History of religion

Besides recounting the exemplary life of Monsignor John Joseph Egan, An Alley in Chicago briefs us on the firebrand priests and lay people who radiated the power and elan that made Catholics across the country look to the heartland, to Chicago's Catholic moment.

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John MacArthur's extensive and trusted study notes provide access to over 50 years of ministry to aid in a better understanding of God's word.

This practical pastoral care handbook, written by two self-described queer people of faith, covers the basic skills that religious caregivers and ministry students need in order to be effective, enlightened, and supportive pastoral care providers to LGBTQ persons in congregational and other community settings.

Our Lady's appearances to young Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, in 1858 are well known and well documented.

Unparalleled in its thematic and geographical scope, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800.

Whilst religion and the secular have been continually debated contexts for literature of the Romantic era, the dominant scholarly focus has been on doctrines and denominations.

Daniel ist eine der bekanntesten Gestalten der Bibel, ein unerschütterlicher Glaubensheld, der sich an heidnischen Königshöfen trotz aller Anfechtung treu zu seinem Gott bekennt.

First published in 1980, The Christian Mystery presents a new approach to considering the Mysteries of the Faith.

Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is the definitive study of the early Christian theologian Carpocrates, his son Epiphanes, and the leader of the Carpocratian movement in Rome, Marcellina.

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Is the Nag Hammadi Apocalypse of Paul a Valentinian text?

The Language of Disenchantment explores the ways in which Protestant ideas concerning language influenced British colonial attitudes toward and proposals to reform Hinduism.

Maria Morera Johnson grew up knowing the virgencitathe Virgin Maryand had a special love for Our Lady of Charity, the patroness of Cuba.

The Christian axis has shifted dramatically southward to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so much so that today there are more Christians living in these southern regions than among their northern counterparts.

Why did Bonnie Prince Charlie turn down the throne of America?

Classical Athenian literature often speaks of democratic politics in sexual terms.

Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides an in-depth introduction to religion in contemporary China.

Children during the Holocaust, from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes, and fates, of its youngest victims.

New investigation of John Wyclif's writings on the theory of the "e;just war"e; shows him to be the first genuine pacifist of medieval Europe.

This monograph explores the significance accorded to John's island of Patmos (Rev.

The Oxford Handbook of Christology brings together 40 authoritative essays considering the theological study of the nature and role of Jesus Christ.

Sefer Yeirah, or "e;Book of Formation,"e; is one of the most influential Jewish compositions of late antiquity.

The phenomenon of South Korean Christianity is, in a word, remarkable.

Secular contemporary development discourse deals with the problems of societal development and transformation by prioritizing the human good in terms of vital and social values with the aim of providing the basic necessities of life through social institutions that work.

Globalisation stands as an indispensable lens through which to analyse current cultural, political, and social transformations.

Calvinism is named after 16th century Reformer, John Calvin whose overall theology is contained in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559).

Nezahualcoyotl (1402-1472), the "e;poet-king"e; of Texcoco, has been described as one of the most important pre-Hispanic figures in Nahua history.

Across early-modern Europe the confessional struggles of the Reformation touched virtually every aspect of civic life; and nowhere was this more apparent than in the universities, the seedbed of political and ecclesiastical society.

Winner of a 2025 Excellence in Publishing Award from the Association of Catholic Publishers: Spirituality (Third Place [tie]).

A new and accessible translation of Hariulf's History of St Riquier, this book examines the history of a monastic community from the seventh to the eleventh century.

Die erst seit 1987 der Forschung offen stehenden Bittschriften von Männern und Frauen aller Stände und jeden Alters an den Papst in Rom erschliessen eine ganz neue Quelle für unsere Kenntnisse vom Spätmittelalter und der Renaissance: Hier kommen Menschen zu Wort, von denen in ihrer Heimat fast nie eine Spur geblieben ist, deren Sorgen und Nöte uns die römische Überlieferung indes erhalten hat.

William III (1650-1702) was Stadholder in the United Provinces and King of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Explores how literary form changes when Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape.

Chronicles the emergence of modern sainthood, analyzing how the Catholic Church legitimized miracles during the Counter-Reformation in southern Europe.

Throughout the ages, various celestial and non-celestial phenomena have featured images portraying the nearness of the end of days or, in the New Testament, the Parousiawhich means the appearance of the second coming of Jesus.

In her ground-breaking new study, Katie Bugyis offers a new history of communities of Benedictine nuns in England from 900 to 1225.

In an age of decreasing denominational loyalty, questions of identity have become important.

Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination.

This book is the first translated and annotated edition of Ibn Nazif's Al-Ta'rikh al-Mansuri.