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Pagans and Christians 11 reviews
Robin Lane Fox
Harpercollins, 1988
Build up to a revolution
+ Daunting but rewarding
+ Clashing Epiphanies - Zeus and Friends versus The Word
+ Very valuable.
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The Legacy of John Calvin: His Influence on the Modern World (Calvin 500)
David W. Hall
P & R Publishing, 2008
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Antichrist And the End Times
Joseph Iannuzzi
St. Andrew's Productions, 2005
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The New Testament: Its Background and Message2 reviews
Thomas Lea
B&H Academic, 2003
Practical
+ David Cartwright
for the practical student, even casual student, this is a very good resource. easy to read and usable.
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.47 reviews
Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson
Grand Central Publishing, 2001
Required reading!
+ A must read
+ The best read of the year
+ Required reading
+ Great
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The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power22 reviews
Jeff Sharlet
Harper, 2008
That nasty, nagging feeling...
+ If Christian Conservatives are really in control, then why....
+ if the author could only step back from his own political beliefs
... that something's lurking, just beyond your grasp, is there, alive and affecting your life in ways you could only in your darkest fears imagine.
This is theocracy, the true enemy of American democracy. This is not the Bible-thumping shennanigans of the mostly ignorant mass of true believers. ...
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Universities, Academics and the Great Schism (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Third Series)
R. N. Swanson
Cambridge University Press, 2002
The election of both Urban VI and Clement VII to the papacy in 1378, by the same body of cardinals, presented the church with an apparently insoluble constitutional difficulty. Dr Swanson examines the reaction to this situation from a hitherto unconsidered perspective: that of the universities to whom Europe turned to formulate the theories which would solve the problem. He examines the attempts ...
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Living Gnosis: A Practical Guide to Gnostic Christianity16 reviews
Tau Malachi
Llewellyn Publications, 2005
Excellent!! Sammamish ,WA
+ A Good introduction to Gnostic Christianity
+ iNFORMATATIVE
+ Spiritual Spectator or Participant? Gnosis offers a choice!
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The Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer (Penguin Classics)25 reviews
Friedrich Nietzsche
Penguin Classics, 1990
Mental Roller Coaster
+ Scathing Polemic Against Religious Self-Illusionism
+ A good place to start
+ amazing...
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Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices 216 reviews
Frank Viola, George Barna
BarnaBooks, 2008
History, not Criticism
+ Excellent Exposure of Apostasy in Your Church
+ Answers for questions not asked much
This book is essentially an abbreviated history of where all of the common practices (outside of Christmas and Easter) of the Protestant church came from. I felt that the author made every effort to present the facts as cleanly as possible.
That said, you probably noticed that many reviewers ...
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An Introduction to the New Testament23 reviews
D. A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo
Zondervan, 2005
Great NT reference
+ Required Resource for Pastors
Theis is an excellent text for its depth and concise way it gets to the significance of the New Testment writings. It contain a rational and evidential analysis of current scholarly theories about the New Testament, i.e textual and form criticism. The authors refute incorrect scholarly theories ...
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The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto)35 reviews
Steven Runciman
Cambridge University Press, 1990
A sublime account of the demise of the "Greek emperor" and the fall of his city
+ LAST DAYS OF A GREAT CHRISTIAN CITY
+ Historical drama at its best
+ Solid history with storytelling flair
+ Amazing for any history buff and more
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Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources (The Middle Ages Series)3 reviews
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997
The best anthology of primary sources available
+ Good stuff
This is the most thorough and up-to-date collection of primary sources relating to the history of medieval Spain yet available. It brings together a vast ocean of important and illustrative Jewish, Christian and Muslim sources, many of which have never before been translated. Readers, especially ...
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The Fourth Crusade: And The Sack of Constantinople27 reviews
Jonathan Phillips
Pimlico, 2005
Good pace, excellent clarity
+ Excellent history of a Crusading misfire
+ Incredible History
+ Good Popular History of the Sack of Constantinople
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How to Tell If Your Boyfriend Is the Antichrist: And If He Is, Should You Break Up with Him?8 reviews
Patricia Carlin
Quirk Books, 2007
Current and funny
+ Make an informed choice on a man without resorting to hidden cameras!
+ A Bit cheeky A bit creepy
+ Spot deviant boyfriend personality-types in an instant
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1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West35 reviews
Roger Crowley
Hyperion, 2006
Fast Paced, Readable History
+ Like a novel, only short
+ AP World History Review
+ Informative
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The King James Bible (with book and chapter navigation) 7 reviews
Diana Mecum DianaDoesIt.com, 2008
This is the best of the KJVs!
+ Kindle format is very readable.
+ Superb
+ The Book and Chapter Navigation is Pretty Impressive on Kindle
+ Fantastic Navigation Feature!
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The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492 (Lockert Library of Poetry in ...5 reviews
Peter Cole
Princeton Univ Pr, 2007
The Dream of the Poem Fulfilled
+ a jewel of the middle ages
+ Sound information with good poetic translation
+ Medieval Hebrew Poetry in Translation
+ a literary planetarium in which to glimpse lost worlds
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Crusades: The Illustrated History2 reviews
University of Michigan Press, 2005
Seeing is Perceiving
+ Beautiful and Informative!
"Crusades - The Illustrated History," Thomas F. Madden, Editor, shares all the strengths of Madden's "Concise History of the Crusades." It is a refreshing and positive look at the falable but devoted knights and kings of Christendom who deeply desired to see the holy sites of Christianity ...
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The Kingdom of the Beast and the End of the World: The Truth About the End4 reviews
J.C. Alexander
ACW Press, 2004
Most complete and accurate book on prophecy you will ever find!
+ "Another myth is smashed."
+ Very interesting - a totally different believable perspective...
One of the many points made by KINGDOM OF THE BEAST is the true nature of the that kingdom. It convincingly dismisses the erroneous theories of a revised Roman Empire, and brings the focus back into the Middle East where it belongs. Daniel's prophesies always jump thousands of years from the Greek ...
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