Brothers, We are Not Professionals

Brothers, We are Not Professionals
Author: John Piper
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1433678829

John Piper pleads with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry.

Music in the History of the Western Church; With an Introduction on Religious Music Among Primitive and Ancient Peoples

Music in the History of the Western Church; With an Introduction on Religious Music Among Primitive and Ancient Peoples
Author: Edward Dickinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-05-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9789357954198

Music in the History of the Western Church; With an Introduction on Religious Music Among Primitive and Ancient Peoples, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Handel and the English Chapel Royal

Handel and the English Chapel Royal
Author: Donald Burrows
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2005
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0198162286

This study of Handel's English church music covers well-known works such as 'Zadok the Priest', but also introduces his Chapel Royal music, the result of a close but changing relationship with Britain's Hanoverian royal family. The story of the political background is complemented by an investigation of the circumstances of Handel's performances.

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Author: Max Weber
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2012-04-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486122379

Author's best-known and most controversial study relates the rise of a capitalist economy to the Puritan belief that hard work and good deeds were outward signs of faith and salvation.