This book is about all the suffering and death produced by natural processes like tsunamis, genetic disorders, extreme weather events, even before ...

This book is about all the suffering and death produced by natural processes like tsunamis, genetic disorders, extreme weather events, even before ...

CONTENTS: Foreword by Fergus Kelly Introduction by Pamela O'Neill The Milan Poem by Anders Ahlqvist Wessex and the Welsh in the Alfredian Chronicle...

Volume 4 focuses on Christology the person and work of Jesus Christ in the context of Vanuatu cultures. It also includes a section on mission and a...

Gregory of Nazianzus (ca330-390) is one of the three Greek church fathers from Cappadocia. This book explores both his theology -- which earned him...

Text in German. This volume contains a complete re-edition and study of the 'Fundamentals of the Course of the Stars'. This handbook on Religious A...

Text in Dutch. There exists in the history of the Roman Catholic Church is hardly a bloodier chapter than the struggle against the Cathars, who wer...

As a veteran Israeli guide I realised that there was no concise history book for the amateur historian wanting to understand the complex history of...

Giovanni Battista Nicolini wrote this book hoping to convey to readers a just and correct idea of the character and aims of the brotherhood of Loyo...

Holy landscape is a term frequently used to describe a multidimensional phenomenon. What this actually comprises is hard to define. Precisely this ...

The object of this book is to provide an opportunity for voices of other religions to be heard as Australia celebrates its first Catholic saint, Ma...

What happens when an old cultural institution is subjected to marketisation and individualisation? How does the institution do justice to the inner...

In the field of biblical hermeneutics one area which scholarship has neglected is Catholic biblical scholarship during the early modern era. A brie...

Of the many Catholic religious orders established in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, none was as influential--or as controversial--as the S...

Of the many Catholic religious orders established in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, none was as influential--or as controversial--as the S...

Jesus and Muhammad lived in different times and in different contexts. An absolute comparison of the careers of these two men is not a satisfactory...

Filling the historiographical gap, Yoo raises a fundamental question concerning the criticism of the Reformed doctrine of free choice in relationsh...

Exploring the birth period of Islam, this biography focuses on one of the most prominent and respected Muslim women in history, Khadija, the wife o...

Who was Jacob Latomus? What did he write in the series of lectures to which Luther penned an answer in 1521, an answer which is now so central to m...

In 1836, the newly created Society of Mary receives from the Holy See the responsibility of evangelizing Oceania. Jean-Claude Colin, freshly electe...

In 1836, the newly created Society of Mary receives from the Holy See the responsibility of evangelising Oceania. Jean-Claude Colin, freshly electe...

SydneCONTENTS:Introduction by Aedeen CreminPolitics and Government??Precedents for Autonomous Welsh Government 1536-1653 by Peter R. RobertsPolitic...

Wolves, snakes, horses, cows, sheep, fish and dogs are just a few of the animals that feature in the stories of the prophets in the Holy Qur'an. Go...

The myth is the story of how the chapel acquired its spiral staircase through the intervention of a mysterious white-bearded carpenter who came in ...

Martin Luther's impact on Calvinism was enormous. In this volume, well-known authors in the field of Luther research and reformed theology document...

Mythology is usually reserved for non-Christian religions. However, the adoption of Christianity in Northern and East-Central Europe between c. 100...

CONTENTS:Preface by Anders Ahlqvist & Pamela O'NeillThe Types of Pledges in Early Irish Law: Form, Function and Context by Jaqueline BemmerAspe...

The life and teachings of the Prophet Abraham -- generally regarded as the patriarch of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism -- are presented from an I...

Migrations are a phenomenon that can be traced back to the beginning of the history of mankind. In modern times, especially in the eighteenth and n...

In this collection, the authors begin by discussing the Qing government which banned the introduction of any new religion into imperial China and e...

Missionary women are no strangers to the ecstasies, horrors, and humor of the human condition. June M. Dunn, RN-MSN was the 20th-century missionary...

This volume contains the plenary papers and a selection of shortpapers from the Seventh Annual RefoRC conference, which was held 10–12 May 2017 in ...

From kindergarten onwards, Jewish children are taught that the Torah as observed today is identical to the Torah given at Sinai. Unfortunately, man...

This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary research initiative at the National Museum of Denmark. A significant part of the museum's ex...

In 1885, a large hypogeum was discovered at the Saint-E'tienne Compound, the domain acquired only two and a half years before by the Dominicans on ...

A mind-boggling investigation into ancient wisdom -- and the nature of the universe. Monuments like the Pyramids or Stonehenge make us wonder: Were...

This book explores the hundreds of years of history that led American Jewry into the middle of the Cold War. The book s primary focus is on the imp...

Old Myths and New Approaches: Interpreting Ancient Religious Sites in Southeast Asia brings together recent research by leading experts on Southeas...

What happens when oral texts are removed from their original medium and written down? This collection examines the complex interrelationship betwee...

CONTENTS On the Origins of the Old Irish Terms Goídil and Goídelc by John T. KochAspects of Declension and Case in Modern Irish by Damien O Muirí O...

These twelve essays by international scholars investigate Melanchthon’s theological activities as teacher, confessor of the faith, and defender of ...

An extensive manual describing the Hajj -- a journey that enlightens the significance of human existence and submission -- this guidebook offers ad...

The present interdisciplinary study examines the poetic as well as the political staging of the Palatinate Wedding of 1613 in London in the occasio...

Death and dying were not in the main focus of the denominational conflicts of the 16th century. However, pious literature covered these topics agai...

This collection of eight essays deals with a wide range of historical, literary, and methodological issues. First, what were the links between the ...

The contributors to this volume examine the complex and dynamic role that Protestant majorities and minorities played in shaping the Reformations o...

'Public theology' involves the application of biblical and theological principles outside the confines of the church and assesses their implication...