History - Religious

The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers

George P. Upton

The Standard Oratorios is a reference handbook that sets out concise sketches of the most widely performed…

Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV

Crawford Howell Toy

This volume, the fourth in Crawford Howell Toy’s “Handbooks on the History of Religions,” offers a scholarly…

History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660

John Richard Green

History of the English People, Volume V, Puritan England, 1603‑1660, by John Richard Green, is a scholarly…

The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Origen

This volume presents the second half of Origen’s extensive apologetic work, composed at the request of…

Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets

Mrs. Oliphant

The work is a sweeping historical survey of Edinburgh, presented under the banner “Royal Edinburgh: Her…

Life of St. Francis of Assisi

Paul Sabatier

Paul Sabatier’s Life of St. Francis of Assisi is a scholarly biography that weaves together documentary…

A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885

Cherágh Ali

This work is a scholarly apologetic treatise by Cherágh Ali, published in 1885, that sets out to demonstrate…

Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 1 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883

Montefiore, Moses, Sir; Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

The work is a two‑volume diary that records the public and private lives of Sir Moses Montefiere and his wife…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03

The volume opens with a dramatic, polemical portrait of Paul the Apostle, casting his missionary zeal as a…

The reign of Mary Tudor

James Anthony Froude

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical study of Mary I, Queen of England, focusing on the political and…

The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Clement, of Alexandria, Saint

This volume gathers the three principal works of Titus Flavius Clement, head of the second‑century…

The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics

Alexander F. Mitchell

The work is a scholarly collection of lectures on the Scottish Reformation, assembled after the death of its…

The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark

John William Burgon

The book is a scholarly defence of the final twelve verses of the Gospel of Mark, a passage whose…

Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing

George Barton Cutten

George Barton Cutten’s Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing is a scholarly survey that traces the idea of…

The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism

Franz Cumont

Franz Cumont’s The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism is a scholarly survey that situates the myriad…

The History of the Popes: From the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time, 3rd Ed. Vol. 1

Archibald Bower

Archibald Bower’s The History of the Popes is a polemical survey of papal authority from its legendary…

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

John William Burgon

The work is a scholarly continuation of John William Burgon’s “Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels,” in…

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

The volume is a sweeping biographical compendium that presents more than two hundred sketches of the most…

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

The third volume of Luke Tyerman’s three‑part biography of John Wesley offers a dense chronicle of the…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11

The volume opens with a sweeping assessment of early‑seventeenth‑century Europe, tracing how the decline of a…

Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922

George Adam Smith

George Adam Smith’s work is a scholarly lecture series originally delivered under the Baird Trust in Glasgow…

The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 2 (of 3) translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations

The Dabistán, or School of Manners, Volume 2 is a scholarly translation of a Persian treatise that surveys…

The Religion of the Ancient Celts

J. A. MacCulloch

The work is a scholarly survey of Celtic religion, written by J. A. MacCulloch in 1911.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay’s third volume of The History of England, from the Accession of James II is a…