Ehrman, Bart D.
Summary: Presents a history of Christianity from the time of Jesus to the end of the fourth century. Includes examination of Jewish-Christian relationships, Christian relationships with the Roman Empire, persecution of Christians, and the development of church offices and theology.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 230 EHR Part 1Call number: CD 230 EHR Part 2
Ehrman, Bart D.
Summary: In The Triumph of Christianity, Bart Ehrman, a master explainer of Christian history, texts, and traditions, shows how a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries. The Triumph of Christianity combines deep knowledge and meticulous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 EHRUlrich, Laurel Thatcher
Summary: "A stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two dozen nineteenth-century diaries, letters, albums, minute-books, and quilts left by first-generation Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, the never-before-told story of the earliest days of the women of Mormon "plural marriage," whose right to vote in the state of Utah was given to them by a Mormon-dominated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.309 ULRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 289.309 ULRSummary: Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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Summary: Twenty-four lectures on the history and varieties of Christian doctrines in the early church.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 229.9206 EHRGay, Heather
Summary: "Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is known to dish God's honest truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, Heather is unafraid to blaze a new trail; even if at the isolation of her family, friends, and church. Heather was born and bred Mormon. Growing up in Utah, not even the snow-capped mountains could draw attention from the state's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAY, HEATHER GAYGrant, Libbie
Summary: In 1827, in rural Pennsylvania, Emma Hale marries an itinerant treasure-digger who claims he can speak directly to God. In a few short years, Joseph Smith will found his own religion, gain tens of thousands of zealous followers and fracture Emma's life and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRAEhrman, Bart D.
Summary: "Even though early Christianity is one of the most studied fields in the entire discipline of religious studies, numerous controversies continue to puzzle both scholars and laypeople. This course examines 24 of these controversies to show why they have fascinated students of the Christian religion and to attempt to resolve them with academic rigor."--page 1 of course guidebook.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: 225 EHRVan Sciver, Noah
Summary: "Decades in the making, an original graphic novel biography about the life of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. In Joseph Smith and the Mormons, author and illustrator Noah Van Sciver, who was raised a Mormon, covers one of history's most controversial figures, Joseph Smith--who founded a religion which is practiced by millions all over the world. The book discusses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, JOSEPH VANFrancis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 FraJohnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: Provides an overview of Christianity, the world's largest religion, and discusses why, in addition to being vast and popular, it is also extremely complex and often highly contradictory.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 230 JOHJohnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: Provides an overview of Christianity, the world's largest religion, and discusses why, in addition to being vast and popular, it is also extremely complex and often highly contradictory. Explains why the central figures, elements, and creeds of Christianity are hard to fathom yet give Christianity its distinctive character. Covers topics such as Christianity's birth and expansion across the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230 GRECatholic Church
Summary: Includes bibliographical references (pages 540-542) and indexes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 238.2 UNIFremon, Celeste.
Summary: This paperback edition of the book originally published in 1995 updates us on the lives of the East Los Angeles homeboys with whom Father Greg Boyle continues to work, allowing for an analysis as to how some former gang members are able to make it out, while others are not.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 259.5092 FRERivers, Francine
Summary: Atretes, German warrior. Revered gladiator. He won his freedom through his fierceness ... but his life is changed forever when he learns his son is alive. Atretes vows to find his son and return to Germania. Only one thing stands in his way: Rizpah, the young widow who adopted his abandoned baby. But Atretes is undaunted. One woman should be no trouble at all. It doesn't take him long to find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction RivWatson, William Henry
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Conference 1961
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 280.4 Watson Vol. 2Summary: Shows all ten religious structures designed by Wright: Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill., Pettit Chapel in Belvidere, Ill., Pfeiffer Chapel and Danforth Chapel in Lakeland, Fla., Community Christian Church in Kansas City, Mo., Unitarian Meeting House in Madison, Wis., Beth Shalom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa., Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatos, Wis., Pilgrim Congregational Church in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reel Shop Productions 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SACFrancis
Summary: A collection of homilies, speeches, and "messages of the day" that brings together Pope Francis's wisdom on finding happiness in the here and now.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 248 FRAJenkins, Philip
Summary: A lost history revealing that, for centuries, Christianity's center was actually in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with significant communities extending as far as China.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 JENKoman, Alan J.
Summary: For anyone interested in his or her own genealogical links to medieval Europe and early Christianity, Alan Koman's new book offers an extraordinary opportunity. For the first time, the lives of 275 early European saints are retold and accompanied by lineages connected those saints to twenty-four of the great men and women of medieval Europe. Today, those twenty-four men and women have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2010
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3 KOMSummary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
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Hammari, Kimiko Christensen
Summary: Make Mondays the best night of the week! With a full year of prepared family nights that correlate directly with the 2016 Primary theme, this book is the perfect solution for busy families everywhere. For each week, you’ll find a complete lesson written for you, plus songs, scriptures, ideas for treats, and activity options for younger and older children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CFI, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 248 HAMMartin, James
Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage turns his attention to the relationship between LGBT Catholics and the Church in this loving, inclusive, and revolutionary book. On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting, James Martin S.J. posted a video on Facebook in which he called for solidarity with our LGBT brothers and sisters....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 MARSummary: A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. 2018