The Thousand and One Churches
Title | The Thousand and One Churches PDF eBook |
Author | Sir William Mitchell Ramsay |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 628 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Thousand and One Churches
Title | The Thousand and One Churches PDF eBook |
Author | Gertrude L. Bell |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
Total Pages | 629 |
Release | 2011-06-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 193453630X |
Published in 1909 and long out of print, The Thousand and One Churches remains a seminal study of the postclassical monuments of Anatolia. Now a new generation of readers can learn of the extensive remains of the sprawling early Christian site known as Binbirkilise ("Thousand and One Churches," near Konya), excavated by Ramsay and Bell in 1907. The book provides extensive analysis of other early Christian and Byzantine sites across Anatolia that Bell visited at that time. Because many of the monuments have long since disappeared, this documentation is now invaluable, and Bell's extensive photographs provide a unique view of travel and archaeology more than a century ago. For this new edition more than 250 high-quality digitized images from the Gertrude Bell Archive at Newcastle University (UK) replace the original illustrations, and the editors' Foreword lays out the historical and cultural context for the undertaking. Ousterhout and Jackson recount the lives and careers of the two authors and the tale of their collaboration on the excavation and subsequent book. Publication of this volume was supported by a grant from the Joukowsky Family Foundation.
The Thousand and One Churches
Title | The Thousand and One Churches PDF eBook |
Author | William Mitchell Ramsay |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 651 |
Release | 2012-01-19 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1108043348 |
First published in 1909, this archaeological guide establishes the chronology of the Byzantine churches of Bin-Bir-Kilisse in Turkey.
The Thousand and One Churches
Title | The Thousand and One Churches PDF eBook |
Author | William Ramsay |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 580 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
England's Thousand Best Churches
Title | England's Thousand Best Churches PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Jenkins |
Publisher | Penguin Global |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781846146640 |
Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church, and lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here, he brings that museum to public attention.
The thousand and one churches, by w.m. ramsey & g. bell
Title | The thousand and one churches, by w.m. ramsey & g. bell PDF eBook |
Author | W. m Ramsey |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A New Kind of Big
Title | A New Kind of Big PDF eBook |
Author | Chip Sweney |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441214607 |
There's a growing desire among believers to reach beyond the walls of their churches to impact communities for God. But when the average church size hovers around 150 members and the problems of even midsized cities seem insurmountable, how can we hope to make a difference? A New Kind of Big tells the inspiring story of how Perimeter Church in suburban Atlanta started a partnership called Unite! with other area churches in order to increase its reach in a community that desperately needed God's light and aid. This partnership has grown to a network of nearly 150 churches that are bringing kingdom transformation to Atlanta. For instance, on just one weekend in 2007, 6,000 volunteers from over 60 churches in metro Atlanta gathered to work on 250 service projects inside the ten-mile radius around Perimeter Church. Thirty welcome baskets were delivered to refugees, a dozen homes were repaired, a thousand Bibles were given away, 750 "encourage a teacher" gift bags were distributed. And that's not all: volunteers orchestrated 20 block parties in low-income apartment communities and 65 neighborhood food drives that collected 25,000 pounds of food. Chip Sweney shows Christian leaders how they too can discover the power of this "new kind of big" to pool their resources, energy, and time to minister to their communities, no matter how long or short their membership rolls.