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In a bold and moving book that is sure to spark heated debate, the novelist and cultural critic James Carroll...

Upending a longstanding consensus, Bruce W. Longenecker presents a wide variety of material artifacts to illustrate that Christians made use...

This nuanced book considers the role of religion and religiosity in modern Mexico, breaking new ground with an emphasis on...

⢠A complex story, well told, that describes the rise and development of one of the nation's most important and...

Why is the set of human beliefs and behaviours that we call "religion" such a widespread feature of all known...

The subject of culture has provided theologians with a whole new realm of exploration. By the turn of the twentieth...

Human trauma gave birth to the Bible, suggests eminent religious scholar David Carr. The Bible's ability to speak to suffering...

First published in 1921, this title examines the relationship between what the author labels the 'rationalist' element in Western culture...

Chapter intellectual biography and Chapter history of religious ideas in genre, this book covers a range of topics such as...

Praise for previous editions:'Something of a godsend ... as a teaching resource this book is second to none ... achieves...

Exploring California as a theological place, this book renders critical engagement with significant Californian religious and theological phenomena and the...

Why did people choose the Reformation? What was it in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? Andrew...

The period from 1066 to 1272, from the Norman Conquest to the death of Henry III, was one of enormous...

The rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from its complex history, from the diversity of its peoples,...

From prehistory to the present, the Indigenous peoples of the Andes have used a visual symbol system-that is, art-to express...

Just one hundred years ago, Americans almost universally condemned cremation. Today, nearly one-quarter of Americans choose to be cremated. The...

A religious scholar and former evangelical Christian explores the history of the Bible, from the ancient Hebrew scrolls that Jesus read...

Sierra Leone's unique history, especially in the development and consolidation of British colonialism in West Africa, has made it an...

In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church...

Eighty-one years after America witnessed the Scopes trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools, the debate between science...