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  A Theology As Big As the City

  by Raymond J. Bakke

  How does God see the city? What does Scripture have to say about urban ministry? These are the questions Ray Bakke has systematically addressed. Here is a biblical theology that provides a glimpse of how big God's view of the city really is.
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  God's politician: William Wilberforce's struggle

  by Garth Lean

  A faith that changed history: this is the story of William Wilberforce's struggle to abolish the Slave Trade and reform the morals of Great Britain. In God's Politician, Garth Lean provides an insightful and stirring account of how Wilberforce and his colleagues in the "Clapham circle" put their faith into action and changed the course of history. Their legacy was one of far-reaching moral renewal as well as... (more)
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  The Rise of Christianity

  How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries

  by Rodney Stark

  This "fresh, blunt, and highly persuasive account of how the West was won--for Jesus" ( Newsweek ) is now available in paperback. Stark's provocative report challenges conventional wisdom and finds that Christianity's astounding dominance of the Western world arose from its offer of a better, more secure way of life. "Compelling reading" ( Library Journal ) that is sure to "generate spirited argument" (... (more)