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In the mountains of beautiful, bucolic northern Utah, many Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are visited by spirits.

In the mountains of beautiful, bucolic northern Utah, many Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are visited by spirits.

An entertaining history of the soundtrack of American evangelical ChristianityFew things frightened conservative white Protestant parents of the 1950s and the 1960s more than thought of their children falling prey to the "e;menace to Christendom"e; known as rock and roll.

In 1908, Unitarian pastor Bertrand Thompson observed the momentous growth of the labor movement with alarm.

Hillsong, an Australian megachurch founded in 1983, is now a global phenomenon.

Hillsong, an Australian megachurch founded in 1983, is now a global phenomenon.

Conventional wisdom holds that tradition and history meant little to nineteenth-century American Protestants, who relied on common sense and "e;the Bible alone.

On October 28, 1917, just days after the Bolsheviks seized power, the great Council of the Russian Orthodox Church voted to restore the patriarchate, which had been abolished by Peter the Great two centuries earlier.

A look inside one of America's most politically consequential churchesMark Driscoll, the founding pastor of Seattle's Mars Hill Church, indelibly impacted American evangelicalism.

Conventional wisdom holds that tradition and history meant little to nineteenth-century American Protestants, who relied on common sense and "e;the Bible alone.

A look inside one of America's most politically consequential churchesMark Driscoll, the founding pastor of Seattle's Mars Hill Church, indelibly impacted American evangelicalism.

An in-depth account--grounded in new archival discoveries--of the most consequential development in Mormon history since the end of polygamyOn June 9, 1978, the phones at the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) were ringing nonstop.

In The Inner Life of Catholic Reform, Ulrich Lehner offers a longue duree overview of the sentiments and spiritual ideas of the 250-year long time span following the Council of Trent, known as Catholic Reform.

In The Inner Life of Catholic Reform, Ulrich Lehner offers a longue duree overview of the sentiments and spiritual ideas of the 250-year long time span following the Council of Trent, known as Catholic Reform.

When I first began my journey with God, I often felt so confused by many people in the church talking about the fruit and gifts of the Spirit.

Across a wide array of religious traditions, temples are sacred, private spaces where observers can worship with other members of their congregation.

Some forms of faith leave the surface untouched.

Joseph & Hyrum: Two Brothers, One Restoration tells the powerful story of two brothers bound together by family, faith, sacrifice, and an unshakable conviction that God had again spoken from heaven.

On July 22, 1847, a group of about forty refugees entered the Salt Lake Valley.

When life becomes crowded with what feels urgent, this book turns the reader back toward what cannot be overruled by time.

Faith is often tested in the small places where no one sees the struggle clearly: the guarded room of the will, the thought that keeps returning, the old name that will not fall silent, the ordinary hour asking whether Christ is truly Lord there.

Faith often has to live where God is near but not explainable, where obedience receives enough light to follow but not enough control to possess the road.

The Cosmos: A Complete Book on the Universe, Existence, and Meaning is an expansive yet deeply human exploration of reality, from the birth of the universe to the inner life of consciousness and the enduring search for purpose.

This volume explores Pentecostalism's multifaceted nature in Africa, examining its dialectical engagements, dynamic expressions, and transformative potential across the continent's spiritual, social, and political landscapes in postcolonial contexts.

Across a wide array of religious traditions, temples are sacred, private spaces where observers can worship with other members of their congregation.

Christ does not invite the heart into vague religious feeling.

The Soul as a Map, the Self as a MirrorIn the Islamic worldview, the soul (nafs), heart (qalb), spirit (ruh), and intellect ('aql) are not abstract theological ideas—they are real faculties that shape how we perceive, respond, and heal.

Some light is not given for control.

In Sweet and Blessed Country John Saward takes an altarpiece from fifteenth-century Provence as his starting-point for a theological exposition of the Christian hope for Heaven.

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The Salt Lake Temple: Forty Years in Granite tells the remarkable story of one of the most recognizable religious buildings in the world—and the ordinary Saints whose faith, sacrifice, and perseverance made it possible.

On July 22, 1847, a group of about forty refugees entered the Salt Lake Valley.

The Magdalene has not been silent.

For centuries, the Saints have been viewed as the exclusive property of rigid religious institutions—gatekept by priests, solemn church pews, and demanding, repetitive prayers.

Faced with the widespread and radical forgetting of Christian tradition, this work models a renewed theological practice for teachers in line with Pope Francis' repeated calls for a dialogical theology: recontextualization.

Faced with the widespread and radical forgetting of Christian tradition, this work models a renewed theological practice for teachers in line with Pope Francis' repeated calls for a dialogical theology: recontextualization.

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars.

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars.

Wahrend die traditionelle katholische Sexualmoral Partnerschaften aufgrund einzelner (sexueller) Handlungen bewertet hat, fuhrte der Paradigmenwechsel zur Beziehungsethik dazu, sie als umfassende Lebensrealitaten zu betrachten.

Wahrend die traditionelle katholische Sexualmoral Partnerschaften aufgrund einzelner (sexueller) Handlungen bewertet hat, fuhrte der Paradigmenwechsel zur Beziehungsethik dazu, sie als umfassende Lebensrealitaten zu betrachten.

What does it mean to worship God?

By the end of the 1920s, fundamentalism in America was intellectually bankrupt and publicly disgraced.

An entertaining history of the soundtrack of American evangelical ChristianityFew things frightened conservative white Protestant parents of the 1950s and the 1960s more than thought of their children falling prey to the "e;menace to Christendom"e; known as rock and roll.

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The leading statesman of nineteenth-century Britain, a figure who bestrode the political world like a Colossus, is 'Gladstone' to modern biographers.