History of religion

The Lithic Garden offers innovative perspectives on the role of ornament in medieval church design.

The story of Nazi Germany is one of conflict between two saviors and two crosses.

Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England is the first in-depth study of Christian apocrypha focusing specifically on the use of extra-biblical narratives in Old English sermons.

Vicente Dobroruka explores Iranian influence on Second Temple Judaism, providing a new explanation of Persian culture and history in the context of biblical accounts by focusing on the spread of Zoroastrian ideas in the period c.

This original, provocative study, first published in 1973, presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines.

Jane Leade (1624-1704) is probably the most prolific woman writer and most important female religious leader in late seventeenth-century England, yet, she still remains relatively unknown.

This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology.

This book of eleven essays by an international group of scholars in medieval studies honors the work of Barbara H.

Discover how the people of the Bible really lived.

Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums.

The Military Orders essay collections arising from the quadrennial conferences held at Clerkenwell in London have come to represent an international point of reference for scholars.

The pontificate of Innocent II (1130-1143) has long been recognized as a watershed in the history of the papacy, marking the transition from the age of reform to the so-called papal monarchy, when an earlier generation of idealistic reformers gave way to hard-headed pragmatists intent on securing worldly power for the Church.

The objective of this book is to analyse the historical relationships between the phenomenon of Christian pilgrimage and political power within Europe, from the Middle Ages up to the present day.

This collection brings together primary sources on the British textile industry across the long nineteenth-century, a subject that is both global and multidisciplinary.

Exploring what the early English Protestants came to believe about the afterlife, and how they arrived at their positions, this much-needed book fills a gap in the scholarly literature.

A compelling new interpretation of early Mormonism, Samuel Brown's In Heaven as It Is On Earth views this religion through the lens of founder Joseph Smith's profound preoccupation with the specter of death.

For centuries into the Common Era, Christians faced social ostracism and suspicion from neighbors and authorities alike.

In Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity, Jeremy M.

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square.

Sayings of Gorakhnath presents a translation of late-medieval texts in Old Hindi, traditionally attributed to one of the founders of the Order of Nath Yogis.

This volume illuminates the nature of divine guidance in terms of the voluntary moral attraction of humans by God.

Das Buch "Nachfolge" von Dietrich Bonhoeffer fand gleich nach seinem Erscheinen eine große Beachtung und ist in vielen Sprachen und zahlreichen Auflagen erschienen.

Katherine Sonderegger follows her monumental volume on the doctrine of God with this second entry of her Systematic Theology, which explores the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

This book presents how ancient Christianity must be understood from the viewpoint of the history of religions in late antiquity.

In this theoretically rich work, Mason Kamana Allred unearths the ways Mormons have employed a wide range of technologies to translate events, beliefs, anxieties, and hopes into reproducible experiences that contribute to the growth of their religious systems of meaning.

Dieser erste Band einer großen, auf insgesamt vier Bände angelegten Gesamtdarstellung der Geschichte der evangelischen Kirche in der Markgrafschaft, dann im Großherzogtum und im republikanischen Baden wie dem heutigen Teilstaat Baden-Württembergs widmet sich der Vorgeschichte der erst 1556 erfolgten und somit späten badischen Reformation.

An ambitious history of desire in Anglo-American religion across three centuries.

Presents a new approach to heritage formation in Asia, conveying the power of the material remains of the past.

This book criticizes three basic concepts in Reinhold Niebuhr's social thought: his views of human nature, interest, and power.

Congregationalists, the oldest group of American Protestants, are the heirs of New England's first founders.

"e;Lobdell's spiritual journey fascinates, not least on account of the irony of his trajectory from agnosticism to belief to atheism while covering religion.

How freely can salvation be offered to people?

In a consumer-driven world where we're told we need and deserve more, Susan Muto, executive director of the Epiphany Association, reminds us that gratefulness is a gift from God.

This book chronicles the rise of goddess worship in the region of Bengal from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present.

In late nineteenth-century Toronto, municipal politics were so dominated by the Irish Protestants of the Orange Order that the city was known as the “Belfast of Canada.

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This book offers an overview of how the Church Fathers used and intepretated biblical texts.

This book shows how, in unearthing biblical cities, archaeology transformed nineteenth-century thinking on the truth of Christianity and its role in modern cities.

In these turbulent times we need a strong anchor.

In this novel exploration of Reformed spirituality, Belden C.

Achieved at the height of the Crusades, the Christian conquests of Santarem in 1147 by King Afonso I, and of Alcacer do Sal in 1217 by Portuguese forces and northern European warriors on their way by sea to Palestine, were crucial events in the creation of the independent kingdom of Portugal.

It is not a changing culture, reduced resources, or a rescinding Christian memory that creates the greatest challenges for the church in the West.

The issue of Christian Zionism is one that is fiercely debated within theology, the church, politics, and society.

Whether on a national or a personal level, everyone has a complex relationship with their closest neighbors.