions and compatibilities between medicine and Christianity including suicide and early Christian values, caring and curing in the second century, medical deontology and pestilential disease in the late Middle Ages, and the moral stance of the earliest syphilographers. An intriguing book for a medical professional.

Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

Peter Harbison's authoritative survey of human settlement in Ireland from its beginnings 10,000 years ago to St. Patrick's Christianizing mission in the fifth century AD was chosen as 'Book of the Year' at the 1988 British Archaeology Awards.

Pre-Christian Ireland: From the First Settlers to the Early Celts