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In the two centuries before the Quiet Revolution, the people of Quebec exercised a higher degree of independence from the Catholic Church than is often presumed. Investigating rural Quebec from the ……続きを見る

Medieval scholars and cultural historians have recently turned their attention to the question of “smells” and what olfactory sensations reveal about society in general and holiness in particular. S……続きを見る

Most of the major black literary and cultural movements of the twentieth century have been understood and interpreted as secular, secularizing and, at times, profane. In this book, Josef Sorett demo……続きを見る

On March 20, 1760, a fire broke out in the Cornhill district of Boston, destroying nearly 350 buildings in its wake. One of the ruined shops belonged to the eminent Boston bookseller Daniel Henchman……続きを見る

Was war Luthers Problem? Wie fand er sein Glück? Warum hat er das Poesiealbum erfunden, und wieso sind die deutschen Protestanten eigentlich schottisch? Über Luther und die Reformation sind auch 500……続きを見る

"Ich habe die Welt satt, sie hat mich wiederum satt … sie meint, wenn sie mich los wäre, so wäre es gut … Es ist doch, wie ich oft gesagt hab: ich bin der reife Dreck, so ist die Welt das weite Arsc……続きを見る

Innerhalb von nur hundert Jahren entstanden der Islam und das Weltreich der Kalifen und veränderten tiefgreifend die politischen und kulturellen Koordinaten der Welt. Lutz Berger erklärt dieses "Wun……続きを見る

From late fourth century BC Seleucid enclave to capital of the Roman east, Antioch on the Orontes was one of the greatest cities of antiquity and served as a hinge between east and west. This book d……続きを見る

Prolegomena To The History Of Israel by the German biblical scholar and orientalist, Julius Wellhausen.In the course of his career, he moved from Old Testament research through Islamic studies to Ne……続きを見る

The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by the American Old Testament scholar,Charles Foster Kent.He was born at Palmyra, New York, and educated at Yale (A.B., 1889; Ph.D., 1891). He stu……続きを見る

Stories of the Prophets Before the Exile by the American Reform rabbi, author and anti-Zionist activist,Isaac Landman.He was editor of the ten volume Universal Jewish Encyclopedia.He was a leader in……続きを見る

Hebrew Life and Times by Harold B. Hunting(Harold Bruce Hunting).Egypt has never been a health resort. The intensely hot summers breed germs of disease, and also the insects which often carry them. ……続きを見る

To many people the idea that 'the body' has its own history might sound faintly ridiculous. The body and its experiences are usually seen as something that we share with people from the past. Like '……続きを見る

Intensely persecuted during the English Interregnum, early Quakers left a detailed record of the suffering they endured for their faith. Margaret Fell, Letters, and the Making of Quakerism is the fi……続きを見る

Analysing the narration of the translatio of the body of Saint James from Palestine to Santiago de Compostela and its impact on the historical and biblical construction of Jacobean pilgrimages, this……続きを見る

Exploring the resilience, identity, and contributions of Southern Jews in the heart of Alabama. This is the first substantial history of the Jews in any inland town or city of the industrial South. ……続きを見る

Derived from Latin ex voto suscepto “in pursuance of a vow,” an ex voto embodies the hopes, dreams, and anxieties of the person who deposits it. Almost anything, regardless of size, weight, form, or……続きを見る

This fascinating new study traces traditions and memories relating to the twelfth-century Indian ruler Prithviraj Chauhan; a Hindu king who was defeated and overthrown during the conquest of Norther……続きを見る

Since the early 1990s, politicians, policymakers, the media and academics have increasingly focused on religion, noting the significant increase in the number of cases involving religion. As a resul……続きを見る

Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early modern and Meiji Japan, 1600-1868. Highlighting the role of the god Okuninushi and the mythology ……続きを見る

In this now-classic work, E. P. Sanders argued against prevailing views regarding the Judaism of the Second Temple period, for example, that the Pharisees dominated Jewish Palestine or that the Mish……続きを見る

In his sixth satire, Juvenal speculates about how Roman wives busy themselves while their husbands are away, namely, by entertaining a revolving door of exotic visitors who include a eunuch of the e……続きを見る

A fully updated second edition of this essential look at the continuing tensions between religion and American public schools. Today, the ongoing controversy about the placeーor lack of placeーof re……続きを見る

With roots stretching to before the Civil War, the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) today serves as the connection between African Americans and the Stone-Campbell ……続きを見る

This study presents details about the life and philosophy of the founder of Buddhism, Prince Gautama of India or the Buddha, in the form of a poem as told from an imaginary Buddhist character. When ……続きを見る

Luther war der einflussreichste "Ketzer" der Kirchengeschichte. Seine beispiellose Fähigkeit, als Prediger, Professor und Publizist das Ohr seiner Zeitgenossen zu erreichen, machte ihn zum meistgele……続きを見る

Please note that this edition does not include illustrations. The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glories ……続きを見る

The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history – 'A first-class storyteller' The Times Throughout the three hundred years that followed……続きを見る

From childhood, D.L. Mayfield longed to be a missionary, so she was thrilled when the opportunity arose to work with a group of Somali Bantu refugees in her hometown of Portland, OR. As the days, mo……続きを見る

Negotiating religious diversity, as well as negotiating different forms and degrees of commitment to religious belief and identity, constitutes a major challenge for all societies. Recent developmen……続きを見る