In the period from the close of the Napoleonic Wars up through the immediate post-World-War II era the image of Martin Luther was transposed in Germany from a religious reformer and advocate of freedom to a symbol of volkisch nationalist identity, such that with the seizure of power by the Nazis, Luther was used to portray a symbiosis between the new regime and the tradition of Protestant religiosity.
Through the fifth and sixth centuries, major divisions rocked Christianity as different factions vied to make their teachings the doctrine of the Roman Empire's imperial church.
Catholicism as Musical Discourse reveals the important role that French-language sacred songs, written primarily for women, played in the evolution of the Catholic Reform over the long seventeenth century.
This book is a long awaited update to the first major study of a Christian community which has developed an approach to faith and life which is different from all other churches.
Die Auslegung deutet das Evangelium im Kontext der gesellschaftlichen und politischen Situation des Imperium Romanum und dessen geistigen und religiosen Stromungen als Zeugnis vom befreienden Handeln des Gottes Israels in seinem Sohn Jesus von Nazareth.
This book is a long awaited update to the first major study of a Christian community which has developed an approach to faith and life which is different from all other churches.
2026 Catholic Media Association Third Place Award, Spirituality ClassicalTranslated here in its entirety for the first time, Alan of Lille'sElucidatio in Cantica Canticorumprovides a measure for the originality of his Mariology.
2026 Catholic Media Association Honorable Mention, The Future of the ChurchExplore the ways material economies have shaped past liturgical practices and continue to underlie our worship today.
The Man Who Saved Mengele's Twins: Leadership, Survival, and Moral Courage Inside Auschwitz Concentration Camp is a riveting account of extraordinary bravery in the darkest chapters of human history.
2026 Catholic Media Association Second Place Award, Reference/Academic StudiesAnup-to-date presentation of the Law of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life according to the 1983 Code of Canon Law.
This book examines the contentious relationship between oath-taking, confessional subscription, and the binding of the conscience in reforms led by John Calvin.
This book examines the contentious relationship between oath-taking, confessional subscription, and the binding of the conscience in reforms led by John Calvin.
The Protestant conviction that believers would rise again, in bodily form, after death, shaped their attitudes towards personal and religious identity, community, empire, progress, race, and the environment.
To a lively cast of international players that shaped Manchuria during the early twentieth century, At the Frontier of God's Empire adds the remarkable story of Alfred Marie Caubriere (1876-1948).
The Protestant conviction that believers would rise again, in bodily form, after death, shaped their attitudes towards personal and religious identity, community, empire, progress, race, and the environment.
To a lively cast of international players that shaped Manchuria during the early twentieth century, At the Frontier of God's Empire adds the remarkable story of Alfred Marie Caubriere (1876-1948).
In 1839, the Abbe Jacques Suchet was sent to the Algerian city of Constantine, recently conquered by French forces, to minister to the new French colonial population there.
A richly entertaining history of the ways in which, for 3,000 years, the church has tied itself in knots over sex (and love and marriage) fabulous ObserverThe Bible observes that God made humanity for a while a little lower than the angels .
Over the last thirty years, conservative evangelicals have been moving to the Northwest of the United States, where they hope to resist the impact of secular modernity and to survive the breakdown of society that they anticipate.
Over the last thirty years, conservative evangelicals have been moving to the Northwest of the United States, where they hope to resist the impact of secular modernity and to survive the breakdown of society that they anticipate.
Gain vital historical and theological insight into Apostolic Christianity's early development and spread in the Roman EmpireTo understand the New Testament well, it is important to study the larger world surrounding it, and one of the primary avenues for this exploration is through reading related ancient texts, a daunting task for scholars and novices alike given the sheer size of the ancient literary corpora.
Conceiving the Mother of Tibet is the first comprehensive study dedicated to the literary tradition surrounding Yeshe Tsogyel, revered as the foremost matron saint of Tibetan Buddhism.
Without an appropriate spiritual care model, it can be difficult to discuss existential questions about death and dying with people who are confronted with life-threatening or incurable diseases.
Without an appropriate spiritual care model, it can be difficult to discuss existential questions about death and dying with people who are confronted with life-threatening or incurable diseases.
The first comprehensive study of Italian Christian Democracy in English, Italy's Christian Democracy unravels the encounter between Catholicism and democracy from pre-unification Italy in the eighteenth century to the near-present.
