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  Here I Stand

  A Life of Martin Luther

  by Roland Herbert Bainton

  Available for the first time in trade paperback, this authoritative biography of the great religious leader was hailed by Time magazine as "the most readable Luther biography in English." This edition showcases the intricate woodcuts and engravings that enhance the text and give the flavor of the era in which Martin Luther lived. More than 100 woodcuts and engravings.
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  The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition

  by Thomas P. Slaughter

  A biography of the famous eighteenth-century Quaker whose abolitionist fervor and spiritual practice made him a model for generations of Americans   John Woolman (1720–72) was perhaps the most significant American of his age, though he was not a famous politician, general, or man of letters, and never held public office. A humble Quaker tailor in New Jersey, he became a prophetic voice for the entire... (more)
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  All The Women Of The Bible

  by M. L. del Mastro

  All the Women of the Bible is divided into two sections: The Book of Names and The Book of Stories. The Book of Names contains over 400 entries and is a biographical dictionary and thesaurus of sorts, listing each woman--whether named, unnamed, or allegorical--with a short description and notes. The Book of Stories contains stories of fifty-six women about whom the Bible provides only a bare-bones description. The... (more)
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  Brigham Young

  American Moses

  by Leonard J. Arrington

  "Gives readers as good a picture as they are likely to get of the man who assumed leadership of the major part of the Mormon Church when Joseph Smith was assassinated in 1844, led its members west, and built a church empire in Utah." -- New York Times Book Review
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  The Life and Times of Cotton Mather

  by Kenneth Silverman

  Reintroducing Kenneth Silverman's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the most celebrated of all New England Puritans, at once a sophisticated work which succeeds admirably in presenting a complete portrait of a complex man and a groundbreaking study that accurately portrays Mather and his contemporaries as the first true American rather than European expatriates.
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  Jonathan Edwards

  A New Biography

  by Iain H. Murray

  Iain Murray believes that Edwards cannot be understood apart from his faith. Only when seen first and foremost as a Christian do his life and writings make sense. The integrity of this interpretation is confirmed in this study as Edwards is allowed on point after point to speak for himself. The result is a biography which is both factually and theologically reliable. Edwards' theology is set in the context of his... (more)
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  Jonathan Edwards

  by Perry Miller

  Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was preeminent as a theologian in the eighteenth century American colonies, deeply involved in the religious revival known as the Great Awakening. He was also the first American Puritan, or Calvinist, to recognize the challenges to traditional views of the world posed by figures like John Locke and Isaac Newton. Thus he is a pivotal figure as American thought evolved from heavily... (more)
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  Mrs. Robert E. Lee

  The Lady of Arlington

  by John Perry

  Many know about her husband, Robert E. Lee, and her great-grandmother, Martha Washington; many have visited the cemetery that now occupies her family estate. But few today know much about Mary Custis Lee herself. Chronically ill and often in excruciating pain, Mary raised seven children, faithfully witnessing to her husband for years before his conversion. She retained her dignity and faith throughout a fruitless,... (more)
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  Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age

  by Fiona Maddocks

  The twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen would have been remarkable in any age. Today, her growing reputation as a composer of religious music has overshadowed the astonishing variety of her accomplishments and her part in the scientific, cultural, and theological revolution of the pre-Renaissance, from religion and mysticism to medicine and sex. Scivias , her book of apocalyptic visions, with its... (more)
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  Memoirs of the lives of Robert Haldane of Airthrey, and of his brother, James Alexander Haldane. By Alexander Haldane.

  by Haldane, Alexander

  This remarkable account brings us through the lives of two members of the Scottish aristocracy, a captain with the East India Co., and an owner of great estates. These two brothers were instruments in the hands of God throughout Scotland and Europe. Robert was used to remove the Apocrypha from our English Bible and his visit to Geneva in 1816 sparked a widespread awakening. James, an itinerant evangelist and... (more)
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  Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758: A Biography

  by Ola Elizabeth Winslow

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  The Forgotten Desert Mothers

  Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women

  by Laura Swan

  In The Forgotten Desert Mothers, Laura Swan introduces readers to the sayings, lives, stories and spirituality of women in the early Christian desert and monastic movement, from the third century on. In doing so, she finally sets the record straight that women played an important and influential role in early Christianity, indeed a role that has been long overshadowed by men. She begins with an exploration of... (more)
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  Salvador Witness

  The Life And Calling of Jean Donovan

  by Ana Carrigan

  "A fine and sensitive book. It brings home to the reader the gravity of the issues in Central America..."
• A.J. Muste, pacifist & prophet: His relation to the Society of Friends (Pendle Hill pamphlet)Jo Ann Robinson

  

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  A.J. Muste, pacifist & prophet: His relation to the Society of Friends (Pendle Hill pamphlet)

  by Jo Ann Robinson

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  Women Of The Reformation In France And England

  by Roland Herbert Bainton

• Anne Hutchinson, Troubler of the Puritan ZionFrancis J. Bremer

  

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  Anne Hutchinson, Troubler of the Puritan Zion

  by Francis J. Bremer

  This collection of essays offers a unique opportunity to delve into the many aspects of the Anne Hutchinson controversy and of early New England, while also providing insight into the role and status of women in early America. The controversy is examined from the perspectives of psychology, law, religion, social defiance, cultural changes and conflict, politics, and feminism. The great diversity of viewpoints... (more)
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  The Women of Azusa Street

  by Estrelda Alexander

  The Women of Azusa Street pays tribute to several women who played a vital, yet often overlooked or downplayed role in the historiography regarding the 1906 Azusa Street Revival – the Los Angeles event that catapulted the then fledgling Pentecostal Movement into national prominence.
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  Confucius: The Man and the Myth

  by Herrlee Glessner Creel

  This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of... (more)
• William Ellery Channing: An Essay on the Liberal Spirit in AmericaAndrew Delbanco

  

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  William Ellery Channing: An Essay on the Liberal Spirit in America

  by Andrew Delbanco

  Andrew Delbanco is Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. Among his many publications are The Puritan Ordeal and The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope (both from Harvard).
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  Charles Grandison Finney

  by K.J. Hardman