At the beginning of the twentieth century the tropes of messianism, apocalypse and redemption, which had been so central to the West's religious fo...

Michael Constantine Psellus (1018-1178 C.E) was one of the most notable writers and philosophers of the Byzantine era. The Byzantine domain was eff...

The anthropology of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is studied with special referecne to his frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, both the Ceiling (...

Study Guide companion to 'The Midwife's Story' (1896836593).

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...

A driving force in folk religion, milagros or ex-votos, are found in cathedrals, humble chapels in rural areas and roadside shrines across Latin Am...

Did war serve as a catalyst for religious change? Holger Berg explores this question using the example of Erfurt during the Thirty Years' War. Diss...

A scathing critique of contemporary spirituality by one of its most unusual figures. In a world in which spiritual techniques, teachers, concepts, ...

The story of the life and humanitarian activities of of Sempo (Chiune) Sugihara told in this The Miracle Visas has been made into a Japanese opera,...

The books in "Humanity's Encounter with the Divine" Series illuminate and reassure your mind, heart, soul, and conscience… Books from the Risale-i ...

This posthumous memoir recounts the adventures of Luther Schuetze, who from 1927 to 1938 took the Gospel to one of Canada's First Nations, the Anis...

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...

Among the important topics of the curriculum, the work offers a model framework that provides the necessary guidance. The model frame condenses the...

This book offers a modern analysis of religious practices. Topics discussed include renewing Islamic discourse; the re-scripting of the Jihad; chur...

Islamic theology and sectarian considerations are rarely sufficient explanations for instances of terrorism and political violence involving Muslim...

Monasteries were important cultural centres in the Middle Ages. Here, classical authors were copied and studied, new music and new sermons were com...

Williams's translations are scrupulously faithful and accurate without being slavishly literal, and yet are lively and graceful.--Paul Vincent Spad...

If you want to know how hypnosis really works (and, no, it has nothing to do with waving of hands or other similar nonsense), you will want to read...

Mahperi, wife and mother of sultans, is at the centre of this saga which unfolds amidst the turbulent backdrop of the 13th century Seljuk Empire of...

The Mahamudra path of direct perception is the pre-eminent method of the Dakpo Kagyu tradition. This definitive manual systematically explains its ...

Sex, Media and theology – a provocative mix. Reactions can vary from rejection to openness and curiosity. This volume follows the latter path: on t...

In some quarters of the church the debate about the ordination of homosexuals has been reduced to sloganeering: "scripture is clear..."; "The gospe...

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 ...

This book of poems in Greek and English examines the role of mother and motherhood in the natural world reflecting what we know and understand of G...

This book provides an interesting and engaging look at the Shakers, one of the most complex but largely ignored religious groups and one of the mos...

Teachings on sound presenting a vision of the harmony which underlies and infuses every aspect of life. Science of breath, law of rhythm, the creat...

Exploring the response and contributions of Muslims and Turkish Muslims to globalisation -- including areas such as democratisation, scientific rev...

The relationship between Muslims and Christians in Indonesia is an important subject. Apart from a few investigations on certain conflicts in diffe...