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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

Forthcoming Fall 2024

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...

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 ...

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...

The Oxford Handbook of Households in the Biblical World

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...

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...

Félix Ravaisson - Fragments on Philosophy and Religion

Félix Ravaisson: Fragments on Philosophy and Religion offers accurate translations of a selection of writings from Ravaisson's notes on t...

Ancient African Religions - A History

This book examines the history of religions in Africa from the burial practices of the earliest humans to the rise of centralized theocra...

On Interrogation, Introspection, Dialectic and the Ineluctable Polarity of Being and Knowing

"In realising the abyssal peril facing one's being, one is called into a dynamic method of exploration, dialectic, which is significant i...

Revelation and the Word of God - Theological Foundations of the Christian Church - Volume 2

"Why do we need a revelation? How far can human reason provide a natural knowledge of God? How is revelation connected with history and w...

New Religious Movements in North America - An Introduction

"Among the new religious movements explored in this book are the Church of Scientology, the Branch Davidians, the Nation of Islam, the Ch...

Global Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion - From Religious Experience to the Afterlife

Leading scholars representing the world's five great religious traditions--Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--discuss ...

The Nusayri Path of Knowledge - A Study and Critical Edition of ʿiṣmat Al-Dawla's (Thrived 11th Century) Manhaj Al-ʿilm Wa L-Bayān Wa-Nuzhat Al-Samʿ Wa L-ʿiyān

This book is a study and edition of a crucial doctrinal source in Nusayrism: The Path of Knowledge and Clarification and the Bliss of Hea...

The Violent Take It by Force - The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy

When charismatic believers wage spiritual battles, ideas can take tangible form. With scholarly precision and narrative force, religion s...

The Universal Way of Salvation in the Thought of Augustine

"How does Christ's mediation affect the individual human being? And how does that effect on the individual human being's soul relate to t...

Theology of the Soul - A Pauline Perspective on Cultural, Philosophical, and Traditional Concepts

Theology of the Soul examines the possibility of a concept of the soul in modern theology. This study contains clear and carefully detail...

Hollow Gods

A combination of Kahlil Gibran and Dr. Phil, theologian and lifelong liberal Davidson Loehr brings a much-needed clarity to the reasons t...

God's Covenants - The Mystery and Marrow of the Bible Volume 4

In this volume, Francis Roberts explains the Covenant of Grace in its administrations or "expressures" with David and his seed, and also ...

The Battle for the Soul of Islam - Defining the Muslim Faith in the 21st Century

This book describes the battle between major Middle Eastern and Asian Muslim-majority states to control the definition of Islam in the 21...

God's Covenants - The Mystery and Marrow of the Bible Volume 5

In this volume, Francis Roberts concludes his explanation of the New Covenant, which he terms as "God's Covenant of Performance, made and...

Bonhoeffer and the Responsibility for a Coming Generation - Doing Theology in a Time Out of Joint

"This volume draws together a selection of high-quality presentations at the 13th International Bonhoeffer Congress held in January 2020 ...

Christians at Home - John Chrysostom and Domestic Rituals in Fourth-Century Antioch

Examines Christian home life in late antiquity through the writings, teachings, and reception of John Chrysostom, an Antioch priest who b...

God in Post-Christianity - An Elemental Philosophical Theology

Argues for a new elemental and sensory experience of God.

Buddhism and the Political - Organisation and Participation in the Theravada Moral Universe

Walton argues that there is a fundamental ambivalence in Buddhist thought towards the legitimacy of mass participation in politics.

Disbelief - The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species

Losing Our Religion tells us how we became religious, why we¿re leaving faith behind, and how we can get along with others across the rel...

Modern Catholic Family Teaching - Commentaries and Interpretations

"This volume features academic commentary on the key magisterial texts that constitute the sources of contemporary Catholic teaching on t...

Pope Francis, Marriage, and Same-Sex Civil Unions - Foundations for the Organic Development of Catholic Sexual Doctrine

On the basis of Pope Francis' support of the legal protection of same-sex civil unions, "new pastoral methods," theological anthropologic...