History of religion

The historiography of death, memory, and testamentary practices is already abundant in Western Europe and a fairly large number of extra-European regions.

The continuing interest in the works of C.

This is a study of the most fascinating and idiosyncratic of all seventeenth-century figures.

In A Common Justice Uriel I.

Avihu Zakai analyzes Jonathan Edwards's redemptive mode of historical thought in the context of the Enlightenment.

The story of the Holy Grail has gripped the imaginations of millions since it first appeared in medieval romances, among them Wolfram von Eschenbach's Middle High German Parzival (c.

The present collection of studies by Andrzej Poppe in many ways represents a continuation of the research brought together a quarter century ago in the author's previous Variorum volume.

Writings by early-modern English artisans are rare and thus precious.

Muslim intellectuals who sought to establish the boundaries of modern Muslim identityMuslim modernism was a political and intellectual movement that sought to redefine the relationship between Islam and the colonial West in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Health, Sickness, Medicine and the Friars in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries explores the attitudes and responses of the mendicant orders to illness, their contribution to medical history, the influence of health and sickness as a factor in the orders' decision making, the extent of their participation in treatments, their relationship with physicians or their own involvement in medical practice, and the problems which occurred as a result of these matters.

This learned and engaging study casts new light on the nature of religion in pre-Islamic Iran.

A detailed study of pollution and impurity in Roman religion, offering new theories on a previously neglected, yet vital, subject.

Knowledge, Love, and Ecstasy in the Theology of Thomas Gallus provides the first full study of Thomas Gallus (d.

Conflicts and controversies at home and abroad have led Americans to focus on Islam more than ever before.

The topic of certitude is much debated today.

In nineteenth-century Britain, a large number of prominent Anglican and Presbyterian Evangelicals rejected the idea that salvation meant "e;going to heaven when you die.

Byzantinists entered the study of emotion with Henry Maguire's ground-breaking article on sorrow, published in 1977.

Die Bibel ist mehr als ein religiöser Text – sie ist ein Fenster in die Vergangenheit, durch das wir die Geschichte der Menschheit und ihre kulturellen Wurzeln betrachten können.

This book argues that narrations of rhetorical performances in late antique literature can be interpreted as a reflection of the ongoing debates of the time.

In 1621, in one of the earliest campaigns of the Thirty Years' War, the South German principality of the Upper Palatinate was invaded and annexed by Maximilian of Bavaria, director of the Catholic League.

This book examines the primary biblical themes in the lyrical theology of Charles Wesley, the master hymn writer and cofounder of the Methodist movement.

It is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned and, in turn, influenced the lay world within its care without understanding "e;canon law"e;.

What exactly is the meaning of caring for the souls of fellow humans?

New Directions in Print Culture Studies features new methods and approaches to cultural and literary history that draw on periodicals, print culture, and material culture, thus revising and rewriting what we think we know about the aesthetic, cultural, and social history of transnational America.

'The transformation of the US into an autocracy has advanced.

Drawing on historical, literary, and anthropological methodologies, Women, Religion, and the Atlantic World explores the meaning of an 'Atlantic community' and challenges the conventional boundaries of nation-bound inquiry in the humanities.

This book explores the place of art in Latter-day Saint society during the first 50 years of the Utah settlement, beginning in 1847.

The Parish Church was the primary site of religious practice throughout the early modern period.

Nothing is more dangerous to be misunderstood than the question, "e;What is the human being?

Das Wittenberger Heiltum gehörte um 1520 zu den größten Reliquiensammlungen des römisch-deutschen Reiches.

What became of Erasmus' books?

Modern Russian identity and historical experience has been largely shaped by Russia's imperial past: an empire that was founded in the early modern era and endures in large part today.

Pastor Blackstone is once again on a spiritual journey to the subcontinent of India.

Newman himself called the Oxford University Sermons, first published in 1843, `the best, not the most perfect, book I have done'.

This book brings together a new, original survey of the significance of Gregory's life and work with translations of eight beautiful and profound orations.

This book explores the beliefs and practices of Hinduism as a lived religion and engages with Hindu beliefs and practices, including the concepts that form the central beliefs of Hinduism, and the expression of these beliefs in worship and daily life.

Why do we have four gospels in the New Testament?

Post-traumatic stress disorder is everywhere.

This book critically explores ways in which our understanding of late medieval liturgy can be enhanced through present-day enactment.

Western societies are experiencing a series of disorientating culture shifts.

Originally published in 1935 and authored by a supporter of Scottish Nationalism, this book ascribes many of Scotland's misfortunes in history to the sectarian wars and those of Edward I, as well as the havoc wrought by the Industrial Revolution and the decay of Scotland's successive cultures.