Here is our collection of 413 religion and religious history titles that we have on hand as of March 26, 2008.  I know there is alot to see here, so do take the time to browse through this list, or use the "find function" of your browser to seach this page for a specific interest/name/etc. And remember, make a note of the Order No(s). of the book(s) you want, and follow this link where ordering is easy from Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire. Thank you, RAY

1. WIT AND HUMOR OF THE AMERICAN PULPIT, George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia, PA, (1904) 1st ed, Henry Ward Beecher frontis, 248pp, very good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), "A Collection from Various Sources Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings.", (Order No: 46359 ), $20.00

2. THE CATHEDRALS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, Excalibur Books, New York, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 052570261X This book selects over thirty of the most impressive cathedrals, giving a complete guide to each. It discusses the history of the religious changes that have shaped the cathedrals as they stand today--from the magnificent buildings started by the Norman bishops through to the destruction wrought by the Protestant Reformation and the Civil Wars of the seventeenth century., (Order No: 14441 ), $6.50

3. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CHICAGO - SOUVENIR OF THE SILVER JUBILEE IN THE EPISCOPACY OF HIS GRACE REV. PATRICK AUGUSTINE FEEHAN, n.p., n.p., 1890, B&W illustrations, 371pp, good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover), The Most Rev. Patrick Augustine Feehan served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1865 to 1890., (Order No: 42084 ), $50.00

4. DISCIPLINE OF THE YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS FOR PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN PARTS OF MARYLAND, Friend's Book Store, Philadelphia, 1912, 193pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), Laid in is: "Revisions of Discipline From 1910 to Fourth Month, 1921", 8pp., (Order No: 29103 ), $15.00

5. SKETCH OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS: THEIR DOCTRINES AND DISCIPLINE, Association of Friends, Philadelphia, PA, 1859, 103pp, good++, brown cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, "The contents of this work, with the exception of the last article, have been selected from a volume entitled, TRACTS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY, DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, published in London in 1851." Title on front board reads, ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY AND DOCTRINE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS., (Order No: 40733 ), $35.00

6. THE STONE THAT ROLLED AWAY: LIVING THE MIRACLE OF EASTER, Guideposts, Carmel, NY, (1993), color illustrations, 192pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Stories, meditations, hymns, poems, prayers, art and music all combine to create the miracle of Easter., (Order No: 12465 ), $7.50

7. THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED OLD TESTAMENT - VOLUMES 1 THROUGH 4 (FOUR VOLUME SET), Oxford University Press, London, B&W illustrations, good+ w/good+ dustjackets (hardcover), Volume 1 - THE PENTATEUCH: GENESIS TO DEUERONOMY, 1968, 435pp; Volume 2 - THE HISTORICAL BOOKS: JOSHUA TO ESTHER, 1968, 531pp; Volume 3 - THE POETICAL BOOKS: JOB TO THE SONG OF SOLOMON, 1968, 356pp; and, Volume 4 - THE PROPHETS: ISAIAH TO MALACHI, 1969, 532pp., (Order No: 33792 ), $75.00

8. PROCEEDINGS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY - FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE, DARBY, PA. (1805-1905), Friend's Meeting House, Darby, PA, 1905, 4 B&W photographs, 42pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover), On front cover - CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY - DARBY MEETING HOUSE., (Order No: 16949 ), $25.00

9. EXERCISES AT THE BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA 1698-1898, Press of Henry B. Ashmead, Philadelphia, PA, 1900, 174pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with ffep removed, Sabbath Morning, November 13, to Friday Evening, November 18, 1898., (Order No: 36456 ), $15.00

10. THE SONG OF SONGS WHICH IS SOLOMON'S, Payson & Clarke Ltd., New York, n.d. c1930s, 22pp, good, gold colored boards (hardcover), The text of this edition of the Song of Solomon is that of the King James version., (Order No: 39195 ), $25.00

11. THESE FORTY DAYS - LENTEN COUNSELS BY TWENTY-ONE ANGLICANS, Morehouse-Barlow Co., New York, (1962), 145pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 50243 ), $4.50

12. Abbey, Merrill R., PREACHING TO THE CONTEMPORARY MIND - INTERPRETING THE GOSPEL TODAY, Abingdon Press, Nashville, NY, (1963), 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, Dr. Abbey discusses how to convey the Christian message convincingly and effectively. The minister must "grasp the central issues of the day, speak with sensitive awareness of individual persons, and understand both the issues and the persons against the background of these prevailing moods.", (Order No: 10732 ), $3.50

13. Acheimastou-Potamianou, Myrtali (editor), HOLY IMAGE, HOLY SPACE: ICONS AND FRESCOES FROM GREECE, Walters Art Gallery/Trust fo, Baltimore, MD/Washington DC, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 248pp, fine, wraps (softcover), This exhibition presents to the American public a representative number of true Byzantine icons (some in the medium of fresco). The power and presence of these images are conspicuous., (Order No: 53272 ), $14.50

14. Adamo, S. J., WHILE THE WINDS BLEW, Dimension Books, Wilkes-Barre, PA, (1968), 237pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), A fresh and richly balanced view of the American Catholic Church today., (Order No: 29477 ), $10.00

15. Addison, William, THE ENGLISH COUNTRY PARSON, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, (1947), color frontis, 15 B&W ill., 246pp, good (hardcover) no dustjacket, lt cover wear, some pencil marks, (Order No: 19003 ), $5.00

16. Agate, John, BENCHES AND STALLS IN SUFFOLK CHURCHES, Suffolk Historic Churches Tr, Suffolk, UK, 1980, B&W illustrations, 39pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: The Carvers of the Benches; The Benches, their Layout and Construction; Benchend Decorative Carving; Benchend Figures and Grotesques; Poppyheads; Stalls and Stallwork; and, Misericords., (Order No: 50119 ), $15.00

17. Agocs, Sandor, THE TROUBLED ORIGINS OF THE ITALIAN CATHOLIC LABOR MOVEMENT, 1878-1914, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI, 1988, 251pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814319386 Presents an intellectual and social history of the nascent Italian labor movement, exploring the conflicts between the conservative Catholic hierachy and Catholic activists., (Order No: 49765 ), $5.00

18. Allitt, Patrick, CATHOLIC INTELLECTUALS AND CONSERVATIVE POLITICS IN AMERICA, 1950-1985, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, (1993), 316pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0801422957 Allitt shows that contemporary conservatism was profoundly shaped by several often competing versions of Catholic thought. This book serves not only as a guide to recent Catholic social thought (liberal as well as conservative), but also a useful summary of the social and cultural history of American Catholicism since World War II., (Order No: 52049 ), $12.50

19. Altshuler, Linda (edited by), IN THE SPIRIT OF TRADITION: THE B'NAI B'RITH KLUTZNICK MUSEUM, B'nai B'rith Klutznick Museu, Washington, D.C., (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 90pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), A catalogue of highlights from the Museum's permanent collection., (Order No: 53545 ), $35.00

20. An Ursuline of Quebec, MARY OF THE INCARNATION: FOUNDRESS OF THE URSULINE MONASTERY QUEBEC 1639-1939, L'Action Catholique, Quebec, orig pub 1939, B&W illustrations, 91pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Mary of the Incarnation, "one of the great mystics of the Church" and "the first and greatest missionary nun of modern times." It is partly adapted from "Marie de l'Incarnation" by "Une Religieuse Ursuline de Quebec"., (Order No: 49121 ), $17.50

21. Anderson, Rufus, HISTORY OF THE MISSIONS OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES, Congregational Publishing Co, Boston, MA, 1872, B&W frontis, very good, brown cloth, teg (hardcover), Two Volume Set complete: Volume I, 426pp; Volume II, 532pp. Nice clean, bright and tight set., (Order No: 42253 ), $300.00

22. Andres, Stefan (retold by), THE BIBLE STORY, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1966), color ill., 445pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Illustrated by Gerhard Oberlander. Translated from the German by Michael Bullock. The distinguished German novelist Stefan Andres has retold both the Old Testament and the New as one story, unfolding through the centuries, emerging from the realm of myth into that of folk history and then into world history, and bound together through all its majestic length by its central theme: God's relationship with the Jewish people and, through them, ultimately with all other people., (Order No: 13305 ), $9.50

23. Andrews, Samuel J., GOD'S REVELATIONS OF HIMSELF TO MEN, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1886, 391pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB See Note, AS SUCCESSIVELY MADE IN THE PATRIARCHAL, JEWISH, AND CHRISTIAN DISPENSATIONS AND IN THE MESSIANIC KINGDOM. This volume is prepared for those who believe that Jesus Christ is the Incarnate Son of God; and that the Bible is a true record of God's purpose in Him, and of the Divine actings to fulfill that purpose. Its aim is simply to set forth that record in its order, and to restore to it that unity in Christ which it claims upon its face, and which was ascribed to it by our Lord, but which with many of its readers it has now lost. From the non-circulating "vault" of a small library with minimal marks and never circulated. The library had stored away the works of local authors., (Order No: 52202 ), $150.00

24. Andrews, Samuel J., CHRISTIANITY AND ANTI-CHRISTIANITY IN THEIR FINAL CONFLICT, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1898, 356pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Teachings Of The Scriptures Respecting The Antichrist; The Falling Away Of The Church; Tendencies In Our Day Preparing The Way Of The Antichrist; The Reign Of The Antichrist; Summary And Conclusion; Addendum; Index., (Order No: 52313 ), $17.50

25. Andrews, Samuel J., THE LIFE OF OUR LORD UPON THE EARTH: CONSIDERED IN ITS HISTORICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONS, Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1873 4th ed, 624pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover), "The simple purpose of this book is to arrange the events of the Lord's life, as given us by the Evangelists, so far as possible, in a chronological order, and to state the grounds of this order; and to consider the difficulties as to matters of fact which the several narratives, when compared together, present; or are supposed by modern criticism to present.", (Order No: 52319 ), $30.00

26. Andryszewski, Tricia, COMMUNITIES OF THE FAITHFUL: AMERICAN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM, The Millbrook Press, Brookfield, CT, (1997) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 127pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0761300678 Throughout our history, various religious communities have flourished and floundered in America. The author examines seven of these groups: Old Order Amish, Shakers, Mormons, Catholic Workers, Nation of Islam, Lubavitcher Hasidim, and Quakers., (Order No: 36100 ), $16.50

27. Armstrong, William H., A FRIEND TO GOD'S POOR: EDWARD PARMELEE SMITH, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1993) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 518pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) bump top of spine, ISBN 0820314935 The first full-length biography of Edward Parmelee Smith (1827-1876), a Congregational minister from New England and a leading light in forming an evangelical response to the Civil War and Reconstruction., (Order No: 39537 ), $14.50

28. Arnold, Edwin, THE LIGHT OF ASIA OR THE GREAT RENUNCIATION, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, London, 1890, 252pp, good, olive green cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, "Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama as Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist.", (Order No: 49536 ), $12.50

29. Aron, Robert, THE GOD OF THE BEGINNINGS, William Morrow & Co., New York, 1966, 244pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Based on the Bible, the Talmud, and the Midrash - a significant contribution to our heritage., (Order No: 6720 ), $6.00

30. Aubert, Roger (editor), SACRALIZATION AND SECULARIZATION: (CHURCH HISTORY) CONCILIUM/VOLUME 47 THEOLOGY IN THE AGE OF RENEWAL, Paulist Press, New York, (1969), 182pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume of Concilium covers such topics as the sociological approach to secularization, primitive man as a believer, sacralization and secularization in East and West in the first millennium after Christ, ecclesiastical institutions in the early centuries, sacralization in the Middle Ages, politics from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, myths and real issues in secularization, secularization in the Eastern Churches, the French priest in modern times, and revolution and desacralization., (Order No: 13863 ), $5.00

31. Bach, Marcus, THE CIRCLE OF FAITH, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, (1957) 3rd ptg, 189pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, (Order No: 47353 ), $6.00

32. Bacon, Dolores, OLD NEW ENGLAND CHURCHES AND THEIR CHILDREN, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1906, B&W illustrations, 442pp, good, decorated red cloth, teg (hardcover), The author tells the story of New England Churches., (Order No: 49225 ), $15.00

33. Bailey, Albert E., THE GOSPEL IN ART, Pilgrim Press, Boston, MA, (1916), color frontis, B&W ill., 483pp, good, gray cloth, teg (hardcover), This book is an art course in the sense that it studies a number of paintings to discover their spiritual values., (Order No: 20107 ), $7.50

34. Bailey, Kenneth K., SOUTHERN WHITE PROTESTANTISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1964) 1st ed, 180pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), An exhaustively documented study of the American South's religious traditions and institutions, written by an outstanding southern historian., (Order No: 24403 ), $5.00

35. Barnhouse, Donald Grey, GOD'S COVENANTS - ROMANS 9:1 - 11:36; GOD'S DISCIPLINE - ROMANS 12:1 - 14:12; GOD'S GLORY - ROMANS 14:13 - 16:27 -- ROMANS IV, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publ. Co., Grand Rapids, MI, (1994), 202pp, fine, black cloth (hardcover), "Expositions of Bible Doctrines Taking the Epistle to the Romans as a Point of Departure.", (Order No: 46229 ), $15.00

36. Barraclough, Geoffrey (editor), THE CHRISTIAN WORLD: A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1981), 353 ill. inc. 82 color plts, 328pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810907798 "Veering away from history and theology as such, Professor Barraclough's book takes a universal and human direction: it traces the way in which Christianity as a social and cultural force has molded men and events.", (Order No: 4790 ), $12.50

37. Bastide, Roger, THE MYSTICAL LIFE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935, 256pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The author, a professor of philosophy at the University of Valence, France, here summarizes the results of the numerous scientific studies of mysticism during recent years, indicates the definite conclusions which have been reached and considers those problems of mysticism which still remain obscure., (Order No: 9509 ), $10.00

38. Beard, Frank (illustrated by); J. L. Nichols (collected, compiled and arranged by the publisher), PICTURE PUZZLES, OR HOW TO READ THE BIBLE BY SYMBOLS, J. L. Nichols & Co., Atlanta, GA, (1899), B&W illustrations, 150pp, good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, A collectible rebus. "Designed Especially for the Boys and Girls to Stimulate a Greater Interest in the Holy Bible.", (Order No: 3871 ), $45.00

39. Beaver, Gilbert A., CHRIST AND COMMUNITY: AN EXPLORATION OF CO-OPERATIVE FELLOWSHIP (KOINONIA), Association Press, New York, (1950), 367pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here is a practical book that invites readers to test for themselves the attitudes and ways of living through which Jesus enriched personal and community life...that helps us to build the Christian community where we are, and not in separation from the world., (Order No: 24711 ), $10.00

40. Beecher, George Allen, A BISHOP OF THE GREAT PLAINS, Church Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1950, B&W illustrations, 220pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Stories of the Church on the western borders of our civilization from 1892 through 1943., (Order No: 15407 ), $7.50

41. Bell, Bernard Iddings, BEYOND AGNOSTICISM: A BOOK FOR TIRED MECHANISTS, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1929, 170pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "I have attempted to write a book for men and women who have been out of college for a few years, and for others who are feeling the strain of life's responsibility, who find easy and purchasable pleasures quite unsatisfactory, and who are saying to themselves that there must be some reason for living which their materialistic experience has never enabled them to discover.", (Order No: 20171 ), $5.00

42. Bell, Bernard Iddings, THE ALTAR AND THE WORLD: SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE LITURGY, Harper & Brothers, New York, (1944) 1st ed, 148pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 29489 ), $10.00

43. Bell, H. Idris and Skeat, T. C. (edited by), FRAGMENTS OF AN UNKNOWN GOSPEL AND OTHER EARLY CHRISTIAN PAPYRI, Published by the Trustees, London, 1935 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 63pp, plates, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, Contents include: Preface; Method of Publication and List of Abbreviations; Unknown Gospel; Fragments of a Gospel Commentary (?); 2 Chronicles xxiv. 17-27; Leaf from a Liturgical Book; Index to the New Texts., (Order No: 47773 ), $20.00

44. Bellamy, Joseph, THE WORKS OF THE REV. JOSEPH BELLAMY, D.D. LATE OF BETHLEM, CONNECTICUT IN THREE VOLUMES (3 VOLUME SET COMPLETE), Published by Stephen Dodge, New York, 1811 / 1812, good+, full calf leather (hardcover) nice clean and tight set, Volume I, 1811, 540pp; Volume II, 1811, 544pp; and, Volume III, 1812, 546pp. Volume I begins with "A Sermon Delivered at the Funeral of The Rev. Joseph Bellamy, D. D. of Bethlem, March 9, 1790" by Noah Benedict, A. M. Pastor of the Church in Woodbury. A very nice uniform and clean and tight set., (Order No: 49370 ), $500.00

45. Benes, Peter and Zimmerman, Philip D., NEW ENGLAND MEETING HOUSE AND CHURCH: 1630-1850, Boston University, Boston, MA, (1979), B&W illustrations, 177pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 087270050X A Loan Exhibition held at The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire. This catalogue commemorates the first comprehensive exhibition on the subject of the New England Meeting House and Church., (Order No: 46324 ), $10.00

46. Benson, Joseph, SERMONS ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS, AND MOST OF THEM ON THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF GENUINE CHRISTIANITY, J. Soule and T. Mason, New York, 1817, B&W frontis, 433pp, good, full calf binding (hardcover) much wear to leather, Light foxing throughout, small outside crack at top of spine. Overall a clean and tight copy of these sermons published for the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America., (Order No: 46819 ), $85.00

47. Bergamaschi, Pietro (translation and adaptation by Margherita Marchione), FROM THE LAND OF THE ETRUSCANS: THE LIFE OF LUCY FILIPPINI, Edizioni Di Storia E Lettera, Rome, 1986, B&W frontis, 267pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The story of Saint Lucy Filippini's life and work., (Order No: 31817 ), $20.00

48. Bewer, Julius A. (editor), THE PROPHETS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1955), 663pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The cover of the dust jacket states, "containing all the writings of the prophets of Israel and the Book of Daniel in the King James Version, to which are added introductions and clarifying notes embodying the best of contemporary biblical scholarship." This is the first of the cloth-bound, library editions of the Harper's Annotated Bible Series., (Order No: 14433 ), $7.50

49. Birch, John J. (foreword by John J. Wynne), THE SAINT OF THE WILDERNESS: ST. ISAAC JOGUES, S.J., Benziger Brothers, New York, 1936, B&W frontis, 236pp, good, red cloth (hardcover), Born in 1607, Father Isaac Jogues was the dominating figure among the early French Missions in North America, (Order No: 38962 ), $25.00

50. Biser, Eugen (translated by Wiliam Kramer), THE LIGHT OF THE LAMB, Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, IL, 1961, 111pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Rooting his comments in Sacred Scripture, the Fathers, and the liturgy, Father Biser gives an authentic theology of the Risen Lord, by recalling His trail-blazing self-revelation and the manifold wisdom therein., (Order No: 30649 ), $7.50

51. Blackstone, William T., THE PROBLEM OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE: THE IMPACT OF PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS ON THE QUESTION OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1963), 175pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume is concerned with twentieth-century philosophical answers to the age-old question of whether there can be true religious knowledge as viewed by the two major contemporary schools of philosophy--the logical positivists and the linguistic analysts., (Order No: 14652 ), $12.50

52. Bolinger, Allen S. (foreword by), THE HISTORY OF GRACE CHURCH IN HADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY - VOLUME I, AND VOLUME II 1967-1992, published by the church, Haddonfield, NJ, 1967 & 1992, B&W illustrations, fine, wraps (softcover), Volume I, 20pp; and Volume II, 32pp., (Order No: 39616 ), $15.00

53. Boltin, Lee (photographed by) (commentary by Olga Raggio), THE NATIVITY: THE CHRISTMAS CRECHE AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, (1969), color illustrations, unpaginated, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), THE LORETTA HINES HOWARD COLLECTION. In this beautiful book, Christ's Nativity is told in the words of the King James Bible and illustrated with full color photographs of the eighteenth-century Neapolitan creche presented to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1964 by Loretta Hines Howard., (Order No: 43923 ), $8.00

54. Bolton, Glorney, THE DOME OF DEVOTION, Peter Davies, London, (1938), B&W ill., 289pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) some occassional pencil marks, A study of the clergyman. Note - top corner bumped., (Order No: 32341 ), $35.00

55. Borg, Marcus J. (edited by), JESUS AT 2000, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, (1997) 2nd ptg, 177pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) remainder mark, ISBN 0813332524 A collection of papers presented February 9 and 10, 1996 by six internationally known Jesus scholars who participated in the first national symposiumto commemorate the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus., (Order No: 50388 ), $7.50

56. Bradford, Amory H., THE PILGRIM IN OLD ENGLAND - ANDOVER LECTURES ON CONGREGATIONALISM, Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, New York, 1893, 344pp, very good, brown cloth, teg (hardcover), A REVIEW OF THE HISTORY, PRESENT CONDITION, AND OUTLOOK OF THE INDEPENDENT (CONGREGATIONAL) CHURCHES IN ENGLAND., (Order No: 53412 ), $20.00

57. Bremer, Francis J. (editor), PURITANISM: TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES ON A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ANGLO-AMERICAN FAITH, Massachusetts Historical Soc, Boston, MA, 1993, 300pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0934909342 These articles combine to create a thought-provoking new consideration of the Puritan heritage., (Order No: 51612 ), $25.00

58. Brewster, Joan Jessop (text by) (photographs by William H. Gnade), THE STAINED GLASS OF ALL SAINTS': ALL SAINTS' PARISH CHURCH PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, All Saints' Parish, Peterborough, NH, (2001), color illustrations, 56pp, fine, wraps (softcover), The stained glass windows at All Saints' Peterborough are marvels of medieval craft wrought by its leading twentieth-century practitioner, Charles Jay Connick, and his Boston studio., (Order No: 49228 ), $20.00

59. Brock, Peter, PIONEERS OF THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1970), 382pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0691005737 "The Quaker Peace Testimony from the Colonial Era to the First World War, excepted from the author's monumental history of PACIFISM IN THE UNITED STATES.", (Order No: 15486 ), $4.50

60. Brooks, Phillips (Right Reverend - Bishop of Boston), THE BEAUTY OF A LIFE OF SERVICE, Henry Altemus, Philadelphia, PA, (1896) 1st ed, 27pp, good, decorated boards (hardcover), (Order No: 47743 ), $10.00

61. Brush, John Woolman, BAPTISTS IN MASSACHUSETTS, Judson Press, Valley Forge, PA, (1970), B&W illustrations, 80pp, fine, red cloth (hardcover) inscribed by author in 1970, (Order No: 50365 ), $15.00

62. Buchmann, Christina and Spiegel, Celina (edited by), OUT OF THE GARDEN - WOMEN WRITERS ON THE BIBLE, Fawcett Columbine, New York, (1994) 1st ptg, 351pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0449906922, (Order No: 48431 ), $5.00

63. Budge, E. A. Wallis (translation and introduction by), THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: THE HIEROGLYPHIC TRANSCRIPT OF THE PAPYRUS OF ANI, University Books, New Hyde Park, NY, (1970) 8th ptg, 704pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1960., (Order No: 80 ), $10.00

64. Budge, E. A. Wallis, FROM FETISH TO GOD IN ANCIENT EGYPT, Benjamin Blom, Inc., New York, (1972), 240 B&W ill., 545pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover), First published in 1934. "It is divided into two Parts in which I have tried to deal with the main facts of the religious beliefs of the EGYPTIAN from the time when the Egyptian savage filled earth, air, sea, and sky with hostile evil spirits and lived in terror of the Evil Eye, and relied upon every branch of magic for help and deliverance from them, to the moment when the Egyptian nation hailed as their One God, or God One, AMEN-RA of THEBES, lord of the thrones of the world.", (Order No: 31315 ), $45.00

65. Buller, Cornelius A., THE UNITY OF NATURE AND HISTORY IN PANNENBERG'S THEOLOGY, Littlefield Adams Books, Lanham, MD, (1996), 227pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0822630540 Contents include: Nature and History; God the Creator; God the Redeemer; and, The Unity of Creation and God., (Order No: 38326 ), $25.00

66. Bunyan, John, THE HEAVENLY FOOTMAN; OR, A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN THAT GETS TO HEAVEN -- MINIATURE BOOK, Printed by C. C. P. Moody, Boston, MA, n.d. c1880s, 126pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover) light wear top/bottom of spine, "...TOGETHER WITH DIRECTIONS HOW TO RUN SO AS TO OBTAIN." Printed for David Skinner in Boston. Late 19th century printing in miniature format measuring 3 inches by 4 3/4 inches., (Order No: 50499 ), $40.00

67. Burgess, Francis G., THE ROMANCE OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, Morehouse Publishing Co., New York, (1936) 3rd ed, 134pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, A readable interweaving of Church history with that of liturgical development., (Order No: 39376 ), $17.50

68. Campbell, Norman, PAGEANT OF SAINTS: A GUIDE TO CHRISTIAN SAINTS AND SAINTLY PEOPLE THROUGH THE AGES, A. R. Mowbray & Co. Limited, London, (1963), 314pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Short biographies of over two hundred Saints and Saintly people from almost every country in the world and from the first to the nineteenth centuries., (Order No: 26050 ), $15.00

69. Cannan, Gilbert, LOVE IS LESS THAN GOD - THE BOOK OF THE SOUL, The Sunwise Turn, New York, 1923, 42pp, very good, blue cloth spine fabric covered boards (hardcover), "This is the book of the Soul that, meeting its hour, has spoken the truth, that has long been hidden...", (Order No: 43787 ), $15.00

70. Carrington, W. L., PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION, AND HUMAN NEED: A GUIDE FOR MINISTERS, DOCTORS, TEACHERS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS, The Epworth Press, London, (1964), 315pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The book is divided into four sections. The first section deals with the religious and psychological foundations of pastoral work, the others with the three inter-related aspects: personal and educational, therapeutic, and evangelistic., (Order No: 18840 ), $5.00

71. Carrouges, Michel (translated from the French by Marie-Christine Hellin; with an introduction by Anne Fremantle), SOLDIER OF THE SPIRIT: THE LIFE OF CHARLES DE FOUCAULD, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1956), 300pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), In this biography, the author explains how this man of action came to be a mystic, and how he conceived his unique philosophy of charity., (Order No: 25647 ), $10.00

72. Carver, Thomas Nixon, THE RELIGION WORTH HAVING, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1912, 140pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The New Sectarianism; Is Religion Of Any Use?; The Best Religion; The Test Of A Good Religion; The Conservation Of Human Energy; Is Religion An End Or A Means?; The Work-Bench Vs. The Pig-Through Philosophy Of Life; The Struggle Among Social Groups; The Modified Struggle Among Individuals; The Relation Of The Struggle Among Individuals To The Struggle Among Groups; The Stages In The Development Of The Struggle Among Individuals., (Order No: 53487 ), $15.00

73. Cavarnos, Constantine, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, Institute for Byzantine and, Belmont, MA, (1973), B&W illustrations, 172pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) owner's name, Published by Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. Two lectures on Mount Athos, of which the first deals with its Scholars, Missionaries and Saints, and the second with its Music, Musicians, and Hymnographers; together with an account of a Recent Visit to Athos., (Order No: 47885 ), $10.00

74. Chase, Mary Ellen (preface by); Szyk, Arthur (illustrations by), THE BOOK OF RUTH, The Heritage Press, New York, (1947), color ill. by Arthur Szyk, 44pp, very good+, cream cloth spine (hardcover), "From the translation prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I.", (Order No: 43450 ), $25.00

75. Chase, Mary Ellen, THE PSALMS FOR THE COMMON READER, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1962) 1st ed, 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Chase presents that book of the Old Testament which is without doubt the most familiar and the best beloved., (Order No: 53109 ), $3.00

76. Cheetham, Nicolas, KEEPERS OF THE KEYS: A HISTORY OF THE POPES FROM ST. PETER TO JOHN PAUL II, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1983) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 340pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 068417863X The author investigates both the popes as individuals and their changing role in world history and politics., (Order No: 33667 ), $9.00

77. Christian, William A., MOVING CRUCIFIXES IN MODERN SPAIN, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1992), B&W ill., B&W maps, 220pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0691073872 The author investigates the settings and responses to a series of group visions reported by Spaniards in rural Galicia, Valencia, Cantabria, and Navarre in the early part of this century--the most notable one involving the crucifix at Limpias, where Jesus was first seen agonizing on the cross during a mission service in March of 1919., (Order No: 26658 ), $12.00

78. Clark, Walter Eugene, INDIAN CONCEPTIONS OF IMMORTALITY - THE INGERSOLL LECTURE, 1934, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1934, 49pp, very good+, maroon cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 51200 ), $30.00

79. Clarke, Catherine Goddard, THE LOYOLAS AND THE CABOTS - THE STORY OF THE BOSTON HERESY CASE, The Ravengate Press, Boston, MA, 1950, 301pp, good+, light tan cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 45190 ), $10.00

80. Coffin, Howard, AN INLAND SEE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BURLINGTON, The Roman Catholic Diocese, Burlington, VT, (2001), B&W illustrations, 190pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0971119201 The book begins with the little known visit to a Pomfret farm by the Cardinal of Krakow, Karol Wojtyla, two years before he became Pope John Paul II, then steps back to 1609 and the coming of Samuel Champlain., (Order No: 50877 ), $8.00

81. Cohen, Lenore, BURIED TREASURE IN BIBLE LANDS, The Ward Ritchie Press, n.p., (1965), 38 B&W ill., 225pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This book is a survey of that world from pre-history to Roman times as explored by Biblical archaeologists and anthoropologists., (Order No: 8115 ), $7.50

82. Colet, John, AN EXPOSITION OF ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS, PLUS 3 ADDITIONAL VOLUMES (SEE NOTE) - FOUR VOLUME SET, Gregg International Publ., Farnborough, Hants, England, (1965), fine, red cloth (hardcover) owner's name, Four volume set of John Colet's works, as follows: Volume 1, AN EXPOSITION OF ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS, Delivered as Lectures in the University of Oxford about the year 1497, originally published 1873, ISBN 0576999490, 235pp; Volume 2, AN EXPOSITION OF ST. PAUL'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS (published with an translation, introduction and notes by J. H. Lupton), originally published in 1874, 274pp; Volume 3, A TREATISE OF THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH (first published with an introduction by J. H. Lupton), London 1867, ISBN 0576999512, 275pp; Volume 4, LETTERS TO RADULPHUS ON THE MOSAIC ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION, TOGETHER WITH OTHER TREATISES (now published with a translation, introduction, and notes by J. H. Lupton), London, 1876, 320pp., (Order No: 48847 ), $200.00

83. Conzelmann, Hans (translated by M. Eugene Boring), GENTILES, JEWS, CHRISTIANS: POLEMICS AND APOLOGETICS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN ERA, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN, (1992), 390pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 080062520X An historically responsible and theologically penetrating investigation of the ancient contributions to the scandal of anti-Semitism., (Order No: 37768 ), $14.50

84. Courtney, Frederick; Shattuck, George C.; and, Paddock, Benjamin H., THE COMMEMORATIVE DISCOURSES IN OBSERVANCE OF THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF THE CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF MASSACHUSETTS, A.D. 1885, Order of the Convention, Boston, MA, 1885, 128pp, good, wraps (softcover), COMMEMORATIVE DISCOURSES, DIOCESE OF MASSACHUSETTS, CENTENNIAL YEAR 1885. Contents include: The History of the English Church in the Colony, or Province, of Massachusetts Bay; The First Three Bishops of the Diocese of Massachusetts; The First Century of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Massachusetts., (Order No: 53714 ), $25.00

85. Cragg, Kenneth, THE EVENT OF THE QUR'AN: ISLAM IN SCRIPTURE, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, (1971), 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0042970245 Contents include: The Voice Said: 'Cry!'; A Luminous Arabic Language; Scripture for the Arabs; In the Name of the Lord; The Landscape of the Hijaz; Markets of the City; The Point of Time; The Crisis of Emigration; The Struggle to Mean; The Making of Muslims; The Sense of History., (Order No: 42572 ), $25.00

86. Croce, Paul Jerome, SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN THE ERA OF WILLIAM JAMES: VOLUME I, ECLIPSE OF CERTAINTY, 1820-1880, Univ. of North Carolina Pr., Chapel Hill, NC, (1995), 350pp, very good, wraps (softcover) (small crease on rear cover), ISBN 080784506X In this cultural biography, Paul Croce investigates the contexts surrounding the early intellectual development of American philosopher William James (1842-1910)., (Order No: 25766 ), $8.00

87. da Mantova, Benedetto, IL BENEFICIO DI CRISTO: CON LE VERSIONI DEL SECOLO XVI - DOCUMENTI E TESTIMONIANZE -- CORPUS REFORMATORUM ITALICORUM, Northern Illinois Univ. Pr., DeKalb, IL, (1972), 554pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0875800351 Originally published in 1543, this edition includes the original text and several early English translations of: THE BENEFIT THAT CHRISTIANS RECEIVE BY JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED., (Order No: 14515 ), $14.50

88. Daiches, David, MOSES: THE MAN AND HIS VISION, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 264pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0275337405, (Order No: 4883 ), $6.00

89. Davies, Stevan L., THE REVOLT OF THE WIDOWS: THE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE APOCRYPHAL ACTS, Southern Illinois Univ. Pr., Carbondale, IL, (1980), 139pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809309580 Basing his study on the Acts of John, of Peter, of Thomas, of Paul and Thecla, of Andrew, and of Xanthippe and Polyxena, Davies seeks the answer to two questions: What sort of people wrote the apocryphal Acts; and how did they live?, (Order No: 13229 ), $10.00

90. Davis, Thurston N. and Small, Joseph (selected and edited by) (introduction by Harold C. Gardiner), A JOHN LAFARGE READER, The America Press, New York, 1956, 272pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A collection of essays assembled from the written work of Father John LaFarge., (Order No: 30650 ), $7.50

91. de la Maza, Francisco, LOS RETABLOS DORADOS DE NUEVA ESPANA - ENCICLOPEDIA MEXICANA DE ARTE 9, Ediciones Mexicanas, Mexico, 1950, 61 B&W illustrations, 43pp of text, good++, wraps (softcover), Title translates to "The Golden Altarpieces of New Spain.", (Order No: 51315 ), $75.00

92. Dean, Christopher C., RELIGIOUS EXERCISES FOR CHRISTIAN FAMILIES ON HOUSEHOLD BAPTISM, Massachusetts Sabbath School, Boston, MA, 1843, B&W frontis, 223pp, good+, dark brown cloth (hardcover) water stain on couple pages, Written for the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, and revised by the Committee of Publication. "The writer has, for years, desired that Christian families might have a correct knowledge of the meaning of infant baptism, the duties implied in it, and some of the principal reasons for practicing it." CONDITION NOTE - Nice clean and tight copy with faint water staining on the edges of a few rear pages and a few preliminary pages., (Order No: 44723 ), $45.00

93. dePaola, Tomie (retold from the Bible and illustrated by), THE PARABLES OF JESUS, Holiday House, New York, (1987) 1st ed, ill. by Tomie dePaola, unpaginated, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0823406369 Mr. dePaola presents seventeen well-known parables to children., (Order No: 53101 ), $15.00

94. Deutsch, Bernard F., OUR LADY OF EPHESUS, Our Lady of Epheusus, Jamaica, VT, reprint c2005, B&W illustrations, 171pp, fine, wraps (softcover), A quality reprint of the 1965 Bruce Publishing Company edition done by Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer in Jamaica, Vermont. The House of Prayer completed a replica of the Blessed Mother's Last Home on Earth which was blessed October 7, 2006 by Bishop Salvatore R. Matano. Father Deutsch's book examines Catherine Emmerich's visions which lead to the discover of Mary's House in Ephesus, and goes on to relate the legends, traditions, and literature from the early ages of the Church to present that back up the claims of the house's proponents., (Order No: 50283 ), $20.00

95. Dickey, James and Hayes, Marvin, GOD'S IMAGES: THE BIBLE, A NEW VISION, The Seabury Press, New York, (1978), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0816421943 Here are some of the images from the inner kingdoms of two men, one an artist, the other a poet., (Order No: 26054 ), $5.00

96. Dickinson, Rodolphus, A COMPENDIUM OF THE RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL PRECEPTS, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE BEAUTIES OF THE BIBLE..., Rofolphus Dickinson, Greenfield, MA, 1815 2nd ed rev, 274pp, good, full calf (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, "...WITH A SEPARATE MORAL SELECTION FROM THE APOCRYPHA: BEING A TRANSCRIPT OF THE RECEIVED TEXT: INTENDED FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS." Second edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged., (Order No: 51252 ), $30.00

97. Dillenberger, Jane and Taylor, Joshua C., THE HAND AND THE SPIRIT: RELIGIOUS ART IN AMERICA 1700-1900, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, (1972), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, very good, wraps (softcover) couple numbers written on cover, Catalogue of the exhibition of the same name on religious art., (Order No: 52019 ), $7.00

98. Dirks, Walter (translated by Daniel Coogan), THE MONK AND THE WORLD, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1954), 234pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The author deals mainly with four representative Orders of monks of the West--Benedictines and Franciscans, Dominicans and Jesuits--in order to consider their achievements in history and the specific contributions they may be expected to make to Christian existence at the present time., (Order No: 27381 ), $6.50

99. Ditchfield, P. H., THE OLD-TIME PARSON, Methuen & Co., London, (1908), color frontis, B&W ill., 342pp, ads, good, blue cloth w/light edgewear (hardcover), A complete and regular history of the clerical office., (Order No: 33715 ), $15.00

100. Douglas, J. D. (General Editor) and Comfort, Philip W. (New Testament Editor), NEW COMMENTARY ON THE WHOLE BIBLE: NEW TESTAMENT VOLUME, BASED ON THE CLASSIC COMMENTARY OF JAMIESON, FAUSSET, AND BROWN, Tyndale House Publishers Inc, Wheaton, IL, (1990) 1st ptg, 813pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0842347313 Based on the classic work of Robert Jamieson (D.D., St. Paul's, Glasgow), A.R. Fausset (A.M., St. Cuthbert's, York), and David Brown (D.D., Professor of Theology, Aberdeen). Their commentary originally called A COMMENTARY, CRITICAL, EXPERIMENTAL, AND PRACTICAL ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS is now preserved as the NEW COMMENTARY ON THE WHOLE BIBLE., (Order No: 50839 ), $20.00

101. Downing, F. Gerald, A MAN FOR US AND A GOD FOR US, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1968), 153pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 39483 ), $8.50

102. Drake, F. W., THE SPIRIT OF GLORY, Longmans, Green and Company, New York, (1961), 116pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The purpose of this book is "to show how practical the belief in the Holy Spirit is, how necessary a part He plays in every full human life, how grievous is the loss of power and joy where He is forgotten, how continuous is His secret work in all the interests and relations of ordinary life, how simple, how definite, and how fruitful are the normal methods of His consecrating grace, how bright and radiant is the life which owns the sway of the Spirit.", (Order No: 11819 ), $5.00

103. Dun, Angus, NOT BY BREAD ALONE: THE PRESIDING BISHOP'S BOOK FOR LENT, 1942, Harper & Brothers, New York, (1942) 1st ed, 148pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 36166 ), $10.00

104. Dunne, Peter Masten, EARLY JESUIT MISSIONS IN TARAHUMARA, University of California Pr., Berkeley, 1948 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 276pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 9030 ), $35.00

105. Duthoy, Robert, THE TAUROBOLIUM: ITS EVOLUTION AND TERMINOLOGY, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1969, B&W illustrations, 129pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover) owner's name, Contents include: Abbreviations- Bibliography; Introduction; The Sources; The Inscriptions; The Literary Texts; Analysis of the Inscriptions; The Non-verbal Terms; The Verb; The Evolution of the Taurobolium; The Successive Phases of the Taurobolium; An Explanation of the Evolution; The Origin of the Taurobolium., (Order No: 47793 ), $60.00

106. Dwiggins, W. A. (handwritten by), THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA: FROM THE APOCRYPHA OF THE HEBREW BIBLE ACCORDING TO THE KING JAMES VERSION, Archway Press, New York, (1947), B&W illustrations, 43pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover) in lightly worn slipcase, (Order No: 40552 ), $35.00

107. Eames, Wilberforce, EARLY NEW ENGLAND CATECHISMS, Burt Franklin, New York, orig pub 1898, 111pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover), A Bibliographical Account of Some Catechisms Published Before the Year 1800, For Use in New England. Burt Franklin Bibliography and Reference Series #78., (Order No: 41594 ), $17.50

108. Elie, Paul, THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN: AN AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, (2003) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 555pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0374256802 A vivid and enthralling account of great writers and their power over us. The story of four writers'; Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Flannery O'Connor, and Walker Percy., (Order No: 53470 ), $10.00

109. Eliot, Elizabeth Ann, THE CROWNED KNOT OF FIRE: A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIEVAL SYMBOLISM ON MODERN POETRY, Vantage Press, New York, (1980) 1st ed, 153pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0533044251, (Order No: 5533 ), $10.00

110. Ellis, John Tracy & Broderick, Francis, L. (ed), THE LIFE OF JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS: POPULAR EDITION, The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, WI, (1963), 223pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The popular, one-volume edition of John Tracy Ellis' two- volume biography of a great man who was both statesman and churchman, a confidant of several United States presidents, and the molder of the Catholic Church policies in this country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries., (Order No: 13322 ), $7.50

111. Erdo, John; Gellerd, Judit (translated by); Williams, George M. (preface by), TRANSYLVANIAN UNITARIAN CHURCH - CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY AND THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS, The Center for Free Religion, Chico, CA, (1990), 74pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0914914026 Contents include: A Chronological History of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church; The Foundations of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church; David Ferenc and the Problem of Toleration; and, Jesus; Notion of God., (Order No: 52244 ), $40.00

112. Esdaile, Katharine A. (introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell), ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS, 1510 TO 1840, B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, (1946), color frontis, B&W ill., 144pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A leading authority on English Renaissance Sculpture covers every aspect of English church monuments over three hundred years--from the sources of the vaious materials to the different types of epitaphs., (Order No: 17631 ), $10.00

113. Everett, Walter Goodnow, THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT IN CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATION: THE FOERSTER LECTURE 1933-34 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1935), 78pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, An attempt to treat the Life of the Spirit in a single lecture., (Order No: 52039 ), $15.00

114. Fairman, Marion and Fairman, Edwin, THE TUMBLING WALLS, Board of Foreign Missions, Philadelphia, PA, (1957), B&W illustrations, 192pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author "Ed Fairman", In 1954, the Fairmans closed their Oxford work, admirably suited by training and interests to travel and record not only their adventures but to evaluate the impact of the Christian Church upon the world., (Order No: 19884 ), $15.00

115. Faulkner, Joseph E. (edited by), RELIGION'S INFLUENCE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: READINGS IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION, Charles E. Merrill Pub., Columbus, OH, (1972), 578pp, good, pictorial boards (hardcover) HIGHLIGHTING ABOUT 40 PAGES, ISBN 0675091055 "The purpose of the present work is more modest: to introduce the reader to the major thrust in the scientific study of religion in recent years, concentrating primarily on the work of sociologists.", (Order No: 29706 ), $10.00

116. Felici, Icilio (translated by Carol della Chiesa), FATHER TO THE IMMIGRANTS: THE SERVANT OF GOD, JOHN BAPTIST SCALABRINI, BISHOP OF PIACENZA, P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, (1955), color frontis, B&W ill., 248pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A biography recapturing the spirit of one of the most striking and fascinating figures of the late Italian Risorgimento., (Order No: 33456 ), $10.00

117. Ferguson, Charles W., ORGANIZING TO BEAT THE DEVIL: METHODISTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1971 1st ed, 466pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An account of the Methodist church in the United States., (Order No: 35018 ), $10.00

118. Ferguson, John, THE RELIGIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, (1982) 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 296pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket 3-4 PENCIL MARKS, ISBN 080140567X This volume takes account of archaeological evidence and in particular the considerable amount of evidence which has emerged in the last fifty years., (Order No: 47045 ), $14.50

119. Fifield, L. Wendell; Hillis, Richard Dwight; Roulston, Marjorie Hillis; Cochran, Warren B.; Kilbon, Roland; & Bergmark, David A., A CHURCH IN HISTORY: THE STORY OF PLYMOUTH'S FIRST HUNDRED YEARS UNDER BEECHER, ABBOTT, HILLIS, DURKEE, AND FIFIELD, Plymouth Church of Pilgrims, Booklyn, NY, 1949, B&W illustrations, 193pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of one hundred years of service by this historic church in Brooklyn, New York. The story is told largely in terms of the leadership of its five distinguished ministers: Beecher, Abbott, Hillis, Durkee, and Fifield., (Order No: 53064 ), $14.50

120. Fish, Simon (edited by Edward Arber), A SUPPLICATION FOR THE BEGGARS [SPRING OF 1529], Archibald Constable and Co., Westminster, 1895, 64pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works. SIMON FISH OF GRAY'S INN, GENTLEMAN. A SUPPLICATION FOR THE BEGGARS [Spring of 1529]. Stated by J. Fox to have been distributed in the streets of London on Candlemas Day [2 Feb. 1529]. This is the Fifth Protestant book (not being a portion of Holy Scripture) that was printed in the English Language. The authorship of this anonymous tract, is fixed by a passage in Sir T. More's APOLOGY, of 1533, quoted in the Introduction., (Order No: 53488 ), $40.00

121. Fletcher, Richard, THE BARBARIAN CONVERSION: FROM PAGANISM TO CHRISTIANITY, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1998), B&W illustrations, 562pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0805027637 The conversion of the pagan world that began in the obscurity of the Dark Ages was in no way inevitable. England did not embrace Christianity until A.D. 627, and the last European conversion occurred in Lithuania late in the Middle Ages, in 1386., (Order No: 52952 ), $10.00

122. Forman, Henry James, THE STORY OF PROPHECY: IN THE LIFE OF MANKIND FROM EARLY TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY, Tudor Publishing Company, New York, (1940), B&W illustrations, 347pp, good, faded olive green cloth (hardcover) couple pencil marks, (Order No: 24451 ), $5.00

123. Foss, Michael, THE FOUNDING OF THE JESUITS 1540, Weybright and Talley, New York, (1969), 9 B&W ill., 307pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Setting his account vividly against a background of European civilization at the cross-roads, the author has illuminated not only the lives of Loyola and Francis Xavier, their lieutenants and successors, but also the aims and actions of a society whose foundation was one of the most important and far-reaching events in the history of the Church., (Order No: 13962 ), $7.50

124. Fox, George, TERCENTENARY OF THE GATHERING AND FOUNDING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, Salem Quarterly Meeting, West New Jersey, 1948, B&W illustrations, 36pp, good, wraps (softcover), Tercentenary of the Society of Friends, Salem New Jersey., (Order No: 40052 ), $15.00

125. Frescoln, Wilson, VOLTAIRE'S LETTERS ON THE QUAKERS: A CRITICAL TRANSLATION, Press of the Cheerful Snail, Wallingford, PA, 1953, 29pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover), One hundred and sixty copies were printed., (Order No: 39369 ), $40.00

126. Freson, Ray and Freson, Barbara (editors), ST. MARY'S: FAIRFAX STATION, VIRGINIA, 1858-1983, St. Mary's Church, Fairfax Station, VA, (1983), B&W illustrations, 72pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), St. Mary's Parish celebrates the 125th anniversary of its founding in this commemorative book. Rich in northern Virginia history, St. Mary's is the site where Clara Barton nursed wounded soldiers after the Second Battle of Manassas. It was at St. Mary's that she began the work that would later be carried out by the American Red Cross., (Order No: 15006 ), $12.50

127. Friedman, Jerome, THE MOST ANCIENT TESTIMONY - SIXTEENTH-CENTURY CHRISTIAN-HEBRAICA IN THE AGE OF RENSAISSANCE NOSTALGIA, Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, (1983), 278pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821407007 This is the first systematic and integrated study of the Christian-Hebraica of the Renaissance and Reformation age. The volume investigates the growth of scholarship in Hebrew language and literature among Christians of the period and demonstrates the contribution of that study to the general religious and cultural history of the age., (Order No: 51138 ), $20.00

128. Frye, Northrop, THE DOUBLE VISION: LANGUAGE AND MEANING IN RELIGION, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, (1991), 88pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0802068650 This was Frye's last work. It reflects the passions that informed his life--literature, myth, the creative imagination--and the skill with which he communicated those passions to students and readers around the world., (Order No: 27358 ), $3.50

129. Gager, John G., MOSES IN GRECO-ROMAN PAGANISM, Agingdon Press, Nashville, TN, (1972), 173pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) MARGINAL PENCIL 5PP, ISBN 0687206316 Dealing with the pagan authors and texts in chronological order, Dr. Gager focuses upon the positive and negative attitudes toward Moses as lawgiver and upon the central area of conflict between pagan culture and the Jews. In addition to the literary aspects, Dr. Gager examines documents in the area of magic and alchemy in which Moses enjoyed considerable renown., (Order No: 47841 ), $20.00

130. Gale, W. E. (foreword by Edward Carpenter), THE ALTERNATIVE RELIGION, Cranebeam Commercial Ltd., West Sussex, (1988), 174pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0951402307 AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF "GOD" WORSHIP, MOSTLY CHAOTIC AND IRRATIONAL, MANKIND IS STILL BEDEVILLED BY RELIGIOUS TURMOIL & DISSENSION OF FRIGHTENING INTENSITY. This book suggests that the SLATE BE WIPED CLEAN and introduces the concept of an undemanding "god" created from the infinite wealth of definable goodness which has been accumulating since the beginning of earthly life, and largely ignored., (Order No: 35716 ), $15.00

131. Gallagher, Philip J., MILTON, THE BIBLE, AND MISOGYNY, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, (1990), 185pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826207359 The most lively and most debated subject in Milton studies today is whether John Milton was a misogynist. The author compellingly argues against Milton as misogynist., (Order No: 13348 ), $9.00

132. Gambone, Robert L., ART AND POPULAR RELIGION IN EVANGELICAL AMERICA, 1915-1940, Univ. of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN, (1989) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 278pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870495887 A rare and successful interdisciplinary attempt to deal with two major currents of American culture that seldom intersect in scholarly discourse - art and religion., (Order No: 36745 ), $14.50

133. Gannon, Robert I., THE CARDINAL SPELLMAN STORY, Doubleday & Co., Inc., New York, 1962 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 447pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 5435 ), $4.00

134. Garrison, Webb, STRANGE FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE: OVER 400 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE AND ITS PEOPLE, Testament Books, New York, (2000) 1st ptg, 304pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517208288 Here are curious facts about law, crime, and punishment; sex, love, and marriage; war and conquest; and traditions, folktales, superstitions, customs, and cultures., (Order No: 48800 ), $5.00

135. Geisinger, Marion (introduction by Martin E. Marty), THE HOUSE OF GOD: PLACES OF WORSHIP EXPRESS THE PERMANENCE AND VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS FAITH AROUND THE WORLD, A&W Publishers, Inc., New York, (1979), B&W and color ill., 239pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0894790528 Here, seventy renowned landmarks are presented, showing their architectural grandeur and simplicity, their historic relationship to their environment and their worshipers, and their cultural impact as religious havens and works of art., (Order No: 24292 ), $6.00

136. Genung, John Franklin, THE LIFE INDEED: A REVIEW, IN TERMS OF COMMON THINKING, OF THE SCRIPTURE HISTORY ISSUING IN IMMORTALITY, Marshall Jones Company, Boston, MA, 1921, 370pp, good, black cloth, teg w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A much loved teacher of literature and religion sets forth his mature and genial philosophy of life. The Amherst Books Series., (Order No: 53170 ), $22.50

137. Gerson, Noel B. (illustrated by Bob Pepper), THE EDICT OF NANTES, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, (1969), B&W illustrations, 159pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Describes the historic events that culminated in issuance of the first document guaranteeing freedom of worship and civil rights in a minority group (the Huguenots). The epic proclamation of 1598, which resolved one of Europe's most bitter conflicts, was a milestone in the history of religious liberty. Documents of Freedom series., (Order No: 14391 ), $14.50

138. Gibble, Kenneth L., THE GROACHER FILE: A SATIRICAL EXPOSE OF DETOURS TO FAITH, LuraMedia, San Diego, CA, (1988), 144pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0931055555 An account of the bumbling attempts of Pharnum Groacher to keep unsuspecting, well-meaning Christians from "catching the real thing.", (Order No: 42660 ), $7.50

139. Gibson, Raymond E., GOD, MAN, AND TIME: HUMAN DESTINY IN AMERICAN THEOLOGY, United Church Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1966), 187pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author presents a powerful case for becoming aware of the various treatments given to the question of time and human destiny from within the modern schools of theology and philosophy of religion that have won the largest number of followers within Protestant Christianity., (Order No: 40679 ), $15.00

140. Gilbert, D. M. (edited by), SERVICES COMMEMORATIVE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, HARRISBURG, PA. NOVEMBER 10-11 1895, Harrisburg Publishing Co., Harrisburg, PA, 1896, B&W illustrations, 148pp, very good, dark brown cloth (hardcover), Church history from 1795-1895 and proceedings of the centennial celebration, (Order No: 51596 ), $35.00

141. Gillis, Chester, ROMAN CATHOLICISM IN AMERICA, Columbia University Press, New York, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 365pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231108702 The author presents a cogent survey of U.S. Catholic history, with an emphasis on the post-Vatican II era, and explores the influence of the church on issues including education, health care, and popular culture., (Order No: 29963 ), $10.00

142. Gilpin, W. Clark, THE MILLENARIAN PIETY OF ROGER WILLIAMS, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1979), 214pp, very good w/very good dustjacket hardcover MARGINAL PENCIL 60pp, ISBN 0226293971 The author enriches our understanding of Williams's varied and controversial career by placing it in the larger context of English, as well as American, Puritanism. CONDITION NOTE - MARGINAL PENCIL NOTES ON ABOUT 60 Pages - thus the price., (Order No: 15251 ), $20.00

143. Goodenough, Arthur, THE CLERGY OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY, Litchfield County Univ. Club, Norfolk, CT, 1909, B&W illustrations, 243pp, very good, full limp green leather (hardcover) fade to spine, Contents include: Foundations; The Pioneers; Manners And Customs; An Eighteenth-Century Sermon; Biographies; Second Period--Transition; Personal Sketches; Third Period--Modernism; More Personal Sketches; The Episcopal Church; Baptists; The Methodists; The Clergy As Citizens; The Clergy In Literature; Wit And Humor; Ministers' Children., (Order No: 53931 ), $17.50

144. Graham, Gordon, THE IDEA OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY: A CRITIQUE OF SOME CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTIONS, University of Notre Dame Pr., Notre Dame, IN, (1990), 190pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0268011672 In the tradition of Socratic dialectic, the author here challenges certain assumptions, beliefs and methods prominent in contemporary Christian ethics. His critical philosophical analysis focuses on the idea of Christian charity in an effort to clarify and confront what he sees as fashionable but erroneous trends in theological ethics., (Order No: 37912 ), $10.00

145. Granberg-Michaelson, Wesley, REDEEMING THE CREATION: THE RIO EARTH SUMMIT, CHALLENGES FOR THE CHURCHES, WCC Publications, Geneva, (1992), 90pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 2825410918 The key question of the June 1992 Earth Summit in Rio was "whether there is a future in which all people can be offered the hope of life and the earth can be preserved in the capacity to provide that life." This book sets out the implications of that momentous international event for the churches and the ecumenical movement., (Order No: 42325 ), $11.50

146. Granberg-Michaelson, Karin, HEALING COMMUNITY, WCC Publications, Geneva, (1991), 100pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 282541039X Addresses the vocation of the local congregation to become a place of healing in the world today., (Order No: 42326 ), $12.50

147. Grant, Michael, JESUS: AN HISTORIAN'S REVIEW OF THE GOSPELS, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1977), 261pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0684148897, (Order No: 5990 ), $4.00

148. Green, Louisa Meigs, BROTHER OF THE BIRDS: A LITTLE HISTORY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, David McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1929), ill. by M. Boutet De Monvel, 123pp, good, purple cloth w/fading (hardcover), A history of St. Francis for children. Tipped in black and white plates., (Order No: 39027 ), $35.00

149. Green, Rose Basile, TO REASON WHY, A. S. Barnes and Company, Cranbury, NJ, (1971), 111pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0498010422 A slim book of religious sonnets whose direction is toward insistence on the equal right of all persons to justice., (Order No: 11135 ), $10.00

150. Greenblatt, Robert B. (with a foreword by Ralph McGill), SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: A PHYSICIAN EXAMINES MEDICINE IN THE BIBLE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1965) 6th ptg, 127pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume links the Bible's very old with today's very new medicine, connects the human mode with the scientific, and invites its readers to read again, freshly, many Biblical passages and to examine anew the modes and values of Biblical times and of our own., (Order No: 35579 ), $10.00

151. Grenfell, Wilfred T., WHAT THE CHURCH MEANS TO ME - A FRANK CONFESSION AND A FRIENDLY ESTIMATE BY AN INSIDER, The Pilgrim Press, Boston, MA, (1911), frontis, 36pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Reveals his personal attitude to life, to the Bible, to prayer, and now finally to the church., (Order No: 51198 ), $25.00

152. Grese, William C., CORPUS HERMETICUM XIII AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, E. J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 1979, 229pp, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 9004057811, (Order No: 48414 ), $125.00

153. Grousset, Rene, THE EPIC OF THE CRUSADES, Orion Press, New York, 1970, B&W illustrations, 280pp, very good, light brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Translated from the French by Noel Lindsay., (Order No: 9354 ), $6.00

154. Gumina, Deanna Paoli (with a foreword by Kevin Starr), OLD ST. MARY'S: CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD, Old St Mary's Paulist Center, San Francisco, CA, (1977), B&W ill., 205pp, good, wraps (softcover) owner's inscription, (Order No: 26689 ), $5.00

155. Gunther, John J., ST. PAUL'S OPPONENTS AND THEIR BACKGROUND: A STUDY OF APOCALYPTIC AND JEWISH SECTARIAN TEACHINGS, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1973, 323pp, very good++, green cloth (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 9004037381 This monograph is meant to present data from non-conformist Judaism and apocalypses to illumine what may be deduced concerning the doctrine and life of Paul's opponents., (Order No: 47520 ), $150.00

156. Hale, Edward E., SYBARIS AND OTHER HOMES, Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1869 1st ed, 206pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 38557 ), $25.00

157. Hall, Bolton (edited by from the King James Version), THE LIVING BIBLE: BEING THE WHOLE BIBLE IN ITS FEWEST WORDS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1928 1st ed, 423pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), THE LIVING BIBLE attemps to present in condensed form the entire contents of the Scriptures, omitting only repetitions, ceremonial details, most genealogies, land-boundaries, and matter that is no longer of general interest., (Order No: 26835 ), $30.00

158. Hall, Thor, ANDERS NYGREN: MAKERS OF THE MODERN THEOLOGICAL MIND SERIES, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., Peabody, MA, (1978), 230pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0943575672, (Order No: 37756 ), $6.50

159. Harcourt, Melville (editor), THIRTEEN FOR CHRIST, Sheed and Ward, New York, (1963), 271pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book presents thirteen modern figures who have taken Christianity seriously and, as a consequence, have left their impress on the modern world. The gallery of figures presented here includes--Pius XII and Billy Graham; Albert Schweitzer and Dorothy Day; Paul Tillich and T. S. Eliot; Boris Pasternak and Trevor Huddleston; Martin Luther King and John LaFarge., (Order No: 14653 ), $7.50

160. Hardt, Karl (edited by) (translated by Norman C. Reeves; with an introduction by Sylvester P. Theisen), WE ARE NOW CATHOLICS, The Newman Press, Westminster, MD, (1959), 224pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Father Karl Hardt has gathered together the witnesses, or apolgias, of four prominent Lutheran ministers (Rudolf Goethe, Henrich Schlier, Georg Klunder, and Martin Giebner) who have recently become Catholics., (Order No: 46647 ), $10.00

161. Harkness, Georgia, UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD, Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN, (1974), 175pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0687428645 The author bodly presents her own beliefs., (Order No: 50926 ), $8.00

162. Harline, Craig, THE BURDENS OF SISTER MARGARET: PRIVATE LIVES IN A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CONVENT, Doubleday, New York, (1994) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 359pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385473958 This book invites you inside the private world of a seventeenth-century convent., (Order No: 33141 ), $6.00

163. Harney, Martin P., THE JESUITS IN HISTORY - THE SOCIETY OF JESUS THROUGH FOUR CENTURIES, The America Press, New York, 1941, 513pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB - no dustjacket, (Order No: 50817 ), $10.00

164. Harris, Gordon, A NEW COMMAND: THE LIFE OF BRUCE MEDARIS, MAJOR GENERAL, USA, RETIRED - THE STORY OF A GENERAL WHO BECAME A PRIEST, Logos International, Plainfield, NJ, (1976), 313pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0882701819, (Order No: 49963 ), $7.50

165. Hartshorn, W. N.; Merrill, George R.; and, Lawrance, Marion (editorial committee), THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL 1780-1905, Intl. Sunday School Assn., Boston, MA, 1905, B&W illustrations, 716pp, good, gray cloth (hardcover), "The Official Report of the Eleventh International Sunday-School Convention Toronto, Canada, June 23-27, 1905., (Order No: 51840 ), $10.00

166. Hathaway, Richard D., SYLVESTER JUDD'S NEW ENGLAND, Pennsylvania State Univ. Pr., University Park, PA, (1981), 362pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0271003073 Sylvester Judd (1813-53) is presented here as a representative figure whose life and works illustrate the intellectual and religious tensions of Emerson's day., (Order No: 32193 ), $7.50

167. Haupt, John T.; Richards, W. James; Crane, Marjorie; Oldfield, Barney; Browning, Jim; Frydrych, Joe; Schnacke, Marjorie; et al, FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 125 YEARS 1859-1984, First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, KS, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 80pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), A chronicle celebrating 125 years of the life of this congregation, and 100 years of worship services in the sanctuary at 817 Harrison, Topeka, Kansas., (Order No: 47071 ), $10.00

168. Hawes, Lloyd, ADAM AND EVE - ICONOGRAPHY OF THEIR PORTRAYAL, Brandeis University Library, Waltham, MA, 1974, 16pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Based on an exhibition at Brandeis University Library November 18, 1974 to January 3, 1975 under the auspices of The Society of Bibliophiles., (Order No: 50472 ), $15.00

169. Hays, Wilma Pitchford, THE STORY OF VALENTINE, Coward-McCann, New York, (1956), ill. by Leonard Weisgard, 56pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Written from a child's point of view., (Order No: 6562 ), $7.50

170. Heaney, John J. (editor), PSYCHE AND SPIRIT: READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION - REVISED EDITION, Paulist Press, New York, (1984), 252pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0809126109, (Order No: 50420 ), $5.00

171. Heitzenrater, Richard P. and Forsaith, Peter S. (curated by), WESLEY IN AMERICA: AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF JOHN WESLEY, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX, 2003, B&W and color illustrations, 77pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 094188130X Catalogue to an exhibition at Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, February 3 - April 11, 2003. This exhibition pays tribute to the founder of Methodism., (Order No: 53596 ), $20.00

172. Helman, H. H. (editor) (compiled by J. C. Flora; John E. Oliver; Wilbur K. Groff; Homer L. Royer; and, John Eikenberry), CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN IN SOUTHERN OHIO, Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, IL, (1955), B&W illustrations, 515pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the Pastor in 1962, Contents include: Part One--Organizations and Functions; Part Two--Congregations; Part Four-- Outreach; Part Five--Southern Ohio Centennial Observance., (Order No: 53248 ), $25.00

173. Helmreich, Ernst Christian, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN GERMAN SCHOOLS: AN HISTORICAL APPROACH, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1959, 365pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This is an interpretive account of religious instruction as it developed historically in the curriculum of German elementary and secondary schools., (Order No: 13485 ), $7.50

174. Higgins, Paul Lambourne, MOTHER OF ALL, T. S. Denison & Company, Inc, Minneapolis, MN, (1969), B&W illustrations, 132pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), signed by the author, In this volume Mary is presented in her all-encompassing role as Mother of all., (Order No: 30593 ), $14.50

175. Hillerbrand, Hans J. (edited by), RADICAL TENDENCIES IN THE REFORMATION: DIVERGENT PERSPECTIVES - VOL. IX SIXTEENTH CENTURY ESSAYS & STUDIES, 16th Century Journal Pub Inc, Kirksville, MO, (1988), 140pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0940474093 This striking collection of essays grew out of the participation of four historians from the German Democratic Republic in a colloquy on Radical Currents in the Reformation sponsored at the 1986 annual Sixteenth Century Studies Conference., (Order No: 50142 ), $40.00

176. Hills, George Morgan (Rev.), HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY..., William S. Sharp, Printer, Trenton, NJ, 1876, 739pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, "...COMPRISING THE FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED YEARS, FROM ORIGINAL, CONTEMPORANEOUS SOURCES.", (Order No: 4777 ), $45.00

177. Hinton, James, THE MYSTERY OF PAIN: A BOOK FOR THE SORROWFUL, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872, 101pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), This book is addressed to the sorrowful. The author speaks to those whose pain is a daily burden like his anguish., (Order No: 53180 ), $25.00

178. Hislop, Alexander, THE TWO BABYLONS: OR, THE PAPAL WORSHIP PROVED TO BE THE WORSHIP OF NIMROD AND HIS WIFE, S. W. Partridge & Co., London, c1880 7th ed, 61 woodcut illustrations, 332pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB minimal markings, Contents include: Distinctive Character of the Two Sisters; Objects of Worship; Festivals; Doctrine and Discipline; Rites and Ceremonies; Religios Orders; and, The Two Developments Historically and Prophetically Considered. Nice clean and tight copy, ex-lib from a small country library and never circulated., (Order No: 52745 ), $25.00

179. Hodur, Bishop Francis (translated and edited by Theodore L. Zawistowski; general editor Casimir J. Grotnik), SERMON OUTLINES AND OCCASIONAL SPEECHES, 1899-1922, East European Monographs, Boulder, CO, 1999, 121pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket as published, ISBN 0944497136 These notes include original sin, devotion of Mary, the labor movement, eternal life, reasons for the organization of the Church, the aspirations of the Polish people regarding their homeland, and many other topics., (Order No: 32920 ), $25.00

180. Hofmann, Hans (translated by Louise Pettibone Smith), THE THEOLOGY OF REINHOLD NIEBUHR, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1956 1st ed, 269pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), This book will serve as a systematic introduction to the principal ideas and the structure of the thought of one of the present day's most original and provocative thinkers., (Order No: 16037 ), $6.00

181. Hopkin, C. Edward, THE WATCHMAN, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1960), 117pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, This is a book for clergymen, dealing with a function of the ministry too often neglected today-that of serving as "watchman," of exercising the prophetic role of warning his people against the destructive currents of thought in their environment., (Order No: 12963 ), $4.00

182. Horton, Walter Marshall (with an introduction by William Adams Brown), THEISM AND THE MODERN MOOD, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York/London, (1930) 2nd ptg, 189pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) w/letter from author, This volume argues that the Christian idea of God represents a fair interpretation of the Universe and our relation to it., (Order No: 52285 ), $25.00

183. Houdry, R. P. Vincentii; E Societate Jesu Bibliotheca Concionatoria, ETHICES CHRISTIANAE PRAECIPUA CONTINENS ARGUMENTA; ORDINE ALPHABETICO DIGESTA. E GALLICO SERMONE IN LATINUM TRANSLATA, Ex Typographia Balleoniana, Venetiis [Venice, Italy], 1742, good, full vellum folio (hardcover) Four Volume Set Complete, Read full note for flaws on this Four Volume Set: TOMUS PRIMUS: A-D; 627pp; NOTE: This volume has some old dampstaing on the bottom edge of the first 100 +/- pages - minor, not affecting text; TOMUS SECUNDUS: E-I; 614pp; TOMUS TERTIUS: L-P; 604pp; TOMUS QUARTUS: R-Z; 504pp. Note that there is rubbing and wear to the vellum covers and owner's name (dated 1757) has been partially scatched out on each front free endpaper., (Order No: 53302 ), $600.00

184. Howard, Leon (edited by James Barbour and Thomas Quirk, ESSAYS ON PURITANS AND PURITANISM, Univ. of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, (1986) 1st ed, 221pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826308775 Best known as an authority on Herman Melville, Leon Howard (1903-1982) wrote widely in the fields of English and American literature. This book contains the first and only completed section of the book on English Puritanism that he was working on when he died., (Order No: 46813 ), $6.00

185. Howie, Carl G., THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND THE LIVING CHURCH, John Knox Press, Richmond, VA, (1958) 2nd ptg, 128pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, An evaluation of the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls to the origin and meaning of the Christian faith., (Order No: 16694 ), $10.00

186. Hubbard, L. Ron, PURPOSE - THIRD DYNAMIC QUOTATIONS FROM THE WORKS OF L. RON HUBBARD, Bridge Publications, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, (1993), 86pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42513 ), $15.00

187. Hudon, William V., MARCELLO CERVINI AND ECCLESIASTICAL GOVERNMENT IN TRIDENTINE ITALY, Northern Illinois Univ. Pr., DeKalb, IL, 1992, 1 B&W ill., 261pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0875801692 In this biography of Cervini, the author offers a revisionist portrait that reveals the reformer and his works. He shows how Cervini, long regarded as one of the most important ecclesiastical figures in the Tridentine reformation, profoundly influenced reform before, during, and after the Council of Trent., (Order No: 13034 ), $12.50

188. Huffman, Morna M., LUTHERANISM TAKES ROOT IN THE SETTLEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA 1682-1982, published by the author, Whitney, PA, (1982), B&W illustrations, 191pp, fine, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 46658 ), $7.50

189. Hunt, J. Eric, A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF ST DAVIDS CATHEDRAL, The Talbot Press (S.P.C.K.), Saffron Walden, Essex, UK, (1965), B&W illustrations, 39pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50452 ), $10.00

190. Hunt, Noreen, CLUNY UNDER SAINT HUGH 1049-1109, University of Notre Dame Pr., Notre Dame, IN, (1968), 228pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Clung was essentially a monastery, a congregation, a way of life. Few medieval names have been used with such weighted and varied overtones as that of Cluny. It has been seen as the home of pure monasticism and as the symbol of ritualism and the relaxation of rules., (Order No: 50029 ), $27.50

191. Hunt, Rolfe Lanier (edited by), REVOLUTION PLACE AND SYMBOL: JOURNAL OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON RELIGION, ARCHITECTURE AND THE VISUAL ARTS, International Congress, New York, (1969), 318pp, good, light brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Examines the forces changing contemporary life and religious institutions; describes the relationships among religion, architecture and the visual arts; assess the role of architecture and art in expressing the religious needs of contemporary man; probes the historical relationship between man and his expression through art and architecture; studies the performance of art and architecture in the service of religious groups; and, suggests architectural and artistic responses to those needs., (Order No: 37852 ), $25.00

192. Hurst, John F., SHORT HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES A.D. 1492-1890, Chautauqua Press, New York, 1890, 132pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), Chautauque Course, 1890-91., (Order No: 47348 ), $10.00

193. Hutton, Laurence, LITERARY LANDMARKS OF JERUSALEM, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1895, B&W illustrations, 74pp, ads, very good+, green cloth (hardocver) inscribed by the author, "The Literary Landmarks of Jerusalem are among the most important, the most interesting, and the most sacred in the whole history of the literature of the world." Illustrations are the work of Mr. Frank V. Du Mond, who went to Jerusalem in the spring of 1894 for the especial purpose of making them., (Order No: 30423 ), $35.00

194. Inge, W. R., THE GATE OF LIFE, Longmans, Green and Co., London, (1935), 114pp, good, orange/red cloth (no dustjacket), (Order No: 26902 ), $14.50

195. Inge, W. R., DIARY OF A DEAN: ST. PAUL'S 1911-1934, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1950 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 228pp, good w/chipped dustjacket, Based on the author's diaries, covers the years when William Ralph Inge was Dean of St. Paul's. These were critical years in the history of the British Empire, and the Dean was at the very center of world events., (Order No: 26904 ), $14.50

196. Inge, William Ralph, OUTSPOKEN ESSAYS, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1919 3rd ptg, 281pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 38474 ), $7.50

197. Inge, William Ralph, TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD IN RELIGION, John Murray, London, 1907, 176pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover), Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge to Undergraduates in the Lent Term, 1906., (Order No: 38475 ), $15.00

198. Inge, William Ralph, THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD: COLLECTED ESSAYS, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1927, 275pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40173 ), $8.50

199. Inge, William Ralph (arranged with an introduction by), EVERY MAN'S BIBLE: AN ANTHOLOGY, Longman's Green & Co., New York, 1931, 408pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40174 ), $12.50

200. Inge, William Ralph, VALE, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1934, 127pp, good, purple cloth (hardcover) some light foxing, (Order No: 40176 ), $7.50

201. Inge, William Ralph, OUTSPOKEN ESSAYS (FIRST SERIES), Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1927 reprint, 281pp, good, gray cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40177 ), $6.50

202. Inge, William Ralph, OUTSPOKEN ESSAYS (SECOND SERIES), Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1922 3rd ptg, 275pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) faded spine, slight cant, (Order No: 40178 ), $6.50

203. Inge, William Ralph, CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM: CONSIDERED IN EIGHT LECTURES DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899, 380pp, good+, faded maroon cloth (hardcover), Contents include: General Characteristics of Mysticism; The Mystical Element in the Bible; Christian Platonism and Speculative Mysticism--(1)In the East; Christian Platonism and Speculative Mysticism--(2)In the West; Practical and Devotional Mysticism; Nature-Mysticism and Symbolism., (Order No: 53433 ), $17.50

204. Ingersoll, INGERSOLL'S GREATEST LECTURES - AUTHORIZED EDITION, Freethought Press Assoc., New York, (1944), unpaginated, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "Containing Speeches and Addresses Never Before Printed Outside of the Complete Works." "Because this book is printed from the plates of the original Dresden Edition, the pages do not run consecutively.", (Order No: 40562 ), $10.00

205. Jacques, Andre, THE STRANGER WITHIN YOUR GATES - UPROOTED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY - RISK BOOK SERIES, World Council of Churches, Geneva, (1986), 91pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 2825408530, (Order No: 42406 ), $12.50

206. Jeanrond, Werner G., CALL AND RESPONSE - THE CHALLENGE OF CHRISTIAN LIFE, Continuum, New York, (1995) 1st ptg, 142pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0826407900, (Order No: 51215 ), $3.00

207. Jeffery, Arthur (translated from the Arabic by), THE KORAN - SELECTED SURAS, The Heritage Press, New York, (1958), ill. by Valenti Angelo, 232pp, very good+, decorated yellow cloth (hardcover) good slipcase, (Order No: 43744 ), $10.00

208. Jenkins, David, THE GLORY OF MAN - BAMPTON LECTURES FOR 1966, SCM Press Ltd., London, (1968) 2nd ptg, 117pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0334005523, (Order No: 40700 ), $7.00

209. Jenkins, R. B., HENRY SMITH: ENGLAND'S SILVER-TONGUED PREACHER, Mercer University Press, Macon, GA, (1983), B&W frontis, 131pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0865540772 A study of the life and times of Henry Smith, recognized by both literary and church historians as the most popular Puritan preacher of the Elizabethan age., (Order No: 13695 ), $7.50

210. Jenks, Jeremiah W., THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS, Young Men's Christian Assoc., New York, 1908, 168pp, very good, olive green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Society and Social Forces: The Materials with Which Jesus Worked; Jesus' Preparation for His Work; Jesus' Conception of His Social Mission: Its Relation to the State; The Principle of Invividual Responsibility: Its Social Significance; Jesus' Teachings as to Faith and Contentment: Its Social Significance; Jesus' Attitude Toward Pleasures; Jesus' Teaching Regarding Wealth; Jesus' Attitude Toward the Poor; Jesus' Views Regarding Crime and the Treatment of Criminals; Jesus' Teaching Regarding Non-Resistence to Evil; Jesus' Principles of Social Reform; and, Jesus the Exemplar of His Teaching., (Order No: 26150 ), $14.50

211. Johnson, John Janney, JOHN KOBLER'S DREAM - A HISTORY OF THE FREDERICKSBURG UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1802-1975 -- FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, published by the church, Fredericksburg, VA, 1975, B&W illustrations, 178pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 51876 ), $30.00

212. Johnson, Mary Parker, THE SHORTEST PATH TO HEAVEN, Exposition Press, New York, (1959) 1st ed, 203pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), A BOOK DEALING WITH THE PRINCIPAL RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD AND THE CHIEF RELIGIOUS CULTS AND SECTS IN THE U.S.A. "A Comparative Survey of the Major Religions and Chief Cults and Sects in the U.S.A.", (Order No: 41057 ), $15.00

213. Johnstone, Charlotte G., ARTISTIC AND POETIC EXPRESSIONS AND TRIBUTES, Charlotte G. Johnstone, Hartford, CT, (1963), B&W illustrations, 90pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover) signed by the author, This volume is a tribute of a devoted and gifted wife to the memory of her husband the Rev. John F. Johnstone., (Order No: 45045 ), $45.00

214. Jones, James W., FILLED WITH NEW WINE: THE CHARISMATIC RENEWAL OF THE CHURCH, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1974) 1st ed, 141pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060641875 This book is written for the members of churches who up till now may have been put off by certain aspects of the charismatic movement -- overemotionalsim, anti-intellectualism, exaggerated individualism -- but who are interested in the place of the movement itself in the total life of the church., (Order No: 29725 ), $6.00

215. Jones, Prudence and Pennick, Nigel, A HISTORY OF PAGAN EUROPE, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, (1999), 41 B&W illustrations, 262pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0760712107 First published in 1995. This is the first book to bring together the story of the very earliest European Pagan traditions, and to carefully follow their development through European history, right up to the modern era. From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete, to the swearing of oaths to Odin in Scotland in 1812; in its many forms, paganism is still a thriving religion., (Order No: 14906 ), $10.00

216. Josipovici, Gabriel, THE BOOK OF GOD: A RESPONSE TO THE BIBLE, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1988, 350pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0300048653 Is the Bible one book or a collection of writings? If it is a book, does it stand as a coherent piece of literature? Josipovici answers these questions., (Order No: 41247 ), $6.00

217. Joy, George (edited by Edward Arber), AN APOLOGY MADE BY GEORGE JOY TO SATISFY, IF IT MAY BE, W. TINDALE, 1535, Archibald Constable and Co., Westminster, 1895, 97pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works. This almost lost book is our only authority in respect to the surreptitious editions of the English NEW TESTAMENT, which were printed for the English market with very many errors, by Antwerp printers who knew not Enlgish, in the interval between TINDALE'S first editions in 1526, and his revised Text in 1534., (Order No: 53489 ), $40.00

218. Kadel, Andrew, MATROLOGY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS BY CHRISTIAN WOMEN FROM THE FIRST TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURIES, Continuum, New York, (1995), 191pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826406769 This volume includes every Christian woman who wrote before 1500 c.e. and lists all of her writings that have appeared in print since 1800., (Order No: 32356 ), $7.00

219. Kane, John J., CATHOLIC-PROTESTANT CONFLICTS IN AMERICA, Regnery, Chicago, IL, 1955, 244pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A thorough analysis of the place of American Catholics in the social, economic and political activities of the United States., (Order No: 46651 ), $5.00

220. Kasemann, Ernst, PERSPECTIVES ON PAUL, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1978) 4th ptg, 173pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, ISBN 0800600304 Individual essays in this book focus on Paul's theology of the cross, on the motif of the body of Christ, on Christian worship, and on the terms spirit and letter., (Order No: 46532 ), $16.50

221. Keenan, John P., HOW MASTER MOU REMOVES OUR DOUBTS: A READER-RESPONSE STUDY AND TRANSLATION OF THE MOU-TZU LI-HUO LUN, State Univ. of New York Pr., Albany, NY, (1994) 1st ptg, 229pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0791422038 The Mou-tzu Li-huo lun is a narrative text that presents the story of the Chinese Buddhist scholar Mou-tzu, and reports in thirty-seven articles a dialogue between him and an unnamed critic or critics., (Order No: 41741 ), $20.00

222. Kempis, Thomas A. (translated from the Latin by John Payne; introductory essay by Thomas Chalmers), THE IMITATION OF CHRIST: IN THREE BOOKS, Collins & Brother, New York, [1822], 307pp, good, brown cloth spine, marbled boards (hardcover), Contents include: Book First- -Preparatory Instructions for the Spiritual Life; Book Second--Instructions for the More Intimate Enjoyment of the Spiritual Life; Book Third--Of Divine Illumination., (Order No: 53209 ), $30.00

223. Kendrick, Stephen (written and illustrated by), A FAITH PEOPLE MAKE: ILLUSTRATED UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LIVES, Stephen Kendrick, n.p., (1988), B&W illustrations, 139pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), A reader for high school students., (Order No: 45212 ), $15.00

224. Kerenyi, C. (translated from the German by Ralph Manheim), DIONYSOS - ARCHETYPAL IMAGE OF INDESTRUCTIBLE LIFE, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1976), B&W illustrations, 474pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0710079753 Volume 2 of Archetypal Images in Greek Religion. (Owner's catalogue code on bottom edge of book block). From the wealth of Greek literary , epigraphic and monumental traditions, Kerenyi constructs a picture of Dionysian worship in Crete, Asia Minor and Greece, always underlining the constitutive element of myth., (Order No: 47625 ), $50.00

225. King, David R. (compiled by), FORWARD WITH CHRIST - THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY 1785-1985: A BICENTENNIAL HISTORICAL BOOK, Diocesan Bicentennial Comm., n.p., 1985, B&W illustrations, 186pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small tear jacket, (Order No: 29959 ), $10.00

226. King, Michael Christopher, THE PALESTINIANS AND THE CHURCHES: VOL. I, 1948-1956, World Council of Churches, Geneva, (1981), B&W illustrations, 138pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 2825406759 This is the first of a three-volume history of ecumenical work with Palestinian refugees from 1948 to 1974. It covers the period from the end of the British Mandate for Palestine in 1948 until the Suez Campaign of 1956., (Order No: 42703 ), $20.00

227. Kloetzli, Godfrey (edited by Ignazio Mancini), THE FIFTH GOSPEL: A PARABLE ABOUT THE LAND OF CHRIST, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1972), B&W and color photographs, 248pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0133143449 THE FIFTH GOSPEL is a view of the life of Christ in the Holy Land, recorded in timeless text and illustrations which have the unique apower to help us know Him better., (Order No: 8667 ), $14.50

228. Knight, William Allen, ON THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM, The Pilgrim Press, New York, 1912, B&W illustrations, 222pp, good+, decorated tan cloth (hardcover) w/light edgewear, Contents include: A Christmastide Pilgrimage; The Lakeside Home of Jesus; The Hillside Home of Jesus; The Jerusalem Home of Jesus; and, A Memory on Christmas Eve., (Order No: 23846 ), $10.00

229. Komroff, Manuel, JESUS THROUGH THE CENTURIES: HIS FIGURE AND TEACHINGS AS REFLECTED IN THE MINDS OF MANY MEN, William Sloane Associates, New York, (1953), 608pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), A portrait of Jesus which includes the historical Jesus as well as the Jesus of myth and legend., (Order No: 18844 ), $6.00

230. Koshy, Ninan, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN A CHANGING WORLD, WCC Publications, Geneva, (1992), 115pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 2825410470 An in-depth analysis of the nature and the implications of religious liberty., (Order No: 42701 ), $11.50

231. Kunhardt, Dorothy, ONCE THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY, The Viking Press, New York, 1946, ill. by Helen Sewell, 67pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Stories of the Christ Child when He was five., (Order No: 19028 ), $10.00

232. La Fontaine, Rachel A., THE FOUR EVANGELISTS IN CLASSIC ART, Thomas Whittaker, New York, (1900), B&W illustrations, 492pp, very good, decocorated olive green cloth (hardcover), Contents: Saint Matthew; Saint Mark; Saint Luke; and, Saint John. Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 40592 ), $65.00

233. Lakeland, Paul, THEOLOGY AND CRITICAL THEORY: THE DISCOURSE OF THE CHURCH, Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN, (1990), 271pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0687414970 In this groundbreaking volume, the critical theory of German philosopher and social theorist Jurgen Habermas is brought into dialogue with the ecclesiology of the Roman Catholic Church in the years after the Second Vatican Council., (Order No: 46252 ), $35.00

234. Lamb, Harold, THE CRUSADES - IRON MEN AND SAINTS, Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1930 1st ed, 368pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 53772 ), $5.00

235. Lampkin, Richard H., CLERICALISM IMPEACHED: INCLUDING 783 TEXTS FROM 12 CANONICAL SCRIPTURES, Christopher Publishing House, Hanover, MA, (1998), 357pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0815805241 Intended to help each of us deal with clericalism in our personal and working lives., (Order No: 38667 ), $35.00

236. Lane, Raymond A., AMBASSADOR IN CHAINS: THE LIFE OF BISHOP JAMES BYRNE (1888-1950) APOSTOLIC DELEGATE TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, (1955), B&W frontis, 249pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 43731 ), $7.50

237. Langford, Thomas A., IN SEARCH OF FOUNDATIONS: ENGLISH THEOLOGY 1900-1920, Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN, (1969), 319pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Only when we understand developments in English theology during the first two decades of this century can we really understand recent happenings in both English and American theology. This book focuses on this significant period of cultural and theological change in English life., (Order No: 13131 ), $7.00

238. Larson, Rebecca, DAUGHTERS OF LIGHT: QUAKER WOMEN PREACHING AND PROPHESYING IN THE COLONIES AND ABROAD, 1700-1775, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1999 1st ed, 399pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0679437622 "Offers striking insights on the ways in which this public, authoritative role for women affected the formation of their identities, their families, and their society.", (Order No: 52898 ), $12.00

239. Lau, Robert Julius, OLD BABYLONIAN TEMPLE RECORDS, Columbia University Press, New York, 1906 1st ed, B&W ill., 35 plates, 89pp of text, very good+, light brown cloth (hardcover) nice clean/tight copy, Columbia University Oriental Studies Vol. III. A study of a series of documents coming from one of the oldest of the temples, dealing chiefly with the manner in which its priests handled the revenues in kind and money which represented the offerings of the faithful. Includes "Sign-List and Glossary.", (Order No: 8658 ), $85.00

240. Lawrence, Bruce B., NEW FAITHS, OLD FEARS: MUSLIMS AND OTHER ASIAN IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LIFE, Columbia University Press, New York, (2002) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 197pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231115202 Illuminates the changing religious landscape of America and clarifies issues related to intercultural and interreligious pluralism., (Order No: 39473 ), $12.00

241. Lawrence, Robert F., THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CHURCHES; COMPRISING HISTORIES OF THE CONGREGATIONAL AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES IN THE STATE, ..., Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, NH, 1856, 624pp, good+ rebound in light brown cloth (hardcover) some light foxing, Organized by county, and town. Clean and tight text block., (Order No: 49471 ), $35.00

242. Lepp, Ignace (translated by Bernard Murchland), THE FAITH OF MEN - MEDITATIONS INSPIRED BY TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1967) 1st ptg, 117pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 51092 ), $4.00

243. Lewis, Ewart, PRAYER BOOK REVISION IN THE CHURCH IN WALES, Church in Wales, Glamorgan, 1958, 57pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This essay seeks to explain why it is necessary to revise the Prayer Book of 1662, offers an account of the events which led the Church in Wales to join in this movement, and discusses the revised Services approved for experimental use., (Order No: 27362 ), $10.00

244. Lewis, G. (Rev), IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN CHURCHES: FROM JOURNAL OF THE REV. G. LEWIS, Negro University Press, New York, (1968), 432pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), Originally published in 1848., (Order No: 46825 ), $17.50

245. Lipman, Eugene J. and Vorspan, Albert (edited by), A TALE OF TEN CITIES: THE TRIPLE GHETTO IN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LIFE, Union of Amer. Hebrew Cong., New York, (1962) 2nd ptg, 344pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A frank and detailed look at the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities., (Order No: 27949 ), $4.00

246. Lippincott, Paul S., ANSWERED PRAYERS, published by the author, New Jersey, (1964), B&W illustrations, 70pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Lippincott has shown the power of prayer and Divine Guidance as experienced in his life and in the lives of others., (Order No: 42652 ), $20.00

247. Lippy, Charles H. (editor), RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS OF THE UNITED STATES: ACADEMIC AND SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, Greenwood Press, New York, (1986) 1st ptg, 607pp, fine, grey cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0313234205 This book represents an effort to survey more than 100 periodicals and journals in the field of religion to provide an introduction to the kinds of periodical literature available and the types of concerns manifested in their pages. The profiles also provide a history of religious periodical publishing in the United States and the ways in which periodicals mirror not only the changes in religious scholarship over the years but also the impact of other social and cultural forces on the character of academic work in religious studies., (Order No: 13145 ), $10.00

248. Lippy, Charles H., SEASONABLE REVOLUTIONARY: THE MIND OF CHARLES CHAUNCY, Nelson-Hall, Chicago, (1981), 179pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0882296256 A study of an eminent American clergyman who would not compromise Puritan discipline in his quest for political and religious freedom., (Order No: 26476 ), $5.00

249. Llewelyn, Robert; Ware, Kallistos; and, Clare, Mary, PRAYING HOME: THE CONTEMPLATIVE JOURNEY, Cowley Publications, Cambridge, MA, (1987), 118pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0936384522 Whether we walk in silence in listening, or in simple repetition of the name Jesus, or in petition, or intercession, we are "praying home" all the while, moving within to that place where we are together with God, where our concerns for the technique of our prayer gives way to enjoying God's presence., (Order No: 40849 ), $25.00

250. Lockhart, J. G., COSMO GORDON LANG, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, (1949) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 481pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, lacks FFEB, (Order No: 27587 ), $9.50

251. Longridge, W. H. (edited by), FURTHER LETTERS OF RICHARD MEUX BENSON, A. R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd., London, (1920) 1st ptg, B&W frontis, 332pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Student of Christ Church; Founder and First Superior of the Society of S. John the Evangelist, Cowley. This second volume of Father Benson's Letters is divided, like the first, into two parts. The first consists almost entirely of letters written to Father O'Neill during the few years of his life as a missionary in India; the second is of a more miscellaneous character., (Order No: 27463 ), $25.00

252. Lucas, F. L., THE GREATEST PROBLEM: AND OTHER ESSAYS, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1961 1st ptg, 335pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), A collection of nine essays by a distinguished British scholar and writer. Mr. Lucas ranges from literature to science, from a consideration of the fundamental, age-old problem of "happiness" to an impassioned plea that we attend to our "greatest problem"--the menacing threat of world over-population., (Order No: 14751 ), $7.50

253. Luckock, Herbert Mortimer, THE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE: JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN, IN RELATION TO DIVORCE AND CERTAIN FORBIDDEN DEGREES, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1894, 327pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB w/minimal marks, Historical survey of the important questions of divorce and certain forbidden degrees in marriage. Nice clean and tight copy from a small country library, and this copy was never circulated., (Order No: 53429 ), $20.00

254. Ludy, Robert B., HISTORIC CHURCHES OF THE WORLD, The Stratford Co., Boston, MA, 1926, 128 B&W illustrations, 325pp, very good, purple cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, (Order No: 6490 ), $20.00

255. Lynn, Edwin Charles, TIRED DRAGONS: ADAPTING CHURCH ARCHITECTURE TO CHANGING NEEDS, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, (1972), B&W ill., 277pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807011320 This book shows how religious buildings can be designed--and redesigned--to encourage individual participation, more meaningful worship, and community service., (Order No: 35980 ), $10.00

256. Manson, T. W. (editor), A COMPANION TO THE BIBLE, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1950 6th ptg, 515pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), First published in 1939., (Order No: 19983 ), $7.00

257. Marshall, John S., HOOKER'S THEOLOGY OF COMMON PRAYER, Univ. Press of the South, Sewanee, TN, 1956, 186pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light edgewear to cover, THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE POLITY PARAPHRASED AND EXPANDED INTO A COMMENTARY ON THE PRAYER BOOK., (Order No: 39789 ), $30.00

258. Martin, David & Macrae, D. G. (intro by), A SOCIOLOGY OF ENGLISH RELIGION, Basic Books, Inc., New York, (1967), 158pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), This book is basically concerned with English (and Welsh) religious culture-in a sense parallel to the studies by Rose, Runciman, Beer and McKenzie of English political culture., (Order No: 14118 ), $7.50

259. Marty, Martin E., RELIGION AND REPUBLIC: THE AMERICAN CIRCUMSTANCE, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, (1987), 391pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807012068 A leading historian of American religion and culture reflects on the critical role of religious diversity in our national self-understanding. Two small closed tears on the dustjacket., (Order No: 16657 ), $5.00

260. Matthews, W. R., THE HOPE OF IMMORTALITY, Epworth Press, London, (1966) rev ed, 66pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1936., (Order No: 39484 ), $12.50

261. Mazar, Benjamin (editor), ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF THE BIBLE LIBRARY: 4. THE WRITINGS, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1961), color illustrations, 296pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 14810 ), $15.00

262. McCrone, Walter C. (foreword by David A. Stoney), JUDGEMENT DAY FOR THE TURIN SHROUD, Microscope Publications, Chicago, IL, (1997), B&W illustrations, 341pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0904962156 This is a story of faith vs. science as told by a scientist who spent many months, over nearly 20 years, working on the Shroud and who concluded the Shroud is an inspired medieval painting., (Order No: 48160 ), $35.00

263. McDonough, Peter, MEN ASTUTELY TRAINED - A HISTORY OF THE JESUITS IN THE AMERICAN CENTURY, The Free Press, New York, (1992) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 616pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0029205271 The saga of the Jesuits in America is the story of the rise, decline, and transformation of the largest and most celebrated male religious order in Catholicism., (Order No: 52328 ), $4.00

264. McGeorge, Wm., "HOW LONG HALT YE BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS?", Printed for Private Circ., n.p., n.d. c1914, 598pp, good++, purple cloth (hardcover), "A belated answer to an article by Charles M. Reed, Esq., entitled 'Do We Misunderstnad Swedenborg?' Together with some other articles to answer the questions as to whether there is a spiritual sense in the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.", (Order No: 47354 ), $15.00

265. McGuire, Brian Patrick, BROTHER AND LOVER: AELRED OF RIEVAULX, The Crossroad Publishing Co., New York, (1994), B&W frontis, 186pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 082451405X A compelling portrait of Aelred of Rievaulx, a complicated personality and a seminal figure in the history of Catholic piety., (Order No: 42830 ), $85.00

266. McManus, Frederick R. (edited by), THE REVIVAL OF THE LITURGY, Herder and Herder, New York, (1963), 224pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In gratitude for the witness of WORSHIP, friends and admirers of its editor for twenty-five years, Father Godfrey Diekmann, have prepared a survey of the universal pervasiveness of the liturgy into every aspect of Church, and therefore human life., (Order No: 46646 ), $7.50

267. Members of the Community of the Resurrection, MIRFIELD ESSAYS IN CHRISTIAN BELIEF, The Faith Press, London, (1962), 308pp, good++, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "'Help one another, serve one another, for the times are urgent, and the days are evil': so the Archbishop of Canterbury called on all who heard him on his enthronement day. This book, planned before that summons, has no other ambition.", (Order No: 26135 ), $6.00

268. Mendel, Arthur P., VISION AND VIOLENCE, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, (1992) 1st ptg, 322pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0472102753 This book represents a search for the roots of apocalyptic thinking, its various manifestations through time, and the ultimate meaning of this perceived historical tendency toward violence., (Order No: 24585 ), $14.50

269. Merriam, George S., A LIVING FAITH, Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, MA, 1886 2nd ed, 299pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), A collection of papers which were originally published, either as editorials or communications, in "The Christian Union.", (Order No: 32331 ), $30.00

270. Methodist Preachers, MINUTES, METHODIST CONFERENCES: ANNUALLY HELD IN AMERICA FROM 1773 TO 1813, INCLUSIVE, Daniel Hitt & Thomas Ware, New York, 1813, 612pp, good, full leather (hardcover) EX-LIB w/minimal markings, From the vault of a small country library. Minimal markings, and never circulated., (Order No: 53722 ), $100.00

271. Metz, Peter (text based on the German), THE GOLDEN GOSPELS OF ECHTERNACH: CODEX AUREUS EPTERNACENSIS, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, (1957), B&W and color ill., 85pp, plates, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip on dustjacket, This celebrated manuscript of the four Gospels is among the most important and beautiful surviving from the early period of the Holy Roman Empire. A holy book beyond price, it was rarely seen and examined by any save the elect of the Church and the laity until it came into the possession of the family of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. It was placed on the market early in 1955, and was purchased by the Germanic Museum in Nuremburg to prevent it from leaving Germany., (Order No: 24804 ), $40.00

272. Miller, Madeleine S. and Miller, J. Lane (revised edition of the original work by Boyce M. Bennett and David H. Scott), HARPER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE LIFE, Castle Books, Edison, NJ, (1996), 150 B&W ill., 423pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0785807268 First published in 1944. Here is the ultimate resource on the day-to-day life of the people who inhabit the pages of the Bible: priests and sailors, musicians and mourners, scribes and craftsmen., (Order No: 18716 ), $5.00

273. Milligan, Ralph T. (edited by), ALL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD: A HOLY CROSS OMNIBUS, Holy Cross Press, West Park, NY, (1957) 1st ed, 250pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The eternal truths of the Church and the Faith are spoken once again in this splendid selection of articles from the Holy Cross Magazine. Informative and inspiring, the articles deal with the reality and nature of God, the teachings and practices of the Church, the obligations of everyman's Christian life, and the exemplary lives of particular Christians, past and present., (Order No: 20190 ), $6.00

274. Mindszenty, Jozsef Cardinal (translated by Richard and Clara Winston - documents translated by Jan van Heurck), MEMOIRS, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1974) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 341pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025850504 The full story of the legendary hero-priest who has come to be regarded as a symbol of Christian and national resistance to communism., (Order No: 24281 ), $4.00

275. Moltmann, Jurgen, THE FUTURE OF CREATION - COLLECTED ESSAYS, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1979) 1st Amer, 198pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0800606272 This book includes the key essays that lesd to the development of Moltmann's major books., (Order No: 50412 ), $9.50

276. Monsma, Stephen V. (foreword by Michael Novak), POSITIVE NEUTRALITY: LETTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RING, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1993) 1st ptg, 279pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0313279632 Offers a new way to understand the relationship between church and state in the United States. It is a rich compendium of memorable historical opinions about the troubled and tangled relationship of religion and public life., (Order No: 38092 ), $30.00

277. Morris, William Dale, THE CHRISTIAN ORIGINS OF SOCIAL REVOLT, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, (1949), 239pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An invigorating piece of historical writing on the influence of religion on social and political history., (Order No: 47129 ), $10.00

278. Mr. Parsons, CIRCUM PRAECORDIA: THE COLLECTS OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH, Joseph George Cupples, Boston, MA, (1892), 93pp, very good, decorated white cloth, teg (hardcover) lt soil cloth, THE COLLECTS OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH AS THEY ARE SET FORTH BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN HER BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER FOR EVERY SUNDAY IN THE YEAR, TOGETHER WITH A FEW POEMS., (Order No: 44666 ), $60.00

279. Mrs. Jameson, SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1885 3rd ed, very good, olive green cloth, teg (hardcover), "Containing Legends of the Angels and Archangels, the Evangelists, the Apostles, the Doctors of the Church, and St. Mary Magdalene, as Represented in the Fine Arts. Volume I, 417pp; and, Volume II, 426pp., (Order No: 51595 ), $20.00

280. Murphy, Owen J., "THERE WERE GIANTS IN THOSE DAYS!" GLIMPSES OF ROMAN CATHOLIC HISTORY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS, Diocese of Worcester, Worcester, MA, (2000), color illustrations, 160pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 2746801922 A history of the diocese and its renewal spurred by the momentous General Church Council of the 1960s, and the challenges posed by the coming Third Millennium of Christianity., (Order No: 50164 ), $20.00

281. Muste, A. J., NON-VIOLENCE IN AN AGGRESSIVE WORLD, Harper & Brothers, New York, (1940) 1st ed, 211pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Contents include: Religion, Revolution, and Democracy; The Cross in Individual Life; The Cross in History; Theoretical and Practical Difficulties; Pacifism as Revolutionary Strategy--I; Pacifism as Revolutionary Strategy--II; Democracy, Police, and Pacifism; The Political Program of Pacifism; The Church and the Revolution of Peace., (Order No: 53140 ), $25.00

282. Naus, Alford R. (compiled and edited by), WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI: A PICTURE STORY OF THE UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA, 1940, Omaha Committee of the ULCA, n.p., (1940), B&W ill., unpaginated, good, blue cloth (hardcover), "About two years ago the idea was conceived of telling in picture form the entire story of the whole work of the whole Church, and since this is the first time the United Lutheran Church in America has met West of the Mississippi we could think of no better place to start telling that story. It is primarily a missionary story.", (Order No: 30168 ), $20.00

283. Neil, William, CAN WE TRUST THE OLD TESTAMENT?, The Seabury Press, New York, (1979), 154pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816404356 The author shows that the Old Testament is extremely important for us as Christians--the life and work of Jesus can be understood only in the light of the sacred book which told of the history of his people, the laws which governed their common life, the wisdom of their sages, the pronouncements of their prophets, the inner life of their psalmists., (Order No: 26049 ), $3.00

284. Nelkin, Dorothy, THE CREATION CONTROVERSY - SCIENCE OR SCRIPTURE IN THE SCHOOLS, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1982) 1st ed, 242pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393016358 "A history of the struggle between creationists and scientists from the nineteenth century to the Arkansas trial.", (Order No: 52226 ), $7.50

285. Newton, Joseph Fort, RIVER OF YEARS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1946) 1st ed, B&W frontis, 390pp, good, blue cloth w/light fading to spine (hardcover), "While this is not merely a personal history, it is necessary to tell enough about myself to show the angle from which life has been seen betimes, the changes wrought by experience of the vicissitudes of the years, and what living has taught me.", (Order No: 25892 ), $5.00

286. Newton, Joseph Fort, THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT: BRITAIN AND AMERICA IN THE GREAT WAR, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1918), 241pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) light wear top/bottom of spine, (Order No: 27378 ), $20.00

287. Norton, Wesley, RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPERS IN THE OLD NORTHWEST TO 1861: A HISTORY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND RECORD OF OPINION, Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, (1977), 196pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821401939 Norton sheds new light on the character and influence of the religious press in the antebellum period., (Order No: 44226 ), $8.00

288. Olson, Bernhard E., FAITH AND PREJUDICE: INTERGROUP PROBLEMS IN PROTESTANT CURRICULA, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1963 2nd ptg, 451pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) one small chip on dj, (Order No: 35656 ), $12.00

289. Owen, H. P., REVELATION AND EXISTENCE: A STUDY IN THE THEOLOGY OF RUDOLF BULTMANN, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1957, 160pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The author sets out to clarify Bultmann's sense of 'myth', to elucidate the main characteristics of his Existentialism, and to inquire how far his Existentialism is valid as a means of describing God's revelation in Jesus Christ., (Order No: 16976 ), $12.00

290. Paradis, Wilfrid H., UPON THIS GRANITE: CATHOLICISM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 1647-1997, Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, NH, 1998, B&W illustrations, 380pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0914339753 "This learned and fascinating book relates the history of Catholicism in New Hampshire from the seventeenth century, including French missionary activity among the Native Americans, to Thanksgiving morning, November 27, 1997.", (Order No: 50574 ), $17.50

291. Pardue, Austin, THE EUCHARIST AND YOU, Morehouse-Barlow Co., Blandford, Dorset, UK, 1963, 180pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Bishop Pardue brings new understanding of the Holy Eucharist into perspective. The reader will find their participation in the service of Holy Communion enriched, the benefits derived from that participation will be more lasting, and the worship offered to God will be more satisfying., (Order No: 16100 ), $12.50

292. Park, Charles Edwards, THE WAY OF JESUS, The Starr King Press, Boston, MA, (1956), 109pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Dr Park sharply distinguishes between the official teachings of theological Chritianity and the teachings and postulates of Jesus himself as recorded in the first three gospels., (Order No: 51885 ), $15.00

293. Parker, T. Valentine, AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM: AN APPRAISAL, Philosophical Library, New York, (1956), 219pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The achievements, failures, and attitudes of Protestantism in America are presented candidly and without bias., (Order No: 15843 ), $5.00

294. Paterson-Smyth, J., THE GOSPEL OF THE HEREAFTER, Fleming H. Revell Company, London, (1910), 224pp, good, purple cloth (hardcover), This book is divided into two parts; The Near Hereafter-the life immediately after death, and The Far Hereafter-the great mystery of Judgment and Hell and Heaven., (Order No: 11811 ), $7.00

295. Pax, Wolfgang E. (photography by David Harris; edited by Mordecai Raanan; designed by Paul Kor), IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS: A PILGRIMAGE TO THE SCENES OF CHRIST'S LIFE, Leon Amiel Publisher, Tel-Aviv, Israel, (1977) 11th ptg, 68 color ill., 54 B&W, 224pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814806309 This book captures the uniqueness of the Holy Land. In retelling the story of Jesus, it skillfully interweaves historical account, geographical description, and interpretation of the character of the people of the Holy Land., (Order No: 15393 ), $6.00

296. Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, FRENCH CATHEDRALS: MONASTERIES AND ABBEYS AND SACRED SITES OF FRANCE, The Century Co., New York, 1910, B&W illustrations, 424pp, good+, bright blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 1030 ), $25.00

297. Perlinski, Jerome (edited by), THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH - A TEILHARD CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, The Seabury Press, New York, (1981), 148pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0816422982, (Order No: 48968 ), $5.00

298. Petersham, Maud and Petersham, Miska, MOSES: FROM THE STORY TOLD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1958 new ptg, ill. by the authors, unpaginated, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1938., "this new edition of one of the Petersham's loveliest books tells simply but in detail the complete story of the life of this great religious leader." Nice clean, tight and fresh copy., (Order No: 6869 ), $12.50

299. Pettingell, Charles I., QUAKERISM IN THE PISCATQUA, 1945, 31pp, good, wraps (softcover), "A Historical Address delivered before The Piscataqua Pioneers at Exeter, New Hampshire August 7, 1945., (Order No: 51221 ), $25.00

300. Phillips, Ethel M., BIBLE BOYS AND GIRLS, The Warner Press, Anderson, IN, 1949, color illustrations, unpaginated, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 48934 ), $8.50

301. Pilkington, James Penn, THE METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE: A HISTORY, VOLUME I, FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO 1870, Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN, (1968), 80 B&W ill., 585pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of the first hundred years of American Methodist publishing in context with the events of American history., (Order No: 12388 ), $15.00

302. Pointer, Richard W., PROTESTANT PLURALISM AND THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE - A STUDY OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, (1988) 1st ptg, 205pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0253346436, (Order No: 46814 ), $7.00

303. Pope, William Burt, A HIGHER CATECHISM OF THEOLOGY, Phillips&Hunt/Cranston&Stowe, New York/Cincinnati, 1885, 389pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover) couple faint pencil marks, Contents include: Book I--The Christian Revelation and the Rule of Faith; Book II--God; Book III--God and the Creature; Book IV--Sin; Book V--The Mediatorial Work of the Redeemer; Book VI--The Application of Redemption; Book VII--The Last Things., (Order No: 52284 ), $30.00

304. Powell, Milton (editor), THE VOLUNTARY CHURCH: AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LIFE (1740-1865) SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF EUROPEAN VISITORS, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1967) 1st ptg, 197pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Travel accounts by nineteenth-century commentators regarding observations and judgments on the new American church., (Order No: 28036 ), $5.00

305. Preus, James Samuel, FROM SHADOW TO PROMISE - OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION FROM AUGUSTINE TO THE YOUNG LUTHER, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1969, 301pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Author examines the relation between Luther's reformation theology and the tradition in which he was trained; the place of the Old Testament in the Christian canon, according to the hermeneutics of the medieval tradition; and the crucial role of the Old Testament in the development of Luther's own theology, particularly as it diverged from medieval theology., (Order No: 51880 ), $95.00

306. Price, Reynolds, THREE GOSPELS: THE GOOD NEWS ACCORDING TO MARK, THE GOOD NEWS ACCORDING TO JOHN, AN HONEST ACCOUNT OF A MEMORABLE LIFE, Scribner, New York, (1996) 1st ptg, 288pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684803364 Bypassing the Gospels of Matthew and Luke as secondary, Price revises his earlier translation of the breakneck and vivid Gospel of Mark (the oldest gospel); he provides a literal but startlingly eloquent translation of the Gospel of John (the gospel derived from apparent eyewitness); and he adds an entirely new gospel of his own, "An Honest Account of a Memorable Life.", (Order No: 25767 ), $10.00

307. Quinn, R. M. (version Espanola de Renato Rosaldo), FERNANDO GALLEGO AND THE RETABLO OF CIUDAD RODRIGO, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 1961, color frontis, 38 B&W ill., 117pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), The twenty-six paintings reproduced and studied in this volume represent a distinguished period in the history of art. This retablo as it now appears is incomplete--no longer a total narrative of Man's Fall and Salvation from Creation to the Last Judgement, but rather a series of highlights from the life of Jesus, with only one portentous reference to the Old Testament--the Creation of Eve. Text in both English and Spanish., (Order No: 16134 ), $10.00

308. Reimert, W. D., THE FIRST CENTURY, 1855-1955: ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, Holben-Printing, Allentown, PA, (1955), B&W illustrations, 93pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 40588 ), $17.50

309. Reinach, Salomon (from the French of) and Simmonds, Florence (revised and partly rewritten by), ORPHEUS: A HISTORY OF RELIGIONS, Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, 1930 2nd ptg, 487pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcovert) lacks front free endpaper, no dj, (Order No: 24376 ), $5.00

310. Rian, Edwin H. (edited by), CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD REVOLUTION, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1963) 1st ed, 237pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "A dynamic approach by sixteen distinguished Christian thinkers to the crucial problems confronting Christianity in the coming decade: The Power Struggle, The Rapproachement between Science and Religion, The Relation of Psychiatry and Religion, Communication, World Christianity, A Theology for the Nuclear Age.", (Order No: 16166 ), $7.50

311. Rice, Edward, THE CHURCH - A PICTORIAL HISTORY, Burns & Oates, London, (1961) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 268pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 47352 ), $7.50

312. Richards, Hubert J., DEATH AND AFTER: WHAT WILL REALLY HAPPEN?, Mowbray, London, (1986), 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0264671031 Contents include: Introduction; Death; The Resurrection of the Body; Heaven and Eternal Life; Judgement and Hell; The Coming of Christ: After Death, What?; Conclusion; Postscript., (Order No: 41252 ), $10.00

313. Richards, William R., THE APOSTLES' CREED IN MODERN WORSHIP, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1906 1st ed, 168pp, good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), Contents include: Faith And Confession; The Father And The Son; The Humiliation Of Our Lord; "He Descended Into Hell"; The Exaltation Of Our Lord; The Holy Ghost; Eternal Life., (Order No: 53316 ), $14.50

314. Richards, William R. (from the sermons of) (arranged for daily readings by A. Van Doren Honeyman), THE TRUTH IN LOVE - FROM THE SERMONS OF WILLIAM R. RICHARDS, Honeyman's Publishing House, Plainfield, NJ, 1913, B&W frontis, 204pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), Gracious sayings which can be used for daily readings., (Order No: 53317 ), $50.00

315. Riddle, Donald W. & Hutson, Harold H., NEW TESTAMENT LIFE AND LITERATURE, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, (1958) 6th ptg, 263pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1946. This stimulating volume presents a compact, unified guide to the New Testament as an important historical document, a great literary achievement, and a book of religion. Based on the authors' sound scholarship and wide research, it has become a favorite text for students of New Testament history and literature; beyond that, it offers a fascinating study to the general reader., (Order No: 9284 ), $10.00

316. Ries, Julien, THE ORIGINS OF RELIGIONS, William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, MI, (1994), 214 B&W and color ill., 158pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802837670 The author's study uncovers the presence of a religious sense in humankind from our very first appearance on earth and shows that an inner religious structure is in fact an essential characteristic of our being human: homo religiosus., (Order No: 22853 ), $10.00

317. Robertson, Alexander, THE BIBLE OF ST. MARK: ST. MARK'S CHURCH, THE ALTAR & THRONE OF VENICE, Dodd Mead & Company, New York, 1898, B&W illustrations, 376pp, very good, decorated red cloth (hardcover) light fade to spine, Contents include: Part I--The Title-Page, Inscribed On The Facade; Part II--The Old Testament, Inscribed In The Atrium; Part III--The New Testament, Inscribed In The Interior; Appendix., (Order No: 53340 ), $35.00

318. Rock, Sheila (photographs by), SERA THE WAY OF THE TIBETAN MONK, Columbia University Press, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231128908 The Sera Jey Monastery, reestablished near Mysore, India, now houses 5,000 Buddhist monks living in exile - including many who escaped the attack on the Tibetan monastery in 1959. More than 100 duotone photographs capture the daily rituals and sacred ceremonies, serious moments and playful gestures, compassionate faces and expressions of inspired serenity., (Order No: 40462 ), $27.50

319. Rodenmayer, Robert N., ACCORDING TO THY PROMISES, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1964) 1st ed, 159pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), MEDITATIONS ON THE PRAYER OF GENERAL CONFESSION., (Order No: 29828 ), $7.50

320. Rogers, Dale Evans, TO MY SON: FAITH AT OUR HOUSE, Fleming H. Revell Company, Westwood, NJ, (1957), 142pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, This book is a series of letters written by Dale Evans Rogers to her son Tom, the beloved son who has meant so much to his mother's faith. Signed "Dale Evans Rogers" on the front free endpaper., (Order No: 17503 ), $12.50

321. Rogers, Dale Evans, SALUTE TO SANDY, Fleming H. Revell Company, Westwood, NJ, (1967), B&W illustrations, 117pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "From the day he was born till the day he died, bright-eyed Sandy climbed an uphill road. He had to 'prove himself' every step of the way. Brain damage had handicapped his equilibrirum, but it engendered an indomitable spirit.", (Order No: 20072 ), $6.50

322. Rollins, Wallace Eugene & Rollins, Marion Benedict, JESUS AND HIS MINISTRY, The Seabury Press, Greenwich, CT, 1954, 299pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book brings fresh insights into the life, work, and teaching of Jesus Christ., (Order No: 13129 ), $7.00

323. Rosenberg, David (translated from the Hebrew by); Bloom, Harold (interpreted by), THE BOOK OF J, Grove Weidenfeld, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 340pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802110509, (Order No: 6122 ), $5.00

324. Rosenberg, David (edited and introduced by), C