Religion and beliefs

In the Greco-Roman world, gods were known to tame soundscapes, or acoustic landscapes.

This book explores the intersections of religion, gender, sexuality and race in the everyday lives of female converts in the Netherlands.

The Enlightenment and Darwinism posed threats to traditional Christianity.

The Enlightenment and Darwinism posed threats to traditional Christianity.

Is traditional American religion doomed?

This study explores the role that Bibles have come to play in the worldview of the contemporary European far right.

This study explores the role that Bibles have come to play in the worldview of the contemporary European far right.

The true story of the first California cult scandalIn 1891, a suffragist and social reformer named Alzire Chevaillier launched a moral crusade to destroy Fountaingrove, a utopian spiritualist community in northern California.

The true story of the first California cult scandalIn 1891, a suffragist and social reformer named Alzire Chevaillier launched a moral crusade to destroy Fountaingrove, a utopian spiritualist community in northern California.

The most dangerous heretic you will ever meet doesn't live in another church, or somewhere on the internet.

The Transnationalisation of Turkish Islam builds on current academic debates pertaining to the use of religion in global politics.

Birds have a larger place in religions than any other non-human animal, from their role as messenger between humans and gods among the ancient Mayans, to the Christian Holy Spirit taking flesh as a dove.

Could a Good God Permit So Much Suffering?

In the mountains of beautiful, bucolic northern Utah, many Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are visited by spirits.

Birds have a larger place in religions than any other non-human animal, from their role as messenger between humans and gods among the ancient Mayans, to the Christian Holy Spirit taking flesh as a dove.

Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality is a deft study of women's life-cycle rituals in ancient Israel.

The Upanisads are rich and complex Sanskrit Hindu scriptures dating back to the 8th century BCE and are a staple of world religion courses across the globe.

The Upanisads are rich and complex Sanskrit Hindu scriptures dating back to the 8th century BCE and are a staple of world religion courses across the globe.

The period immediately following World War II was an era of dramatic transformation for Jews in America.

In the mountains of beautiful, bucolic northern Utah, many Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are visited by spirits.

The period immediately following World War II was an era of dramatic transformation for Jews in America.

Could a Good God Permit So Much Suffering?

The tale of a legendary scholar, an unsolved murder, and the mysterious documents that may connect themIn early 1991, Ioan Culianu was on the precipice of a brilliant academic career.

The tale of a legendary scholar, an unsolved murder, and the mysterious documents that may connect themIn early 1991, Ioan Culianu was on the precipice of a brilliant academic career.

Until 1951 Nepal was closed to the world, landlocked between the strongest Asian powers, India and China.

How can we come to understand our existence on this earth, surrounded by air and light and water, while living in a place we deliberately and carelessly abuse, where resources are becoming scarce, and where the well-being and basic health of our neighbors is threatened?

In recent years, Islamophobia has seen a disturbing global rise.

How can we come to understand our existence on this earth, surrounded by air and light and water, while living in a place we deliberately and carelessly abuse, where resources are becoming scarce, and where the well-being and basic health of our neighbors is threatened?

Until 1951 Nepal was closed to the world, landlocked between the strongest Asian powers, India and China.

An entertaining history of the soundtrack of American evangelical ChristianityFew things frightened conservative white Protestant parents of the 1950s and the 1960s more than thought of their children falling prey to the "e;menace to Christendom"e; known as rock and roll.

The biblical Gospel of John casts itself as a memoir of "e;the disciple whom Jesus loved"e;--a mysterious figure who allegedly watched Jesus die on the cross and stepped into his empty tomb.

When a suicide terrorist strikes in Israel, the usual contingent of first responders that one might see anywhere in the world -- police, medics, firefighters -- are accompanied by another group, one found only in Israel.

In 1908, Unitarian pastor Bertrand Thompson observed the momentous growth of the labor movement with alarm.

In The Uses of Idolatry, William T.

In Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System, Alan J.

In Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System, Alan J.

Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski here explains and defends the idea that the God of the monotheistic religions does not only know all objective facts, but he also perfectly grasps the conscious states of all conscious beings from their own point of view.

Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski here explains and defends the idea that the God of the monotheistic religions does not only know all objective facts, but he also perfectly grasps the conscious states of all conscious beings from their own point of view.

There is a kind of knowledge that is non-propositional; one variety of it can be acquired in second-person experience of another person, but it can also be transmitted through narratives.

Teaching to Live: Black Religion, Activist-Educators, and Radical Social Change interrogates the stories of African American activist-educators whose faith convictions inspired them to educate in radical and transformative ways.

A feast for beer geeks and history buffs alike, In the Land of Ninkasi tells the story of the world's first great beer culture.

A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "e;crime of the century"e;--from murder investigation to a church sex scandal to celebrity trial--and its aftermath.

A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "e;crime of the century"e;--from murder investigation to a church sex scandal to celebrity trial--and its aftermath.

Mirabai, an iconic sixteenth-century Indian poet-saint, is renowned for her unwavering love of God, her disregard for social hierarchies and gendered notions of honor and shame, and her challenge to familial, feudal, and religious authorities.

As of 2010, there were approximately 3-4 million Buddhists in the United States, and that figure is expected to grow significantly.

Teaching to Live: Black Religion, Activist-Educators, and Radical Social Change interrogates the stories of African American activist-educators whose faith convictions inspired them to educate in radical and transformative ways.

Hailed by philosopher Martin Buber as "e;the true teacher"e;, pioneer, philosopher and dreamer, Aharon David Gordon (1856--1922) is increasingly being recognized as the first Jewish environmentalist.

Hillsong, an Australian megachurch founded in 1983, is now a global phenomenon.

Hillsong, an Australian megachurch founded in 1983, is now a global phenomenon.

Are most white American Christians actually committed to a Religion of Whiteness?