Beginning with a handful of members in 1830, the church that Joseph Smith founded has grown into a world-wide organization with over 12 million adherents, playing prominent roles in politics, sports, entertainment, and business.
Since public audiences were first introduced to the medium of film in 1895, the Catholic Church has sought to impose its will on the distribution and exhibition of movies.
Modern Pentecostalism in America began around the turn of the twentieth century, and most historians of this history have drawn from the available English-language sources.
Drawing on Jewish myth, ritual and tradition, as well as the author's own experiences, this original and unique book offers insights into how Jung's psychology and ideas are relevant if understood from a wider, archetypal, perspective.
Cardinal Reginald Pole (1500-1558) was one of the most important international figures of mid-16th century Europe: principal antagonist of Henry VIII, papal diplomat, legate to the council of Trent, and nearly successful candidate for pope.
Many missionary societies established mission schools in the nineteenth century in the British Empire as a means to convert non-Europeans to Christianity.
Since public audiences were first introduced to the medium of film in 1895, the Catholic Church has sought to impose its will on the distribution and exhibition of movies.
Involving a vast number of texts, saintly heroes and authors, Byzantine hagiography stands out as a field of scholarly research highly rewarding for both the philologist and the historian.
El traje de caballero es uno de esos símbolos subestimados pero perdurables de la civilización moderna, escribe Christopher Breward al comienzo de este libro, y plantea que durante casi cuatrocientos años, artistas y filósofos lo han señalado como evidencia de la incesante búsqueda humana de la perfección.
The pastor in print explores the phenomenon of early modern pastors who chose to become print authors, addressing ways authorship could enhance, limit or change clerical ministry and ways pastor-authors conceived of their work in parish and print.
À l’heure où elles se transforment de manière considérable, les communautés religieuses lèguent à la société contemporaine un patrimoine diversifié que les chercheurs doivent étudier minutieusement dans ses multiples déclinaisons.
In "Spirituelle Verbindungen: Dein eigenes Ouija-Board gestalten" nimmt dich Anna Techow mit auf eine inspirierende Reise, die Kreativität und Esoterik auf faszinierende Weise verbindet.
Who composed in Charlemagne's name the impressive treatise that repudiates the Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (but which, in the end, the king prevented for religio-political reasons from circulating in his own day)?
After an introductory general essay on the life cycle and status of women in Byzantine society, this volume focuses on female religious life, with particular emphasis on the role of convents - as spiritual sanctuary, refuge for women in need, or provider of charitable services.
Spanning thirty years, the papers brought together in this volume reflect three of Professor Colish's interests as a historian of medieval scholastic thought.
The impact of the Norman conquest of Sicily and Southern Italy in the 11th-12th centuries upon the society of that region forms the central theme of this volume.
Professor Lienhard deals here primarily with the first half of the 16th century, a momentous period which saw the rise and first triumphs of evangelical Christianity.
From Hlne Jawhara Pier, Gourmand World Cookbook Award-winning author ofSephardi: Cooking the History, comes a collection of 125 meticulously crafted recipes showcasing the enduring flavors that define Sephardic culinary heritage.
This volume brings together Professor Cranz's published studies on Nicholas of Cusa with a set of seven papers left unpublished at the time of his death.
The Conquest of al-Andalus: A Translation of Fath al-Andalus provides the first English-language in-depth study and complete English translation of the work Fath al-Andalus ("e;The Conquest of al-Andalus"e;), which covers the history of Muslim Spain from the time of the initial conquest in 711 CE until the rise of the Almoravids and unification of the territories of Muslim Spain.
If the Bible is allowed to be the standard by which blacks and whites determine truth, then freedom from this moral and racial malaise will be the outcome; for as Jesus taught, the truth has a unique capacity of making people free.
Experience New Growth this EasterDo you feel like Easter sneaks up on you, as if you're spiritually and emotionally unprepared to celebrate Jesus' death and resurrection as victorious King?
