Books written by Michael Davies

The Nightmares of God

He nominated an old friend and colleague of his, a minor preacher with whom he had worked in his early years, the Reverend William Casey of Austin, Texas. The furore in America lasted three days. The House debate lasted only one day, ...
Pope Paul's New Mass

Pope Paul's New Mass
International Organizations: A Companion

Axelrod, R. and R. Keohane (1985), 'Achieving cooperation under anarchy: strategies and institu- tions', World Politics, 38 (1), ... Barnett, A. and A. Wang (1998), Airline Safety: The Recent Record, MIT-NEXTOR Research Report 98–7, ...
Execution: One Man's Life and Death

“Flash your torch on my face, laddie"; by the time this had been done Webster's monocle was firmly fixed in place. ... stationed at the headquarters of “E” Division of the City of Birmingham Police Force at Acocks Green.
A Tale Told by an Idiot

A Tale Told by an Idiot
The Reign of Christ the King

Proves that Christ, being God, has an absolute right to reign in our social and political lives, as well as in our personal lives. This book is easy to read and important for our times, in which secularism and pluralism reign supreme.
The Last King of Wales: Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, c. 1013-1063

Stenton, Anglo-Saxon, pp.569–70. 5. ASC (E), p.122. 6. ASC (C & D), pp.122–3. 7. ASC (D), p.122. David Walker suggested that it was Gruffudd ap Rhydderch who was responsible for this raid because the 'attack was made rather far south ...
Men in Blazers Present Encyclopedia Blazertannica: A Suboptimal Guide to Soccer, America's "Sport of the Future" Since 1972

Welsh: Adj. meaning “Crap” as in Welsh Xavi (Joe Allen), Welsh Barcelona (Swansea City). Wendepunkt: After the US Men's National Team defeated Mexico 2–0 on September 10, 2013, a game that virtually guaranteed qualification for the 2014 ...
Graceful Reading: Theology and Narrative in the Works of John Bunyan

... according to both 'Pauls doctrine, and also Pauls experience' (MWii. 137–8).52 Because it is essential to come to Christ 'as the basest in the world, more fitter to be damned, if thou hadst thy right, then to have the least smile, ...
Staff Supervision in the Probation Service: Keeping Pace with Change

Staff Supervision in the Probation Service: Keeping Pace with Change
Hamlet: Character Studies

To have Hamlet dressed in anything other than this colour would be as absurd as the proverbial notion of performing Hamlet without the Prince. Hamlet's character is simply synonymous with what he is wearing: he is the definitive man in ...
The World of Pangea: Path of the Warrior

This first novel in the Pangea trilogy promises to take you beyond this earthly realm and into another where mortals and immortals struggle for the fate of their world. FROM THE BACK COVER: What Can One Man Do Against The Gods?
The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan

See Vera Brittain, In the Steps of John Bunyan (London: Rich and Cowan, 1950), 15–16, 266–7, 415–18. ... For Bunyan's presence, see esp. 17–18, 23–47. 7 Peter ... Fixing a Date in the Bedford Church Book', BS, 18 (2014), 7–41 (9–13).
Graceful Reading: Theology and Narrative in the Works of John Bunyan

Korshin, Paul J., 'The Development of Abstracted Typology in England, 1650 1820', in Earl Miner (ed.), The Literary Uses of Typology, 147 203. —Typologies in England, 1650 1820 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982).
A Short History of the Roman Mass

A short, authoritative, enthralling history of the Roman Mass from the Last Supper to the \"Tridentine Mass\" as said today.
Hamlet: Character Studies

Any initial uncertainty we might have about Hamlet's ethical identity in 1.2, for instance, is intensified by 'revenge' as a course of action that simultaneously draws us to and alienates us from him: as a 'revenger', Hamlet is ...
Saint Athanasius: Defender of the Faith

Are there modern-day parallels in the Church and Her Churchmen? Michael Davies' book provides a fascinating insight into one of the most troubled periods in the history of the Church and the life of one of Her greatest saints.
Church Life: Pastors, Congregations, and the Experience of Dissent in Seventeenth-Century England

They draw on a broad range of printed and archival materials: from the minutes of the Westminster Assembly to the manuscript church books of early Dissenting congregations.
Literature and Authenticity, 1780–1900: Essays in Honour of Vincent Newey

Sir Henry Irving: Theatre, Culture and Society – Essays, Addresses and Lectures, ed. Jeffrey Richards (Keele: Ryburn, 1994). Irving, Henry, and Frank A. Marshall, eds. The Henry Irving Shakespeare: The Works of Shakespeare, ...
Liturgical Time Bombs In Vatican II: Destruction of the Faith through Changes in Catholic Worship

Michael Davies shows how Fr. Annibale Bugnini--before his dismissal by Pope Paul VI under suspicion of being a Freemason--was able to "reform" the Catholic Mass into the constantly evolving liturgy.