Catholic Literature and the Rise of Anglicanism    by John Russell Yamamoto-Wilson
Price: Free! 40670 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Church / History.
John R. Yamamoto-Wilson asks a useful question: what use did Protestants make of Roman Catholic literature during the Reformation? Tracking the publication in English editions of a number of notable Catholic writers, Yamamoto-Wilson demonstrates that even in the face of a lot of polemic there were Protestants reading Catholic writing. (Maureen Quilligan, Duke University)

The Resolutions Of Jonathan Edwards    by Richard Cheesman
Price: Free! 2620 words. Language: English. Published on March 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Church / History.
“Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God’s help, I do humbly entreat Him by His grace to enable me to keep these resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to His will, for Christ’s sake. Amen.” It is reported Edwards reviewed these resolutions once a week. Resolutions 1-21 were written in one setting in New Haven in 1722 at age 19.

Authentic Response to God: Interviews With Roger J. Newell    by Roger Newell
Price: Free! 12620 words. Language: English. Published by GCI on March 25, 2013. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Theology / General.
Dr. Roger Newell, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at George Fox University, discusses three topics. Starting with Mary, the mother of Jesus, he talks about what constitutes an authentic response to God. In the second interview, he discusses theological insights of C. S. Lewis. In the third interview, he discusses how theology went astray in Hitler's control of the German church.

GODCHURCH: A Theistic Survey of Church History    by Edwin Walhout
Price: Free! 54980 words. Language: English. Published on November 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Church / History.
What role does the Christian church play in human history? If you take the sovereignty of God seriously, what role should the church play? Here is an interpretive survey of church history that attempts to answer those questions. It’s written for serious Christians who may be just a little uncertain about church.

The Concept of Nature in the Thought of John Philoponus    by John McKenna
Price: Free! 25890 words. Language: English. Published by GCI on September 27, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Church / History.
This e-book contains two articles. The title article is about the work of the 6th-century Alexandrian theologian scientist. The second article, Transformations in the History of Cosmology, discusses the way that scientists have changed their view of reality, from ancient times to Newton to Einstein, etc.

Exploring the Word of God Acts of the Apostles Volume 3: Acts Chapters 8–11    by Paul Kroll
Price: Free! 26410 words. Language: English. Published by GCI on May 4, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Biblical Commentary / New Testament.
Paul Kroll continues his commentary with an examination of four more chapters, including the expansion of the church in Judea, Galilee and Samaria, the conversion of Paul, the Gospel goes to Gentiles, and the church expands to Syria. Most of the work for this commentary was done in 1994; biblical references were updated in 2012 and the text was edited by Michael Morrison, PhD.

Transformed by Truth: The Worldwide Church of God Rejects the Teachings of Founder Herbert W. Armstrong and Embraces Historic Christianity    by Joseph Tkach
Price: Free! 67080 words. Language: English. Published by GCI on April 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christianity / Denominations.
This is the story of how the Worldwide Church of God was transformed by biblical truth. For nearly 70 years the church, founded by Herbert W. Armstrong, preached a “different gospel.” Eight years after Armstrong died, the church renounced its unorthodox teachings and embraced historic Christianity. What happened? Joseph Tkach tells this remarkable account of the transforming power of the gospel.

Defensa del cristianismo    by John Henry Newman
Price: Free! 32160 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Jack Tollers  on March 12, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Church / History.
He aquí vertida la cuarta parte de "La Gramática del asentimiento" del gran Cardenal Newman. Nos hemos restringido a esta parte por la facilidad de su lectura (en comparación con el resto del libro) y porque se trata de un final a toda orquesta difícil de resistir.

Athanasius and His Doctrine of Divinization    by Michael D. Morrison
Price: Free! 8480 words. Language: English. Published by Grace Communion International  on February 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Church / History.
8400-word research paper written in 1993. 3800 words on a survey of all of Athanasius's use of the term theopoiesis, and how it fit into the culture of the early church. 3400 words on the theological legacy of Athanasius, largely on the doctrine of the Trinity. Also a summary of key events in his life, a summary of the teaching of Arius, and a bibliography,