Movements, Denominations, & Traditions

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This set brings you nine Christian History & Biography issues on the various movements and traditions in the Church for only $34.95! Set includes:

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Issue 93. St. Benedict & Western Monasticism

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In this issue, you will discover the story of these counter-cultural Benedictines and have the opportunity to consider how you might apply their ideals to your own life in the rough and tumble 21st century.

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Issue 92. America's 20th Century Evangelical Awakening

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In this issue you will discover the Christian leaders and organizations that helped define a worldwide movement that now claims at least 70 million adults in the United States alone.

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Issue 89. Richard Baxter & the English Puritans

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Baxter was one of the top Puritan leaders of his day, the most successful Puritan pastor, and the most prolific Puritan writer.

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Issue 84. Pilgrims & Exiles: Amish, Mennonites, & Brethren

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For centuries, the Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren have spurned prosperity and suffered persucution to follow Christ and their convictions. Learn about these conscientious objectors to modernity and the theological views that drive their unique way of life.

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Issue 82. Phoebe Palmer: Mother of the Holiness Movement

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Phoebe Palmer mothered the American holiness movement, from which emerged new holiness and eventually Pentecostal denominations, missions, camp meetings, works of social reform, and female ministry.

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Issue 71. The French Huguenots & the Wars of Religion

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This issue of Christian History & Biography investigates the political maneuverings and religious resentments that led to the gruesome massacre of over 10,000 Protestants in 16th century France.

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Issue 69. The Wesleys: The Founders of Methodism

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John and Charles Wesley's commitment to worship, piety and evangelism sparked revivals of religion on the British mainland and in the American colonies. But how were they prepared for this massive ministry undertaking?

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Issue 64. St. Antony & the Desert Fathers: Extreme Faith

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This issue of Christian History & Biography takes an in-depth look at the Egyptian desert beginnings of Christian monasticism and asceticism in the 4th century.

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Issue 62. Bound for Canaan: Africans in America

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This issue covers the story of a faith that finally overwhelmed whips and shackles, and persevered in spite of illiteracy, superstition, and cowardice.

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Issue 60. How the Irish Were Saved

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Entering a land known for powerful druids, nomadic magicians, and widespread paganism, St. Patrick's mystical yet ascetic understanding of Christianity attracted the cult-following inhabitants of Ireland's rolling hills and led to a devout monastic tradition that continues today.

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Issue 58. The Rise of Pentecostalism

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Perhaps the most significant development in twentieth-century Christianity, Pentecostalism has grown from a few hundred members to 650 million worldwide—the largest Christian denomination after Catholicism.

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Issue 55. The Monkey Trial & the Rise of Fundamentalism

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This issue of Christian History & Biography begins with the famous Monkey Trial and investigates the clash between fundamentalism and modernism, between God and reason.

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Issue 54. Eastern Orthodoxy

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This issue lends perspective on the Schism, the key similarities and differences between Rome and Constantinople, and the many ways in which the West can learn from the East.

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Issue 41. The American Puritans

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Often mislabeled as cold and devoid of happiness, true Puritans sought to live life joyfully through work and play, committing all things to the glory of God. One sixteenth-century tract even promotes them as "the hotter sort of Protestants."

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Issue 26. William & Catherine Booth: Salvation Army Founders

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Christian History & Biography offers this issue as a primer to the life and ministry of William and Catherine Booth, and as an inspiring account of two faithful Christians who held nothing back in their mission to bring Jesus to the people around them.

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Issue 22. Waldensians: Medieval "Evangelicals"

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This issue of Christian History & Biography chronicles the perilous journey of the Waldensians' radical devotion to the gospel that began well before the Protestant Reformation and is based on three primary elements: adherence to Christ's words, voluntary poverty, and public evangelism.

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Issue 18. How Christianity Came to Russia

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Why would the Soviet Union, a Bolshevik Communist State, host a millennial celebration of Eastern Orthodox Christian presence on Russian soil? This enlightening issue searches for the answer, delving into the rich and sacred tradition of the Slavic peoples and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

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Issue 10. Pietism: The Inner Experience of Faith

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The influence of the Pietists emanates from the contemporary expressions of missions, ecumenism, revivalism, social activism, and even Bible study groups. Their rich hymnology, devotion to giving, and heavy reliance upon the authority of Scripture place Christians of the 21st Century deeply in their debt.

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Issue 6. The Baptists

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This issue reveals the origin of this steadfast group of believers who fought through a century of persecution to revolutionize the Church-State relationship and practice baptism by immersion only.

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Issue 1. Zinzendorf & the Moravians

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A man possessing unquenchable zeal for the Church, Count Zinzendorf compassionately offered refuge, peace, and vision to the Moravians, a persecuted sect of Protestantism during unstable times for the European Church.

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