Religion: general

The conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity marked one of the most important social and intellectual transformations in American history.

In this study of Christian Science and the culture in which it arose, Amy B.

Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines.

In the early 1960s, thousands of Black activists used nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation at lunch counters, movie theaters, skating rinks, public pools, and churches across the United States, battling for, and winning, social change.

This unique volume brings together intergenerational survivors of genocide and mass atrocities, who are actively engaged in producing knowledge related to their lived and inherited experiences, to share their stories.

Examining the administration of assets during the trial of the French Templars, as well as the settlement process that took place after the Order's dissolution, this book focuses on material aspects of the proceedings in France that have never been analysed in detail.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'An engrossing tale of cruel prejudice and resilience' - The Times'A stunning account of a dark history .

This new history of the Christian right does not stop at national or religious boundaries.

This invaluable anthology examines histories of esotericism, mysticism and occultism in modern Asia, understood here as the period roughly stretching from the late-nineteenth through the twentieth century, and paving eventually the way for the so-called 'New Age'.

This invaluable anthology examines histories of esotericism, mysticism and occultism in modern Asia, understood here as the period roughly stretching from the late-nineteenth through the twentieth century, and paving eventually the way for the so-called 'New Age'.

Entre spiritualite, rites et civilisations, le vin traverse l'histoire des hommes comme un symbole universel.

Why did dreams matter to Jews, Byzantine Christians, and Muslims in the first millennium?

This book is an edited transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from December 22 to 26, 2000, as part of the inaugural Mani Retreat at Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia.

A spiritual approach to anger management from the psychologist, Christian minister, and author of the international bestseller Stop Arguing with Me.

In this transnational history of World War II, Kelly A.

In this immersive ethnography, Tony Tian-Ren Lin explores the reasons that Latin American immigrants across the United States are increasingly drawn to Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism, a strand of Protestantism gaining popularity around the world.

This new history of the Christian right does not stop at national or religious boundaries.

This new history of the Christian right does not stop at national or religious boundaries.

By the time of early modernity, a widely deployed tenet of Christian thought had begun to vanish.

In this study of Christian Science and the culture in which it arose, Amy B.

Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines.

In the early 1960s, thousands of Black activists used nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation at lunch counters, movie theaters, skating rinks, public pools, and churches across the United States, battling for, and winning, social change.

The overall rate of incarceration in the United States has been on the rise since 1970s, skyrocketing during Ronald Reagans presidency, and recently reaching unprecedented highs.

The conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity marked one of the most important social and intellectual transformations in American history.

Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Alaska is one of the most contested landscapes in all of North America: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The overall rate of incarceration in the United States has been on the rise since 1970s, skyrocketing during Ronald Reagans presidency, and recently reaching unprecedented highs.

A spiritual approach to anger management from the psychologist, Christian minister, and author of the international bestseller Stop Arguing with Me.

English Demonologies presents the first comprehensive study of theoretical writings on witchcraft in England during the early modern period.

This book compiles papers originally presented at a conference held in Hong Kong in August 2025.

Given the phenomenal change in attitudes about life after death, public interest in the Other Side is ever-increasing.

Das von der Forschung vernachlassigte und kontrovers diskutierte spate Gedicht Holderlins ist eine elegische Hymne, in der Holderlin seiner Dichtung eine poetologische Neuorientierung gibt, die dem Geist der Zeit zwischen 1800 und 1805/06 entspricht.

Spanish monarchs recognized the jurisdictions of many self-governing corporate groups, including Jews and Muslims on the peninsula, indigenous peoples in their American colonies, and enslaved and free people of African descent across the empire.

In the middle of the third century, a girl was born on the north-eastern frontier of the Roman empire.

In the middle of the third century, a girl was born on the north-eastern frontier of the Roman empire.

Spanish monarchs recognized the jurisdictions of many self-governing corporate groups, including Jews and Muslims on the peninsula, indigenous peoples in their American colonies, and enslaved and free people of African descent across the empire.

Desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX y, sobre todo desde que entramos en la actual centuria, se han venido sucediendo e incrementando los atentados cuya fuente es el yihadismo islámico.

Between 1865 and 1920, Congress passed laws to regulate obscenity, sexuality, divorce, gambling, and prizefighting.

With the outbreak of the Korean War, the poor, rural West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate became home to some of the largest American military installations outside the United States.

In this book, Jonathan Holloway explores the early lives and careers of economist Abram Harris Jr.

Tracing the development of social reform movements among American Catholics from 1880 to 1925, Deirdre Moloney reveals how Catholic gender ideologies, emerging middle-class values, and ethnic identities shaped the goals and activities of lay activists.

In this book, Jonathan Holloway explores the early lives and careers of economist Abram Harris Jr.

Tracing the development of social reform movements among American Catholics from 1880 to 1925, Deirdre Moloney reveals how Catholic gender ideologies, emerging middle-class values, and ethnic identities shaped the goals and activities of lay activists.

Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world.

Das von der Forschung vernachlassigte und kontrovers diskutierte spate Gedicht Holderlins ist eine elegische Hymne, in der Holderlin seiner Dichtung eine poetologische Neuorientierung gibt, die dem Geist der Zeit zwischen 1800 und 1805/06 entspricht.

What does it mean to be human?

What does it mean to be human?

Blackfriars: Theater, Church, and Neighborhood in Early Modern London is a cultural history of an urban enclave best known in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for the incongruous juxtaposition of playing and godly preaching.

Blackfriars: Theater, Church, and Neighborhood in Early Modern London is a cultural history of an urban enclave best known in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for the incongruous juxtaposition of playing and godly preaching.

When Near Becomes Far explores the representations and depictions of old age in the rabbinic Jewish literature of late antiquity (150-600 CE).

When Near Becomes Far explores the representations and depictions of old age in the rabbinic Jewish literature of late antiquity (150-600 CE).