Christian / Church History

A sequence of sparkling essays by one of our leading public theologians, exploring and defending the enduring role of Christianity in Western thought, politics and culture.

The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. The Desert Fathers' teachings and lives have inspired poetry, opera and art, as well as providing spiritual nourishment and a template for monastic life.

A beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England.

Fascinating little-known facts about the London Underground, new in paperback

An uplifting, intelligent and often amusing meditation on life in a country parish during a curious year

The accounts given by Bede and Eddius give the reader an idea of 6th and 7th century life in Britain as Roman Episcopal orthodoxy clashed with the monasticism that was spreading over Ireland and Northern England.

The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard-the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium

This handy, easy-to-carry book will provide the reader with a strictly visual approach to reading the architecture of the church.

In sixteen hundred and sixty-six . . .