In the summer of 1956 while her mother is in Florida searching for a job, fourteen-year-old April Garnet Rose, who has never met her father, stays with her terminally ill aunt in Virginia and accompanies her as she visits different churches, looking for God.
Chronicles the religious history of the Holy Lands, including Israel, the West Bank, the Sinai and Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Mecca, and Medina, discussing their significance in the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic faiths.
Contains twenty essays that offer varying perspectives on Christianity, discussing its role in the world, gender and sexuality, and the future of the religion; and provides quick facts, a glossary, contact information for organizations, and a bibliography.
Presents a collection of seventeen essays that discuss the fundamental beliefs of Christianity, the growth of the church, major figures throughout history including the Apostle Paul, Constantine, Augustine, Calvin, and others, and how Christianity has influenced world history.
Historical overview of the Protestant Reformation from its initial stirrings in medieval times through the Counter-Reformation, and its cultural effects.
