A match made in heaven : American Jews, Christian Zionists, and one man's exploration of the weird and wonderful Judeo-Evangelical alliance by Chafets, Zeʼev

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Rereading sex : battles over sexual knowledge and suppression in nineteenth-century America by Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz

Table of Contents: “…Vernacular sexual culture, commercial erotica and obscene libel -- Free thought, sexual knowledge, and evangelical Christianity -- Blasphemy, birth control, and obscenity -- The masturbation scare and the rise of reform physiology.…”


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Attitudes toward sex in antebellum America : a brief history with Documents by Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz

Table of Contents: “…Voices in the sexual conversation : the four frameworks -- The first framework : vernacular sexuality -- The second framework : Evangelical Christianity -- The third framework : reform physiology -- The fourth framework : sex at the center of life -- Controversy and commerce -- Phase 1 : the 1840s -- Phase 2 : the 1850s -- Coda : the Comstock Law of 1873.…”


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The Believable futures of American Protestantism

Table of Contents: “…Evangelical Christianity and American culture / Timothy L. …”


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The global diffusion of evangelicalism : the age of Billy Graham and John Stott by Stanley, Brian, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Evangelical Christianity in global perspective -- 'Evangelicals', 'conservative evangelicals' and 'fundamentalists' -- Mission, evangelism and revival: the globalization of evangelical networks -- Scholarship, the Bible and preaching -- Defending the faith in a changing cultural climate -- Christian mission and social justice: Lausanne 1974 and the challenge from the majority world -- The ferment of the Spirit: new charismatic and Pentecostal movements -- Hermeneutics, gender and sexual ethics -- Evangelicalism: diffusion or disintegration?…”


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Uneasy allies? : Evangelical and Jewish relations

Table of Contents: “…Mamo -- On the road : the Jewish community relations encounter with Evangelical Christians / Ethan Felson -- Evangelical ironies : theology, politics, and Israel / Gary Dorrien -- Evangelicals and Israel / Gerald R. …”


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Global evangelicalism : theology, history and culture in regional perspective

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Southern culture : an introduction by Beck, John (John J.)

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Religion and belief systems

Table of Contents: “…Kent -- The paradox of modern evangelical Christianity : the United States and Sweden / David O. …”


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Black theology II : essays on the formation and outreach of contemporary Black theology

Table of Contents: “…Shannon -- Black evangelical Christianity and Black theologoy / Calvin E. Bruce -- Black and White theologies: possibilities for dialogue / Clyde A. …”


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Rereading sex : battles over sexual knowledge and suppression in nineteenth-century America by Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I : Sexual conversation -- Vernacular sexual culture, commercial erotica, and obscene libel ; Free thought, sexual knowledge, and Evangelical Christianity ; Blasphemy, birth control, and obscenity ; Masturbation scare and the rise of reform physiology -- Part II : New York scene -- New York and the emergence of sporting culture ; Moral reformers ; Sporting weeklies and obscene libel ; Abortion ; Obscenity in the city -- Part III : Additions and complications -- Placing sex at the core of being ; Blurring the boundaries -- Part IV : Sexual knowledge and obscenity in New York and the nation -- Y.M.C.A. of New York, the Civil War, and Anthony Comstock ; Sex talk in the open ; Victoria Woodhull ; Comstock Law ; Comstock's crusade ; Convictions ; Constitutionality and resistance : Bennett, Benedict, and Blatchford.…”


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Just shy of Harmony. #2 by Gulley, Philip

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From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart : rekindling my love for Catholicism by Haw, Chris, 1981-

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Home bound : an uprooted daughter's reflections on belonging by Bee, Vanessa A., 1988-

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The papal council and the gospel; Protestant theologians evaluate the coming Vatican Council.

Table of Contents: “…Skydsgaard and Gerhard Pedersen -- The Council and evangelical Christians / K.E. Skydsgaard -- The Mystery of the division and the unity of the Church / Peter Brunner.…”


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Evangelical identity and contemporary culture : a congregational study in innovation by Guest, Mathew

Table of Contents: “…Evangelical Christianity in a Post-Christian world -- Growth and change : the Evangelical movement since the 1960s -- St Michael-le-Belfrey : blazing the trail -- Holding the many strands together : community and diversity -- Taming the Spirit : charismatic experience after the Third wave -- Innovations at the margins : the Post-Evangelical pathway -- Small group fellowship : the experience of community -- The bigger picture -- St Michael-le-Belfrey revisited in 2006.…”


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Slave religion : the "invisible institution" in the Antebellum South by Raboteau, Albert J.

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Understanding world religions in 15 minutes a day by Morgan, Garry R.

Table of Contents: “…-- Roman Catholic Christianity -- Eastern Orthodox Christianity -- Protestant Christianity -- Evangelical Christianity -- Animism and folk religions -- Native American religions -- African traditional religions -- Judaism: historical development -- Judaism: today -- Zoroastrianism -- Islam: beginnings -- Islam: foundations -- Islam: beliefs -- Islam: theology -- Islam: varieties and issues -- The nation of Islam -- Baha'i -- Hinduism: origins -- Hinduism: beliefs and practices -- Hinduism: today -- Jainism -- Sikhism -- Theravada Buddhism -- Mahayana Buddhism -- Tibetan Buddhism -- Confucianism -- Taoism -- Shinto -- Secular Humanism -- Cults, "Isms," and contemporary religious movements -- The Unitarian-Universalist Association, the Unity School of Christianity, and the Unification Church -- Christian Science and Scientology -- Mormonism -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Neopagan religions -- New Age religions -- Transcendental meditation.…”


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Religious upbringing and the costs of freedom : personal and philosophical essays

Table of Contents: “…Biting into the hermeneutical apple : biblical literalism and the lure of uncertainty / Amalia Jiva -- Autonomy and indoctrination in evangelical Christianity / Tasia Persson -- Indoctrination, autonomy, and authenticity / Glen Pettigrove -- Embodiment, family, and conflict. …”


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In the fray : contesting Christian public ethics, 1994-2013 by Gushee, David P., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…-- Evangelicals and politics: convictions, controversies, challenges -- An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture: protecting human rights in an age of terror -- Faith, science, and climate change -- Church-based hate: a review of Mitchell Gold's Crisis -- What the torture debate reveals about American evangelical Christianity -- Scripture, government, and the world's poor -- Biblical reflections on a world without nuclear weapons -- Religion, science, and the weakening quest to save creation -- America's unfinished racial reconciliation -- Christian public theology and Israel-Palestine -- Closing reflections: David Gushee's compassion and realism, with concreteness / Glen H. …”


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