History of religion

The most common Buddhist practice in Asia is bowing, yet Buddhist and Christian Responses to the Kowtow Problem is the first study of Buddhist obeisance in China.

Redefines conceptions of the New Testament''s origins by illuminating the East''s contribution to the formation of early Christology.

During the Reformation, the Book of Psalms became one of the most well-known books of the Bible.

The important role of liberal ecumenical Protestantism in American historyThe role of liberalized, ecumenical Protestantism in American history has too often been obscured by the more flamboyant and orthodox versions of the faith that oppose evolution, embrace narrow conceptions of family values, and continue to insist that the United States should be understood as a Christian nation.

First published in 1973, this work demonstrates how the English churchmen of the nineteenth century moved from a firmly entrenched position in the old social hierarchy to a less definable and insecure position under the rule of the collectivist State run by a professional workforce.

In Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam, Jacob Lassner examines the triangular relationship that during the Middle Ages defined-and continues to define today-the political and cultural interaction among the three Abrahamic faiths.

The British state between the mid-seventeenth century to the early twentieth century was essentially a Christian state.

The Idea of Semitic Monotheism examines some major aspects of the scholarly study of religion in the long nineteenth century--from the Enlightenment to the First World War.

Sufism formed one of the cultures of resistance which has existed in the social fabric of Persia since antiquity.

This volume concerns the missionary philanthropic movement which burst onto the social scene in early nineteenth century in England, becoming a popular provincial movement which sought no less than national and global reformation.

Current research shows what many in the Christian community already know: young people are leaving the church.

Drawing on the writings of German pastor-theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jennifer M.

A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sourcesIn the year 802, an elephant arrived at the court of the Emperor Charlemagne in Aachen, sent as a gift by the ?

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This book offers a radical reinterpretation of the Slavic pagan religion made on the basis of a thorough re-examination of all reliable sources.

The Enlightenment Movement changed society forever, driving it forward through new and fresh ways of thinking about science, religion, history, politics, and culture.

Inspired by the advice of his former teacher and mentor, Adolf von Harnack, William Wrede committed himself to the task of writing a dissertation on 1 Clement, which was originally published under the title Untersuchungen zum 1.

Dr Georg Eder was an extraordinary figure who rose from humble origins to hold a number of high positions at Vienna University and the city's Habsburg court between 1552 and 1584.

This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life.

The Revolt of the Netherlands has long been familiar to English-speaking readers, but the Reformation there has remained largely a closed book.

An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138-1204), was born in Cordoba, Spain.

This collection of essays is a tribute to Rachel Elior's decades of teaching, scholarship and mentoring.

Religion in China survived the most radical suppression in human history--a total ban of any religion during and after the Cultural Revolution.

Der Theologe Helmuth Schreiner (1893-1962) wurde 1931 als Vorsteher des Johannesstifts in Berlin auf den Lehrstuhl für Praktische Theologie in Rostock berufen.

Studies of the Curse of Ham, the belief that the Bible consigned blacks to everlasting servitude, confuse and conflate two separate origins stories (etiologies), one of black skin and the other of black slavery.

This book focuses on arguably the best-known Christian hymn worldwide.

We live in an era in which relations are considered to be of the utmost importance in almost every field of science and society.

Der vorliegende Band ist dem langjährigen Vorstandsmitglied und Präsidenten der "Gesellschaft für die Geschichte des Protestantismus in Österreich" Univ.

A comparative analysis of early witch trials in Lucerne, Nuremberg and Basel, within the context of criminal justice and social control.

An Uncommon Christian seeks to show how and why James Brainerd Taylor (1801-1829) became a popular participant during America's Second Great Awakening, and why the Princeton graduate and Yale Seminary student grew to be a frequent example of evangelical Protestant spirituality and evangelistic passion long after his untimely death.

Traditional historiography has always viewed Calvin's Geneva as the benchmark against which all other Reformed communities must inevitably be measured, judging those communities who did not follow Geneva's institutional and doctrinal example as somehow inferior and incomplete versions of the original.

Engaging Eriugena, Eckhart and Cusanus contains two new essays and nine others published between 2005 and 2019.

Drawing on international and multidisciplinary expertise, this pioneering edited collection analyzing Islam in contemporary Ethiopia challenges the popular notion of a 'Christian Ethiopia' imagined as the century-old, never colonized Abyssinia, isolated in the highlands and dominated by Orthodox Christianity.

From battling apartheid to saving the environment, fighting racism to urging tax justice, and Sunday preaching to visiting the sick, this book tells the story of nearly fifty years of active church ministry.

Understanding the Truth Behind Jesus' Death Changes EverythingIn Destined for the Cross, Randy Clark explores the most central aspect of Christianity: Jesus Christ and His death on the cross.

Resuscitate your relationship with the BibleA lot of us have tried to read the Bible.

Award-winning author and theology professor John Bergsma follows up his popular Bible Basics for Catholicswhich has sold more than 60,000 copieswith a more in-depth look at the New Testament.

This book focuses on twentieth-century Australian leprosaria to explore the lives of indigenous patients and the Catholic women missionaries who nursed them.

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The theology of Karl Barth is an important resource for theological reflection on the complicated problem of Gods relationship to time; yet much of what Barth says is difficult to unravel.

In the two centuries before the Quiet Revolution, the people of Quebec exercised a higher degree of independence from the Catholic Church than is often presumed.