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Tolkien Spirituality - Constructing Belief and Tradition in Fiction-based Religion

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Tolkien spirituality, a largely online-situated network of individuals and groups that draw ...

Missionary Spirituality

Over the past years, a lively cooperation has been developed between Catholic and Protestant Missiologists, who have experienced ecumenic...

Ritual and Resonance

Ritual and ritualization have become central concepts in cultural and social studies. This book shows why it is productive neither to equ...

To Change All Worlds - Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse

To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse by Carl R. Trueman is an accessible introduction to the history and developmen...

Faith and Pestilence - Paradigms and Historical, Theological, Hermeneutic Issues

This volume aims to take up the theme of the relationship between faith and pestilence, which, despite its topicality, is rooted in a lon...

How to End Christian Nationalism

How to End Christian Nationalism is the essential guidebook for Christians alarmed by the rise of Christian nationalism and committed to ...

Germanos II, Patriarch of Constantinople (1223-1240) - Select Sermons

This translation of the sermons of the Patriarch Germanos II (1223-40) draws attention to an unfairly neglected source for a critical per...

The Word Volume 1: 1958-1965 - Mystical Revelations of Jesus Christ Through His Two Witnesses:

Jesus Christ is the avatar of the ages-the same yesterday, today and forever. We knew him when he walked the streets of Atlantis and Lemu...

77. St. Jerome (T) - Commentary on Daniel (T)

Ministers of Propaganda - Truth, Power, and the Ideology of the Religious Right

"Scott Coley exposes the inner workings of the religious right's propaganda-and how Christians can resist it. Good evangelical Christians...

Early Sources of the Jaina Tradition

Looking at the early history of Jainism, from 6th century BCE onwards, this book focuses on one of the 24 Jinas that are identified as th...

Faith and Community - How Engagement Strengthens Members, Places of Worship, and Society

"Examines the impact of congregational community engagement efforts for places of worship, their members, and democracy"--

Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran - A Socio-Legal Analysis

This Element offers a theoretically informed examination of the manner in which religion, especially religious and spiritual movements, i...

Sin and Temptation

Volume 15 of The Complete Works of John Owen includes 4 edited and formatted treatises on the mortification of sin, the power of temptati...

Living in Wonder

A big ideas book on recovering a Christian spirituality in a world of atheistic materialism.

The Old English Catholic Homilies - The First Series

Ælfric's Catholic Homilies convey mainstream Christian thought at the turn of the millennium. The first series draws on the works of Augu...

The Roman Curia - History, Theology, and Organization

"The Roman Curia is the central body for the administration of the Roman Catholic Church. The structure and organization of the Curia are...

Schools for the Lord's Service - A History of the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Monasteries 1855-2023

An inspiring narrative history of the oldest congregation of Benedictine monasteries in the United States. Commissioned by the American-C...

The Broken Body - Israel, Christ and Fragmentation

"Fusing biblical and patristic theology, analytic philosophy, and spiritual tradition, Sarah Coakley has produced a fascinating, inspirin...

Faith's Answer to America's Political Crisis - How Religion Can Help Us Out of the Mess We're in

Can the faith in God that most Americans share help us out of the political mess we’re in?

History and the Study of Religion - The Ancient Mediterranean as a Test Case

What is religion? How is religion constituted as a social entity? Is religion a useful category for historians, anthropologists, and soci...

Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary

A comprehensive dictionary of Hebrew and Aramaic words occurring 10 times or more for Hebrew words and 5 times or more for Aramaic words....

Till the Moon Be No More - The Grit and Grace of Growing Older

Aging is an inescapable part of life, something we celebrate when we are young and intent on achieving significant milestones. This book ...

The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI - An Introduction to the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger

"The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI is a comprehensive introduction to a major theologian in his own right, quite apart from his significan...

Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics - A Fully Revised 2nd Edition

How can qualitative research methods be a tool for social change? Echoing the 'scandal of particularity' at the heart of the Christian tr...

LGBTQ+ Educators in Catholic Schools - Embracing Synodality, Inclusion, and Justice

This is the first comprehensive treatment of LGBTQ+ educators in Catholic schools, and why their continued inclusion in the classroom is ...

Christian Cosmopolitanism - Faith Communities Talk Immigration

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Exhortation to the Monks by Hyperechios - Reflections on the Spiritual Journey

"Hyperechios is a little-known monk of the fourth to fifth centuries, who is thought to have lived in Roman Palestine, possibly coastal S...

Inventing the New Dispensation in Zimbabwe - The Religious Dimension

How does a regime, whose members have been actively involved in the previous one, appropriate and deploy religious ideas and rhetoric to ...

Prayer in the Ancient World Vol.1

Prayer in the Ancient World (PAW) is a major new resource on prayer in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean. With over 350 entries it ...

Israel's Day of Light and Joy - The Origin, Development, and Enduring Meaning of the Jewish Sabbath

Explores the origins and development of the Jewish Sabbath and the rich and diverse range of theological and ethical meanings and charact...

Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast - Uchawi in Pemba

Traces changing visions of mystical power and authority on the island of Pemba, whose people's reputed resistance to outside rule has sha...

The Architecture of Blame - The End of Victimage and the Beginning of Justice

This book offers six precepts which address undertheorized aspects of René Girard's theory of scapegoating and sacrificial violence. Thes...

Exploring Religious Dimensions in AI and Humanity

This book explores how the phenomenal advancements of artificial intelligence can reshape our spiritual journeys and influence establishe...

Second-Class Saints - Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality

On June 9, 1978, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) president Spencer W. Kimball announced a revelation lifting the church...

Chinese Mental Health Scale Translation

This open access book illustrates the key steps and procedures of developing mental health scales into linguistically and culturally appr...

Ancient Synagogues in Palestine - A Re-Evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik's Schweich Lectures

Nearly a century has passed since Eleazar Lipa Sukenik delivered the Schweich Lectures on ancient synagogues in Palestine and Greece, est...

Break, Blow, Burn, and Make - A Writer's Thoughts on Creation

"When a writer and the Creator work together, the universe is set in order. Centuries ago, sound theology and good fiction were friends a...

Cultural Adaptation in Chinese Mental Health Translation

This open access book demonstrates the necessity, feasibility, and effectiveness of cultural adaptation in the translation of mental heal...

Religious and Cultural Difference in Modern British Political Cartoons

Focusing on British broadsheets such as The Times and The Guardian, and tabloid publications such as The Sun and The Daily Mail, this boo...

Beyond Civility in Social Conflict - Dialogue, Critique, and Religious Ethics

How can one speak and act in ways that overcome entrenched social conflicts? In polarized societies, some insist that the survival of dem...

Jimmy's Faith - James Baldwin, Disidentification, and the Queer Possibilities of Black Religion

A novel approach to understanding the work of James Baldwin and its transformative potential The relationship of James Baldwin's life and...

Participation in the Divine - A Philosophical History, from Antiquity to the Modern Era

The concept of participation in a transcendent domain of existence is central to the Platonic and the Judaeo-Christian traditions. It is ...

Latin American and Us Latino Religions in North America - An Introduction

"Students are encouraged to consider how the study of religion in Latin American and Latinx contexts of North America necessarily pushes ...

The States of the Earth - An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization

HOW THE DISENCHANTMENT OF EMPIRE LED TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Targums and Rabbinic Literature - 7

Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies is a multivolume series that seeks to introduce key ancient texts that form the cultural, hi...

Reviving Intellectual Intuition in Metaphysics - Contemplative Philosophies and Being

Calling for a revival of intellectual intuition in metaphysics long after its banning by Kant, Kenneth Rose overcomes the forgetfulness o...

Some New World - Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age

In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of supernatural belief. 'We are apt', says Hu...

The Oxford Handbook of Households in the Biblical World

The Prophet - For a New Generation

The Prophet: For a New Generation is a contemporary edition of the prose-poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese American poet a...

Assembling Futures - Economy, Ecology, Democracy, and Religion

Transdisciplinary insights at the intersection of religion, democracy, ecology, and economy What is the relationship of religion to econo...

Sex, God, and the Brain - How Sexual Pleasure Gave Birth to Religion and a Whole Lot More

While others have speculated on a connection between religion and sex, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, in Sex, God, and the Brain, is the ...

A History of the Desire for Christian Unity, Vol. II - Paths Towards Communion

"A History of the Desire for Christian Unity is a multi-volume reference work on the history of the Ecumenic movement. Scholars from acro...

The Perilous Fight - Overcoming Our Culture's War on the American Family

An urgent message of both concern and hope, The Perilous Fight by Dr. Ben Carson is a clarion call to reestablish the bedrock of our cult...

Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses - Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice

"Ancient Christians lived in a world of "magic." They and others-particularly those of low status-used curses as ritual objects to seek j...

'Cult' Rhetoric in the 21st Century - Deconstructing the Study of New Religious Movements

This book focuses on how 'cult rhetoric' affects our perceptions of new religious movements (NRMs). 'Cult' Rhetoric in the 21st Century e...

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion, Gender and Sexuality

Bringing together disciplines across the arts, humanities and social sciences, this Handbook presents novel and lively examinations of th...

Modeling Religion - Simulating the Transformation of Worldviews, Lifeways, and Civilizations

"What role has religion played in the major civilizational transformations associated with the Neolithic Revolution, the Axial Age, and M...

Is This God's Country? - Religion and Democracy in America

Is This God's Country? presents an exploration by noted philosopher Robert Audi on the tensions between church and state in the democrati...

C.S. Lewis and the Problem of God

This Element provides an understanding of C.S. Lewis's vocation, which is essential for reading his works well, as is knowing his philoso...