In order to expand the market to church historians, Logos needs to offer resources useful or critical to their studies. This series provides church history at a detailed level for most of the world. The series includes:
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A History of the Churches in the United States and Canada by Robert T. Handy A History of the Churches in the United States and Canada (Oxford History of the Christian Church): Handy, Robert T.: 9780195025316: Amazon.com: Books (Sketches the church histories of both nations as they developed from pre-colonial times to the present.)
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The Popes and European Revolution by Owen Chadwick The Popes and European Revolution (Oxford History of the Christian Church): Chadwick, Owen: 9780198269199: Amazon.com: Books {Owen Chadwick describes the effects of the European Revolution of 1789 to 1815 on the Papacy, and compares Catholic Church of the ancient régime to that of the early nineteenth century. The book shows how strongly the Counter-Reformation still worked in Italy during the eighteenth century; how it was the constitutional development of states, rather than the incoming of new ideas, which forced change; how traditional was the Catholic world even in the age of the Enlightenment. It shows reform at work, and the fierce pressure on the Papacy marked first in the forced suppression of the Jesuits and afterwards in the kidnapping of two successive Popes by French governments. It shows how revolution in Italy affected church structures and brought on peasant war, yet encouraged, in a radical form, some improvements of church life towards which the earlier reformers had striven. Finally, it shows the political swing of the Restoration after the fall of Napoleon, the way in which the Church was already associated with the political right, the great difficulties of restoring church life after the revolutionary years, and the persistence, half unnoticed, of the earlier reforming ideas among Catholics.)
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The Frankish Church by J. M. Wallace-Hadrill The Frankish Church (Oxford History of the Christian Church): Wallace-Hadrill, J. M.: 9780198269069: Amazon.com: Books (This survey of the development of the Frankish Church under the Merovingian and Carolingian kings (approximately AD 500 - 900) is the first of its kind to appear in English. It is not a story of unimpeded advance towards the Church of medieval France but rather of painful adaptation. It takes account of unsolved problems: the reaction of the Church to heresy, to Judaism, to the Frankish ethos of marriage, and to the conversion of peoples outside Francia itself. Special attention is paid to the intellectual interests of churchmen and to the role of the vernacular in transmitting the Christian message to clergy and laity whose Latin was negligible or nil.)
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Religion in England, 1688-1791 by Gordon Rupp Religion in England, 1688-1791 (Oxford History of the Christian Church): Rupp, Gordon: 9780198269182: Amazon.com: Books (This book examines the profound effect of the Revolution of 1688 on the churches of England. Rupp describes the life and worship of the churches, the survival of intolerance despite the principle of toleration, the growth of the dissenting churches, and the predicament of the Roman Catholics.)
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The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 by Colin Morris The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 (Oxford History of the Christian Church): Morris, Colin: 9780198269250: Amazon.com: Books (In this book Morris examines the building of Christian society between 1050 and 1250. The two centuries covered were among the most creative in the history of the Church and saw the emergence of much that is considered characteristic of European culture and religion: universities, commercial cities, hospitals, the crusades, the inquisition, papal government, canon law, and marriage in its "western" form.)
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The Church in Africa, 1450-1950 by Adrian Hastings The Church in Africa, 1450-1950 (Oxford History of the Christian Church): Hastings, Adrian: 9780198263999: Amazon.com: Books (Covering five centuries--from the rise of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the 15th century and the early Portuguese missionaries right through to the Church and its key role in Africa today--this major new volume is the first complete history of the Christian Church in Africa. Written by a leading authority on Church history who has spent many years in Africa, it looks at all aspects of Christianity in Africa, including its relationship to traditional values and customs, politics, and the comparable rise of Islam in Africa during the period.)
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Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 1: The Clerical Establishment and its Social Ramification by John McManners Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 1: The Clerical Establishment and its Social Ramification (Oxford History of the Christian Church): McManners, John: 9780198270034: Amazon.com: Books (Volume 1 describes the relations of Church and State, the wealth of the Church, and its role in national life from Versailles to the scaffold. Dioceses, parishes, and the monastic structure are presented in detail, and the vocation and life-style of the clergy as in mesh with every aspect of social living.)
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Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: Volume 2: The Religion of the People and the Politics of Religion by John McManners Amazon.com: Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780198270041: McManners, John: Books (Volume 2 concerns the religion of the people from religious practice and the routines of official devotion to 'popular religion' in all its aspects, from confraternities and pilgrimages to the dark margins of superstition. There is a section on morals, the confessional, commercial morality, sexual passion, and the theatre. Finally, two extended sections, one on the great Jesuit-Jansenist struggle incorporated in the feuds of Crown and Parlement, the other on the role of the Church in relations with the religious minorities -- Protestants and Jews.)
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German and Scandinavian Protestantism 1700-1918 by Nicholas Hope German and Scandinavian Protestantism 1700-1918 (Oxford History of the Christian Church): Hope, Nicholas: 9780198269946: Amazon.com: Books (This book is the first history in English of the Lutheran Church in Germany and Scandinavia from 1700 to the end of the First World War. Hope details how the social and political upheaval of the period challenged the structure and ethos of the Reformation churches, and how Protestantism evolved to meet these profound challenges.)
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The Early Reformation on the Continent by Owen Chadwick Amazon.com: The Early Reformation on the Continent (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199265787: Chadwick, Owen: Books (Chadwick offers a fresh look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. He arranges his material thematically, tracing the origins and development of each topic throughout the history of the western Church and providing an authoritative, accessible, and informative account.)
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A History of the Popes 1830-1914 by Owen Chadwick Amazon.com: A History of the Popes 1830-1914 (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199262861: Chadwick, Owen: Books (Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consequences of the end of the historic Papal State, and the psychological pressures upon old Rome as it came under attack from the Italian Risorgimento; and not only from Italy, but from liberal movements in Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal, as well as Tsarist Russia as it oppressed its Polish subjects. If a united Italy was to be achieved, the State would have to disappear. These pressures caused Popes to resist "the world" rather than to try to influence it, to make the Vatican more of a sanctuary behind high walls, and to preach the more otherworldly aspects of Catholic faith. At the same time they met new moral demands: the rights of the laborer in industry, divorce, and toleration--which they could confront because the Revolution had destroyed the powers of the Catholic kings over their churches. Thus, Chadwick points out, Catholic authority could be far more centralized in Rome.)
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East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church: From Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence by Henry Chadwick Amazon.com: East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church: From Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199280162: Chadwick, Henry: Books (The greatest Christian split of all has been that between east and west, between Roman Catholic and eastern Orthodox, which is still apparent today. Henry Chadwick provides a compelling and balanced account of the emergence of divisions between Rome and Constantinople. Starting with the roots of the divergence in Apostolic times, he takes the story right up to the Council of Florence in the fifteenth century.)
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The Church in Ancient Society: From Galilee to Gregory the Great by Henry Chadwick Amazon.com: The Church in Ancient Society: From Galilee to Gregory the Great (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199265770: Chadwick, Henry: Books (This book provides a full and enjoyable narrative history of the first six centuries of the Christian Church, examining how Christianity changed Ancient Greek and Roman society. Following a chronological approach, Henry Chadwick's clear exposition of important texts and theological debates in their historical context is unrivalled in detail.)
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A History of the Churches in Australasia by Ian Breward Amazon.com: A History of the Churches in Australasia (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199275922: Breward, Ian: Books (Australasia has developed strongly Christian societies. Based on research in widely scattered archives, this book not only deals with regional interactions and developments in microstates, but examines the various indigenous religious movements, which were earlier regarded as deviations from Christian orthodoxy but are now seen as significant adaptations of Christian teaching.)
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Reformation in Britain and Ireland by Felicity Heal Amazon.com: Reformation in Britain and Ireland (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199280155: Heal, Felicity: Books (This is an innovative volume which studies the coming of reform in the sixteenth century more broadly than do traditional national narratives of religious change. It argues for an interactive and comparative understanding of this crucial dimension of British and Irish history. Through the examination of political choices, of ecclesiastical structures, and of individual religious attitudes, it seeks to explain the success or failure of Protestantism in these islands.)
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Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the Present by Robert Eric Frykenberg Amazon.com: Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the Present (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199575831: Frykenberg, Robert Eric: Books (Robert Frykenberg's insightful study explores and enhances historical understandings of Christian communities, cultures, and institutions within the Indian world from their beginnings down to the present. As one out of several manifestations of a newly emerging World Christianity, in which Christians of a Post-Christian West are a minority, it has focused upon those trans-cultural interactions within Hindu and Muslim environments which have made Christians in this part of the world distinctive. It seeks to uncover various complexities in the proliferation of Christianity in its many forms and to examine processes by which Christian elements intermingled with indigenous cultures and which resulted in multiple identities, and also left imprints upon various cultures of India.
Thomas Christians believe that the Apostle Thomas came to India in 52 A.D./C.E., and that he left seven congregations to carry on the Mission of bringing the Gospel to India. In our day the impulse of this Mission is more alive than ever. Catholics, in three hierarchies, have become most numerous; and various Evangelicals/Protestant communities constitute the third great tradition. With the rise of Pentecostalism, a fourth great wave of Christian expansion in India has occurred. Starting with movements that began a century ago, there are now ten to fifteen times more missionaries than ever before, virtually all of them Indian. Needless to say, Christianity in India is profoundly Indian and Frykenberg provides a fascinating guide to its unique history and practice.)
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England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: The Christian Church 1900-2000 by Keith Robbins Amazon.com: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: The Christian Church 1900-2000 (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199570317: Robbins, Keith: Books (Keith Robbins, building on his previous writing on the modern history of the interlocking but distinctive territories of the British Isles, takes a wide-ranging, innovative and challenging look at the twentieth-century history of the main bodies, at once national and universal, which have collectively constituted the Christian Church. The protracted search for elusive unity is emphasized. Particular beliefs, attitudes, policies and structures are located in their social and cultural contexts. Prominent individuals, clerical and lay, are scrutinized. Religion and politics intermingle, highlighting, for churches and states, fundamental questions of identity and allegiance, of public and private values, in a century of ideological conflict, violent confrontation (in Ireland), two world wars and protracted Cold War.
The massive change experienced by the countries and people of the Isles since 1900 has encompassed shifting relationships between England, Ireland (and Northern Ireland), Scotland and Wales, the end of the British Empire, the emergence of a new Europe and, latterly, major immigration of adherents of Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and other faiths from outside Europe: developments scarcely conceivable at the outset. Such a broad contextual perspective provides an essential background to understanding the puzzling ambiguities evident both in secularization and enduring Christian faith. Robbins provides a cogent and compelling overview of this turbulent century for the churches of the Isles.)
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The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire by J. M. Hussey and Andrew Louth Amazon.com: The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780199582761: Hussey, J. M., Louth, Andrew: Books (This book describes the role of the medieval Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (c.600-c.1453). As an integral part of its policy it was (as in western Christianity) closely linked with many aspects of everyday life both official and otherwise. It was a formative period for Orthodoxy. It had to face doctrinal problems and heresies; at the same time it experienced the continuity and deepening of its liturgical life. While holding fast to the traditions of the fathers and the councils, it saw certain developments in doctrine and liturgy as also in administration.
Part I discusses the landmarks in ecclesiastical affairs within the Empire as well as the creative influence exercised on the Slavs and the increasing contacts with westerners particularly after 1204. Part II gives a brief account of the structure of the medieval Orthodox Church, its officials and organization, and the spirituality of laity, monks, and clergy.)
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The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958 by John Pollard Amazon.com: The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958 (Oxford History of the Christian Church): 9780198766155: Pollard, John: Books (The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958 examines the most momentous years in papal history. Popes Benedict XV (1914-1922), Pius XI (1922-1939), and Pius XII (1939-1958) faced the challenges of two world wars and the Cold War, and threats posed by totalitarian dictatorships like Italian Fascism, German National Socialism, and Communism in Russia and China. The wars imposed enormous strains upon the unity of Catholics and the hostility of the totalitarian regimes to Catholicism lead to the Church facing persecution and martyrdom on a scale similar to that experienced under the Roman Empire and following the French Revolution.)
