5 Best philosophy books like History, Theory, Text: Historians and the Linguistic Turn by Elizabeth A. Clark

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History, Theory, Text: Historians and the Linguistic Turn

By: Elizabeth A. Clark

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this work of sweeping erudition, one of our foremost historians of early Christianity considers …

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1. Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (Christian Theology in Context)

By: John Behr

4.51

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

This book provides a full, contextual study of St Irenaeus of Lyons, the first great theologian of … read more

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Cover of Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers by Maxwell Staniforth, Andrew Louth, Ignatius of Antioch, Clement of Rome, Polycarp, Barnabas

2. Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers

By: Maxwell Staniforth , Andrew Louth , Ignatius of Antioch , Clement of Rome , Polycarp , Barnabas

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Letters and small-scale theological treatises giving a rich and powerful articulation of the Christ… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

By: Elaine Pagels

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Pagels, a writer & thinker on religion & history, winner of the National Book Award for The Gnostic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

4. Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The … read more

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5. Runaway

By: Alice Munro

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Here are the infinite betrayals and surprises of love-between men and women, between friends, betwe… read more

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6. Stylish Academic Writing

By: Helen Sword

3.20

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to acade… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • academic
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7. What Is Gnosticism?

By: None

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

A distinctive Christian heresy? A competitor of burgeoning Christianity? A pre-Christian folk relig… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history

8. The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.

By: Marc Bloch , Joseph R. Strayer , None

4.10

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

In this classic work, distinguished French economic historian, Marc Bloch, discusses the techniques… read more

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9. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian studies 59)

By: Benedicta Ward , Anthony of Sourozh

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer asce… read more

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10. On First Principles

By: Origen , Henri de Lubac , None , None , None , None

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

s/t: Being Koetschau's Text of the De Principiis Translated into English Together with an Introduct… read more

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11. Atonement: A Guide for the Perplexed

By: Adam J. Johnson

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Christians agree that they are saved through the death and resurrection of Christ. But how is the a… read more

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12. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

By: Arna Bontemps , James Weldon Johnson

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

James Weldon Johnson's emotionally gripping novel is a landmark in black literary history and, more… read more

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13. On the True Doctrine

By: Celsus , R. Joseph Hoffmann

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

The works of many early critics of the Christian church were burned by ruling emperors or otherwise… read more

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14. The Nag Hammadi Library

By: Anonymous , Richard Smith , Marvin W. Meyer , James M. Robinson

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Nag Hammadi Library was discovered in 1945 buried in a large stone jar in the desert outside th… read more

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15. On the Apostolic Preaching

By: Irenaeus of Lyons

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

St Irenaeus is the most important theologian of the second century, laying the foundation for all f… read more

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16. A Secular Age

By: Charles Margrave Taylor

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Almost everyone would agree that the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly over… read more

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17. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

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18. Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World

By: Gregg R. Allison

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

We rarely give thought to our bodies until faced with a physical challenge or crisis. We have someh… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Time's Monster: History, Conscience and Britain's Empire

By: Priya Satia

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning author reconsiders the role of historians in political debate. For generations,… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • academic
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20. The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology

By: Jeremy R. Treat

4.49

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

The kingdom of God and the atonement are two of the most important themes in all of Scripture. Trag… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. History, Theory, Text: Historians and the Linguistic Turn

By: Elizabeth A. Clark

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this work of sweeping erudition, one of our foremost historians of early Christianity considers … read more

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  • linguistics
  • history
  • theory
  • academic
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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22. Mapping Atonement: The Doctrine of Reconciliation in Christian History and Theology

By: Joel Scandrett William G. Witt

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Southwestern Journal of Theology 2022 Book of the Year Award (Honorable Mention, Theological Studie… read more

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23. Suffering, not Power: Atonement in the Middle Ages

By: Benjamin Wheaton

3.57

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Correcting a popular view of the atonement. Was Christ’s death a victory over death or a substituti… read more

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24. A Jonathan Edwards Reader (Yale Nota Bene)

By: Jonathan Edwards

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Prepared by editors of the distinguished series The Works of Jonathan Edwards , this authoritative … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Origen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life (Oxford Early Christian Studies) by Peter W. Martens

25. Origen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

By: Peter W. Martens

4.47

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Scriptural interpretation was an important form of scholarship for Christians in late antiquity. Fo… read more

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  • history
  • academic
Cover of The First Apology, The Second Apology, Dialogue with Trypho, Exhortation to the Greeks, Discourse to the Greeks, The Monarchy of the Rule of God (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series) by Justin Martyr

26. The First Apology, The Second Apology, Dialogue with Trypho, Exhortation to the Greeks, Discourse to the Greeks, The Monarchy of the Rule of God (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)

By: Justin Martyr

4.33

Format: 486 pages, Paperback

St. Justin Martyr is known as the oustanding apologist of the second century. While the Apostolic F… read more

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27. Found Christianities: Remaking the World of the Second Century CE

By: M. David Litwa

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

M. David Litwa tells the stories of the early Christians whose religious identity was either challe… read more

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28. Reflections on Revival

By: Charles Grandison Finney

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Book by Finney, Charles G., Dayton, Donald W. read more

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29. On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams (John Harvard Library)

By: Roger Williams

3.67

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his refusal to conform to Puritan religious and soci… read more

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30. War in Heaven

By: Charles Williams

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more

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"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

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31. A Cotton Mather Reader

By: Cotton Mather

2.60

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative selection of the writings of one of the most important early American writers   “A… read more

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