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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...

Pagans - The Visual Culture of Pagan Myths, Legends and Rituals

A fascinating, clear, and detailed historical analysis of the eclectic and beautiful visual and material culture of paganism.

Cult Following - The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives

From the author of Cursed Objects and The United States of Cryptids, an eye-popping compendium of the most infamous, audacious, and dange...

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 ...

Der Dom zu Speyer - Gebaut für Gott und Kaiser

Das neue Buch zum Speyerer Dom: Begleiten Sie den Autor Peter Schappert auf seinem Weg durch die größte erhaltene romanische Kirche Europ...

A Hidden Wholeness - The Journey Toward an Undivided Life, 20th Anniversary Edition

A wise, heartfelt, and compelling guide to our quest for wholeness in a broken world A Hidden Wholeness--now in its 20th Anniversary Edit...

The Four Horsemen - The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution. Foreword by Stephen Fry

Richard Dawkins (Author) Richard Dawkins is author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time...

The Zohar - Pritzker Edition, Volume Twelve

Nathan Wolski is the Liberman Family Lecturer in Jewish Studies with the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University, Au...

Sacred Mobilities in Byzantium and Beyond - People, Objects and Relics

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

Toxemia, Baby, and Me An Out of Body Experience

You're invited to follow along with a short story about a young woman's journey through the effects of severe toxemia of pregnancy. This ...

Class Struggle in the New Testament

Class Struggle in the New Testament engages the political and economic realities of the first century to unmask the mediation of class th...

Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism - From Ali to Post-Khomeini

Ranging from the time of the infallible Imams, to the contemporary era, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Shi¿i religious an...

Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity

Marshalling previously untapped Christian materials, Bar-Asher Siegal offers radically new insights into Talmudic stories about Scriptura...

Battle for Bonhoeffer

The figure of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) has become a clay puppet in modern American politics. Secular, radical, liberal, and evange...

The Paulist Biblical Commentary

The Paulist Biblical Commentary (PBC) is a one-volume commentary on the books of the Bible designed for a wide variety of Bible readers, ...

Missionary Spirituality

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

Jesus - Dead or Alive? - The Evidence

This book investigates the resurrection appearances of Jesus, with a view to establishing their authenticity as experienced by the first-...

God and Humanity - Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology

"This groundbreaking work reveals that Bavinck's theological anthropology offers a holistic vision that cuts across common binaries in th...

Addiction and the Captive Will - A Colloquy Between Neuroscience and Augustine of Hippo

"Conducts a dialogue between the early Christian theologian, Augustine of Hippo, and three modern models of addiction. The choice, learni...

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....

Religion Today - A Critical Thinking Approach to Religious Studies

Religion Today introduces students to key concepts in religious studies through a compelling problem-solving framework. Each chapter open...

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...

Colin Gunton's Trinitarian Theology of Culture - Towards a Living Sacrifice of Praise

"This book critically engages Colin Gunton's trinitarian theology of culture in the context of modern debates in trinitarian theology, an...

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 ...

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...

'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...

Cannabis, Sacred and Profane

"Cannabis, Religion, and Culture is a detailed analysis of one of the most frequently-used, culturally-significant, and widely-discussed ...

Christian Cosmopolitanism - Faith Communities Talk Immigration

Forthcoming Fall 2024

Ancient and Indigenous Wisdom Traditions in the Americas - Towards More Balanced and Inclusive Curricular Representations and Classroom Practices

This book brings attention to the understudied and often overlooked question of how curricula and classroom practices might inadvertently...

Christian Polytheism? - Polydox Theologies of Multi-devotional and Decolonial Praxis

This book is a theological and political exploration of how Christianity may be compatible with polytheism, arguing that there is no sing...

NIV Larger Print Personal Value Hardback Bible

A hardback Bible, with easy-to-read NIV text.

Pope Francis's Synod on Synodality and Modern Sociology - Exploring Behavioral and Research Aspects

This book focuses on the value and necessity of modern sociology to Pope Francis's church reform project known as the Synod on Synodality.

Contemporary Yoga and Sacred Texts

This book explores the textual traditions that authorize the history, legitimacy, and authenticity of today's physical posture practice.

The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence

This Cambridge Companion covers the field of Religion and AI comprehensively and provides an authoritative guide to the field. It introdu...

The Moral Vision of Pope Francis - Expanding the US Reception of the First Jesuit Pope

"The papacy of Pope Francis has ushered in remarkable changes for the Roman Catholic Church. From a new emphasis on collegiality in eccle...

Human Dignity, Religion and the Law - Pluralism and Reasonable Accommodation of Religious Practices

This work addresses the shift from the monolithic influence of major world religions in the past towards religious pluralism coupled with...

Authority, Passion, and Subjected-Centered Teaching - A Christian Pedagogical Philosophy

This book asserts that authority is a contested category and explores why traditional notions of authority are increasingly in tension wi...

Religion and Artificial Intelligence - An Introduction

This engaging book is essential for anyone considering the relationship between religion, science and technology, and interested in the q...

Feminism and the Religious Significance of Laughing Bodies

This book identifies the significance of the body through a feminist reconceptualisation of laughter as a means of insight and will be of...

Religious Responses to Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Disasters

This book argues that, although secular and religious perspectives on disasters have often conflicted, today there are grounds for believ...

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...

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 t...

Spiritual, Life and Values Education for Children

This book offers various perspectives on children's spirituality and its relation to life and values education from diverse socio-cultura...

Perspectives on Children's Spirituality in Diverse and Changing Contexts

This book offers multidisciplinary and inclusive perspectives on children and young people's spirituality and its research in diverse soc...

Christian Influence - The Subcultural Narratives of Evangelical Celebrities on Instagram

Christian Influence examines how understudied evangelical media celebrities use Instagram to cultivate religious authority and to convey ...

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 ...

The Judas Syndrome - Why Good People Do Awful Things

Judas betrayed with a kiss. Who has hurt you, and what can you do about it?

Freedom of Religion, Security and the Law - Key Challenges for a Pluralistic Society

This work explores issues arising from managing religious and cultural diversity in a multicultural society and the complex relationship ...

Connecting Ecologies - Integrating Responses to the Global Challenge

Connecting Ecologies focuses on the environmental aspects of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' and the challenge to care for our commo...

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 ...

Introducing Religion - Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century

Introducing students to engaging and contemporary topics such as sociology of religion, psychology of religion, history of religion, reli...

Trans Life and the Catholic Church Today

"The first three chapters illustrate the development of Catholic thinking on transgender in the late 20th century. The second section of ...

Understanding and Teaching Religion in US History

Religion is deeply embedded in American history, and one cannot understand American history's broad dynamics without accounting for it. W...

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...

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...

A New Copernican Turn - Contemporary Cosmology, the Self, and Orthodox Science-Engaged Theology

This short book discusses the latest in terms of cosmology's knowns and unknowns, and sets out to ascertain the potential of Orthodox Chr...

The Hebrew Book in Early Modern Italy

Joseph R. Hacker is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Adam Shear is Associate Professor of Reli...

Could a Good God Permit So Much Suffering? - A Debate

Could a Good God Permit So Much Suffering? presents a debate about whether the kind of world we live in, ridden with horrendous evil, is ...

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 ...