Curiosities of Christian History Prior to the Reformation by James, Croake

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Count Ulrich of Lindburg A Tale of the Reformation in Germany by Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880

Subjects: “…Christian life -- Juvenile fiction…”
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For the Faith A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in Oxford by Everett-Green, Evelyn, 1856-1932

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From Muslim to Christian Granada inventing a city's past in early modern Spain by Harris, A. Katie 1969-

The King's Daughters by Holt, Emily Sarah, 1836-1893

Subjects: “…Christian life -- Juvenile fiction…”
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The Woodcutter of Gutech by Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880

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Old texts, new practices Islamic reform in modern Morocco by Terem, Etty 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Modern Islam and the religious reform tradition -- Religious knowledge and authority in precolonial Morocco -- The rhetoric of Moroccan modernity -- Delineating Muslim-Christian relations -- Refashioning notions of gender and family -- Redefining patterns of consumption -- Islamic legal tradition, change, and continuity…”

A world without Islam by Fuller, Graham E. 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Heresy and Power -- Islam and the Abrahamic Faiths -- Power, Heresy, and the Evolution of Christianity -- Byzantium versus Rome: Warring Christian Polarities -- Islam Meets Eastern Christianity -- The Great Crusades (1095-1272) -- Shared Echoes: The Protestant Reformation and Islam -- pt.2. …”

Britain & Islam by Pugh, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Islam: 'a kind of Christianity'? -- The myths of the Crusades -- The impact of the Reformation -- India and the Anglo-Muslim love affair -- Britain and the management of Islamic decline -- The Victorians, Islam and the idea of progress -- Islam: westernising or orientalist? …”

Headlines in history the 1000s

Table of Contents: “…Awaiting the Apocalypse -- Rise of feudalism -- Peace of God movement -- Truce of God for the Diocese of Cologne -- Papal reform -- Investiture controversy -- Limitations of royal authority -- Norman conquest -- William the conqueror's claim to the english throne -- Normans in Italy and Sicily -- Viking discovery of North America -- Relations with the native Americans -- Iceland's conversion to Christianity -- Viking rulers of England -- End of the viking age -- Origin of the first crusade -- Pope Urban's call for the first crusade -- Speech at Clermont -- Peasants' crusade -- Byzantine's view of the first crusaders -- Victory and atrocities: Conquest of Jerusalem -- Muslim perspective on the first crusade -- Turks' rise to power -- Reign of the mad caliph -- Culture and society of Muslim Spain -- Battles between the spanish christians and muslims -- Terms of surrender: El Cid at valencia -- Muslim dominion in India -- Golden age of the kingdom of Ghana -- Life in China during the early Sung Dynasty -- Economic reform and trade development -- Importance of the intellectual class -- Proposals for the training and selection of government officials -- Printing's contribution to literacy and education -- Growth of a native culture in Japan -- Murasaki Shikibu's literacy achievement -- Art of storytelling -- Toltecs of Mexico -- Toltec conquest of the Maya -- Anasazi culture at its height -- Were the Anasazi cannibals -- Mound builders of Cahokia.…”

Peace a world history by Adolf, Antony

Table of Contents: “…-- Survival of the peaceful: prehistory to the first civilizations -- Peace in the ancient west: Egypt, Greece and Rome -- Peace in the ancient East: India, China and Japan -- Monotheistic peaces: Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation peaces -- Peace, peacemaking and the ascent of nation-states -- Colonial and imperial peace and peacemaking -- Modern economics of peace and peacemaking -- Peace in the twentieth century, part I: 1900-1945 -- Peace in the twentieth century, part II: 1945-1989 -- The presents of peace -- Conclusion: the pyramid of peace: past, present and future…”

Socialist China, capitalist China social tension and political adaptation under economic globalization /

Table of Contents: “…Growing social unrest in China : rising social discontents and popular protests / Chih-Jou Jay Chen -- Household registration, social exclusion, and rural migrants in cities / Xiaogang Wu -- Training the unemployed to become active job-seekers in post-Mao China / Feng Xu -- An institutional analysis of China's failed healthcare reform / Yanzhong Huang -- China, Christianity and the global market of belief systems / Carol Lee Hamrin -- Super voice girls and Freezing point : media, hegemony, and domination in the new China / Barrett McCormick -- Granting or refusing the right to petition : the dilemma of China's xinfang system / Keyuan Zou -- The diffusion of legal institutions in China / Pierre F. …”
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Strange gods a secular history of conversion by Jacoby, Susan 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Bishop Paul of Burgos (c. 1352-1435) ; Impureza de sangre : the crumbling of the Convivencia ; The Inquisition and the end -- Part III: Reformations. John Donne (1572-1631) ; "Not with sword ... but with printing" ; Persecution in an age of religious conversion -- Part IV: Conversions in the dawn of the Enlightenment. …”

Astrology from Ancient Babylon to the present day by Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.

Table of Contents: “…The Land Between the Rivers c.800 BC-c.600 BC: Interpreting Portents -- Greece & Rome c.600 BC-50 BC: The Religious Zodiac -- Hellenistic & Roman Egypt 50 BC-c.AD 100: Personal Horoscopes -- The Imperial West c.100-c.200: Political Quicksands -- A Christian Dilemma c.200-c.500: Theological Doubts & Popular Belief -- Islamic Speculation c.600-c.900: Fresh Insights, Transmission & Astral Magic -- Byzantium & the Jewish Diaspora c.900-c.1200: Agreements to Disagree -- Mediaeval Europe c.1200-c.1300: The Inheritor of Traditions -- Astrology in Mediaeval Literature, Art & Architecture c.1300-c.1500 -- Astrologers at Work c.1500-c.1600: The Stars in an Age of Reform -- Questioning the Macrocosm c.1600-c.1700: The Pursuit of a `Sane' Astrology -- Prophets & Sceptics c.1700-c.1800: Astrology Fighting Decline -- New Planets, Esotericism & Almanacs c.1800-c.1900: Astrology in the Post-Industrial World -- Plus ca Change c.1900-2000: Facing the Future…”

Religion and politics in the United States by Wald, Kenneth D., Calhoun-Brown, Allison 1966-

Leadership succeeding in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors

Table of Contents: “…From monopoly to competition : challenges for leaders in the deregulated investor-owned utility industry / R. Kevin McClean -- Reforming Wall Street : challenges for financial leaders in publicly traded firms / L. …”

Islamisation and its opponents in Java a political, social, cultural and religious history, c. 1930 to the present by Ricklefs, M. C. (Merle Calvin)

Table of Contents: “…I TROUBLED PATH TO DEEPER ISLAMISATION, TO C. 1998--ch. 1 Islamisation in Java to c. 1930--3Creating the Mystic Synthesis--Polarising Javanese society--ch. 2 Under colonial rule:Javanese society and Islam in the 1930--Social parameters: The census of 1930--impact of the Great Depression--Javanese life and culture in kraton and countrysid--Islam in Java: Reform, local traditions and mysticism--Abangan and santri--Polarised on the precipice--ch. 3 War and Revolution, 1942--: The hardening of boundaries--Japanese occupation--Revolution--Abangan-santri violence-- ch. 4 first freedom experiment: Aliran politics and Communist opposition to Islamisation, 1950--santri-abangan balance--Aliran in politics and culture, and the elections of 1955-7--violent conflicts of 1963-6--ch. 5 totalitarian experiment (I): Kebatinan, Christian and government competition and the end of aliran politics 1966-80s --Soeharto's spirituality--Abangan folk arts and cults in the early New Order-- Kebatian under the early New Order--Christianisation and other conversions away from Islam--Government competition--death of aliran politics and Islamisation from below--Modernists' laments at national level--Grass-roots purification movements in Surakarta in the 1970s--Modernist-led Islamisation--Deepening Islamisation by the early 1980s--Early New Order ironies-- New Order as an historicist state--ch. 6 totalitarian experiment (II): Grass-roots Islamisation and advancing Islamism, c. 1980s-98--changing, Islamising society--Regime demands for ideological conformity--Reconciliation between NU and the New Order regime--arts under the later New Order Revivalism, Islamism and the later Soeharto region--Java Islamised?…”

Gandhi my experiments with truth : an autobiography by Gandhi Mahatma 1869-1948

Table of Contents: “…-- My helplessness -- Raychandbhai -- How I began life -- First case -- First shock -- Preparing for South Africa -- Arrival in Natal -- Some experiences -- On the way to Pretoria -- More hardships -- First day in Pretoria -- Christian contacts -- Seeking touch with Indians -- What it is to be a 'coolie' -- Preparation for the case -- Religious ferment -- Man proposes, God disposes -- Settled in Natal -- Colour bar -- Natal Indian congress -- Balasundaram -- The £ 3 tax -- Comparative study of religions -- As a householder -- Homeward -- In India -- Two passions -- Bombay meeting -- Poona and Madras -- 'Return soon' -- Rumblings of the storm -- Storm -- Test -- Calm after the storm -- Education of the children -- Spirit of service -- Brahmacharya -- Simple life -- Boer war -- Sanitary reform and famine relief -- Return to India -- In India again -- Clerk and bearer -- In the congress -- Lord Curzon's darbar -- Month with Gokhale -- In Benares -- Settled in Bombay? …”

For God and kaiser the Imperial Austrian Army, 1619-1918 by Bassett, Richard

Routledge handbook of contemporary Malaysia

Table of Contents: “…Islam, the State and Politics in Malaysia Joseph Chinyong Liow and Afif Pasuni5. Rise of Christian Political Consciousness and Mobilisation Arnold Puyok 6. …”