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The Fatted Faithful
Why the church may be harmful to your waistline.
Virginia Stem Owens
Luther on the Use of Money
CARTER LINDBERG Carter Lindberg is Professor of Church History at Boston University School of Theology. He is the author of A Third Reformation?
Money in Christian History (II): From the Publisher
The Urge for Poverty
Christian Asceticism from the Early Church Through the Reformation
Stephen Lang is an editor at Tyndale House Publishers.
The Monastic Life: Benedict of Nursia
A 12th Century Man for All Seasons
The Life and Thought of Bernard of CIairvaux
Tony Lane is a lecturer in historical theology at London Bible College. Among his writings are contributions to Eerdman's Handbook to the History of Christianity, and to Great Leaders of the Christian Church (Moody Press).
405 Jerome Completes the Vulgate
This Latin translation stood as the preeminent Bible text for centuries—and set the standard for future translators.
Inside the Convent
How did convents arise? Why did so many medieval women enter them?
Dr. Jo Ann McNamara is Professor of History at Hunter College, City University of New York, and author of Women and the Structures of Society (Duke, 1984).
The Mystics
Why did mysticism flower in the medieval world—and why did women often lead in it?
Dr. Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Medieval Women's Visionary Literature (Oxford, 1986).
Women in the Medieval Church: Recommended Resources
The Father of California
Junipero Serra launched a remarkable enterprise on Spain's final frontier
James D. Smith III is pastor of Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church and adjunct professor of church history at Bethel Seminary—West, both in San Diego, California. He is a member of the editorial adisory board of Christian History.
Snapshots of a Saint
Stories that reveal Francis's intense, complex personality.
Francis of Assisi: Did You Know?
Little-known or remarkable facts about Francis of Assisi
Mark Galli is managing editor of Christian History.
Golden Tongue & Iron Will
by ROBERT A. KRUPP Robert A. Krupp is the librarian at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is author of Shepherding the Flock of God: The Pastoral Theology of John Chrysostom (Peter Lang, 1991).
John Chrysostom: Christian History Timeline
by GERARD H. ETTLINGER Gerard H. Ettlinger is professor of theology at St. John’s University in Jamaica, New York. He is editor of a critical edition of the Greek text of Saint Jean Chrysostome: A’ une Jeune Veuve Sur le Mariage Unique (Sources Chrtiennes, 1968), and of Theodoret of Cyrus: Eranistes (Clarendon, 1975).
John Chrysostom: Christian History Interview - More Than a Great Preacher
Interview with Bishop Kallistos Ware
Orthodoxy Wasn't Always Good Enough
The two most widespread medieval heresies
Bernard Hamilton is professor of crusading history at the University of Nottingham, England. He is author of "Religion in the Medieval West" (Edward Arnold).
Heresy in the Early Church: Christian History Timeline
Bradley Nassif is visiting professor of Eastern Orthodoxy at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois. He is editor of New Perspectives on Historical Theology (Eerdmans, 1996).
Patrick and Celtic Christianity: Did You Know?
Ascetic Superstars
Irish monks and nuns are famous for their spiritual heroics.
Lisa Bitel
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