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The Torah, the cornerstone of Judaism, comprises the first five books of the Hebrew Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. As God’s divine law given to Moses, it provides the f……続きを見る

Elsie McKee, "Calvin and His Colleagues as Pastors: Some New Insights into the Collegial Ministry of Word and Sacraments"; Jeffrey R. Watt, "Childhood and Youth in the Geneva Consistory Minutes"; Ch……続きを見る

Secularization, Social Order, and World History provides a new perspective on the nature of secularization. Scholars have shown that the concepts of “religion” and the “secular” that are assumed in ……続きを見る

A cultural history of the relationship between music and trance in America, from the early colonial era to the Jazz Age. Counterpoints of Ecstasy provides an engaging exploration of the relationship……続きを見る

In "Christian Giants of the Faith," Minister Denise N. Fyffe presents a compelling and comprehensive exploration of the lives and contributions of influential Christian figures throughout history. T……続きを見る

This book applies spatial theories from human and cultural geography to the archaeological remains of Ancient Corinth in order to consider how sacred places could have been created in the first cent……続きを見る

This haunting, illuminating memoir tells the remarkable true story of a young Chinese man’s coming-of-age during the tumultuous early years of the People’s Republic of China In this exceptional pers……続きを見る

How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine At the turn of the common era, the Jewish communities of Roman Palestine saw the organization of a small g……続きを見る

A Spirituality & Practice “Best Spiritual Book of 2025” Succinct, inspiring biography of a bridge-building Jewish leader, supplemented by 15 black-and-white photographs On March 21, 1965, Martin Lut……続きを見る

Deep insights into he thoughts and acts of those who sacrificed everything for faith, freedom, and virtue. A memorable trip through early Christian history. Belief, Liberty, and Virtue – They paid t……続きを見る

This volume examines questions concerning the construction of gender and identity in the earliest days of what is now Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Methodologically explicit, the contributions a……続きを見る

The forgotten story of a true romance between Saint Paul the Apostle and a beautiful but courageous teenager named Thecla. She became the first female Christian missionary and evangelist, the first ……続きを見る

This book charts the shifting boundaries of Judaism from antiquity to the modern period in order to bring clarity to what scholars mean when they claim that ancient texts or groups are “within Judai……続きを見る

Over the first eight centuries CE, the religious cultures of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and many European lands transformed. Worship of "the gods" largely gave way to the worship of YHWH, the God……続きを見る

"Tap[s] the power of new geospatial technologies . . . explore[s] the intersection of geography, religion, politics, and identity in Irish history."ー International Social Science Review Ireland's l……続きを見る

Coined in the middle of the nineteenth century, the term "voodoo" has been deployed largely by people in the U.S. to refer to spiritual practices--real or imagined--among people of African descent. ……続きを見る

Henry IV's conversion to catholicism in 1593 and Papal absolution in 1595 were traversed by multiple problems and difficulties. These religious events were inseparable from concurrent political, dip……続きを見る

The book contains four plays written by Hans Sachs, a troubadour, playwright, shoemaker, and important compatriot and supporter of Martin Luther. Unlike Sachs' well-known poem "The Wittenberg Nighti……続きを見る

Science today is often seen as providing the definitive frame of reference for understanding what goes on in nature. Furthermore, the history of science has frequently been portrayed as the story of……続きを見る

Anne Askew (1521-1546) was accused of heresy because of her denial of the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation and ritual of mass. These two works provide an extremely rare autobiographical accou……続きを見る

How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this sin……続きを見る

Ellen G. White was a major figure of nineteenth-century American Christianity although she has not been widely studied or researched. Shortly after the second coming of Jesus predicted by the Miller……続きを見る

In White Jesus: The Architecture of Racism in Religion and Education, White Jesus is conceived as a socially constructed apparatusーa mythology that animates the architecture of salvationーthat oper……続きを見る

An authoritative account of the Coptic Papacy in Egypt from the coming of Islam to the onset of the Ottoman era, by a leading religious studies scholar, new in paperback In Volume 1 of this series, ……続きを見る

Interest in John Foxe and his hugely influential text Acts and Monuments is particularly vibrant at present. This volume, the third to arise from a series of international colloquia on Foxe, collect……続きを見る

Throughout the sixteenth century, political and intellectual developments in Britain and The Netherlands were closely intertwined. At different times religious refugees from one or other country fou……続きを見る

St Anselm's archiepiscopal career, 1093-1109, spanned the reigns of two kings: William Rufus and the early years of Henry I. As the second archbishop of Canterbury after the Norman Conquest, Anselm ……続きを見る

This book, first published as Selling Water by the River in 1972, is a practical and inspirational manual for all who wish to practice Zen. Rōshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett, the founder and former abbess……続きを見る

No study has been carried out examining the gnostic undercurrents in medieval England. For the first time, Natanela Elias investigates the existence of these gnostic traces, using prominent late med……続きを見る

From 1941 to 1945, a small number of Jews were given the rights of Aryan citizens in Croatia by the pro-Nazi Utasha regime. This study seeks to explain why these exemptions from Ustasha racial laws ……続きを見る