History of religion

At the core of the Christian faith lies the spiritual journey to the heart of ultimate reality, or Goddescribed by some mystics as a dazzling darkness.

This volume reviews manifestations of Pentecostalism throughout the world and explores what it means to be Pentecostal through multidisciplinary perspectives.

This pioneering Handbook offers a comprehensive consideration of the dynamic relationship between English literature and religion in the early modern period.

One of the most influential movements in the Church today is centered on St.

This volume examines how historical beliefs about the supernatural were used to justify violence, secure political authority or extend toleration in both the medieval and early modern periods.

This is the first book-length study of the fascinating life of the clergyman and scholar of Welsh descent Meredith Hanmer (c.

In this groundbreaking collection of essays edited by Steven Heine, leading scholars of Buddhism from both sides of the Pacific explore the life and thought of Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Japanese Soto sect.

Modern Science, Ancient Faith brings together the proceedings of the annual Portsmouth Institute conference.

Franciscan friars were everywhere in the early modern Catholic world, a world that stretched from the Americas, through Western and Central Europe, to the Middle East and Asia.

This book elucidates the complicated relationship between religion and national consciousness in the modern world, highlighting various cases within Central and Eastern Europe.

Get Up Off Your Knees is a thoughtful and provocative collection of sermons by a group of preachers from across the international church spectrum who have been moved to theological reflection on the art and work of U2.

Clans and Religion in Ancient Japan presents the latest research on the origin of Japanese religion and the clans in charge of religious services in ancient Japan.

This study shows how marriage symbolism emerged from the world of texts to become a social force affecting ordinary people.

Für das Werden der christlichen Kirche ist die Epoche der Patristik besonders wichtig, weil bei den Kirchenvätern die Auseinandersetzung des Christentums mit der antiken Welt, ihrer Philosophie, Sittlichkeit und Kultur beginnt und damit der Grund gelegt wird für die gesamte spätere kirchen- und geistesgeschichtliche Entwicklung.

The Cursed Carolers in Context explores the interplay between the forms and contexts in which the tale of the cursed carolers circulated and the meanings it had for medieval and early modern authors and audiences.

The purpose of Understanding the Volatile and Dangerous Middle East is to assist the general public to obtain a deeper comprehension of this bewildering region.

This book looks at various syncretic traditions in India, such as Bhakti, Nath Yogi, Sufi, Imam Shahi, Ismailis, Khojas, and others, and presents an elaborate picture of a redefined cultural space through them.

I began studying American theological education in the 1970s, and Piety and Plurality is the third of three studies.

Recent decades have witnessed the fragmentation of Reformation studies, with high-level research confined within specific geographical, confessional or chronological boundaries.

Early Medieval Europe 300-1050: A Guide for Studying and Teaching empowers students by providing them with the conceptual and methodological tools to investigate the period.

This volume of correspondence contains exchanges written between Lloyd Cline Sears (1895-1986) and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong (1899-1977), two influential leaders in early educational efforts of the Churches of Christ.

Emerging as a spiritual renewal movement in Antebellum America with ties to Methodism and the reform ethos of the era, it grew rapidly and spread internationally during the last three decades of the 19th century.

We must, many now argue, `get back' to history.

The religion of Jesus or the religion about Jesus?

Leading historical and liturgical scholars reflect on the history and impact of Book of Common Prayer, the most important liturgical text in English.

The story of Jesus's crucifixion as it's never been told before Millions of readers have been thrilled by author Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of non-fiction that have changed the way we read history.

This entirely fresh narrative of the "e;British Reformations"e; focuses on the emotional as well as the material experience of living through the reformations in Britain during the sixteenth century.

Winner of the Jewish Book Council Nahum M.

';';Jesus, where are you?

The Psalms have resulted in controversies between Jews and Christians over the centuries and it is only from the mid twentieth century onwards that the two traditions have worked side by side in the academy at least.

The kingdoms of France and England were for many centuries military, economic, cultural and colonial rivals.

Six-year-old Josef is tormented by bullies.

In den Jahren 1940 und 1941 wurden mehr als 70.

A wide-ranging illustrated history of transparency as told through the evolution of the glass window Transparency is a mantra of our day.

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the caves near Qumran in 1947 sparked near endless speculation about the possible connections between the Essenes--purportedly the inhabitants of the settlement--and the birth, nature, and growth of early Christianity.

The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology provides a guide to the mystical element of Christianity as a theological phenomenon.

It has long been recognised that the Church played a major role in the development of towns and cities from the earliest times, a fact attested to by the prominence and number of ecclesiastical buildings that still dominate many urban areas.

Since 1876, Jehovah’s Witnesses have believed that they are living in the last days of the present world.

This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition.

What does an assemblage made out of crumpled newspaper have in common with an empty room in which the lights go on and off every five seconds?

The valuing of old clothes as “vintage” and the recollection of the sartorial past, whether through second-hand consumption or the wearing of new old-fashioned clothes, has become a widespread phenomenon.