{"product_id":"dictionary-of-christian-denominations-peter-day-9780826457455","title":"Dictionary of Christian Denominations","description":"Contrary to Jesus' wish that his followers 'may all be one', Christianity has become, over time, ever more schismatic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis concise, one-volume dictionary provides information on over a thousand significant denominations and movements, ranging from the mainstream historical churches, for example Roman Catholic and Orthodox, to heretical sects that flourished briefly in the third or fourth centuries to groups that sprang up around charismatic leaders in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Alternatives names are given at the end of entries and are cross-referenced in an Appendix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch groups include the delightfully named 'Body-felt Salvation Church' in the Torres Strait Islands, with 300 members, and the 'Old Catholic Orthodox Church, ' founded in London by (and apparently for) the Most Reverend James Bartholomew Banks, 'known to his friends as 'Piggy' on account of the happy conjunction of his vast inherited wealth and his surname'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author approaches what might in other hands be a dull catalogue with considerable zest and obvious enjoyment, and the result is a mine of good stories and useful information\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter D. Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826457452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826457455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.44w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 573\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRec Ref Bks for Small\/Med Libr\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 262","brand":"Peter D. Day","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059908407551,"sku":"9780826457455","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15d57ec9-049c-4382-9b62-a0933a957b28.jpg?v=1685060960","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dictionary-of-christian-denominations-peter-day-9780826457455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}