History of religion books

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Like the media coverage of the civil rights era itself, Hollywood dramas have reinforced regional stereotypes of...  Read More >>

Appalachian Mountain Christianity examines the beliefs and practices of certain Protestant religious groups, primarily...  Read More >>

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Appalachian Mountain Christianity examines the beliefs and practices of certain Protestant religious groups, primarily...  Read More >>

Like the media coverage of the civil rights era itself, Hollywood dramas have reinforced regional stereotypes of...  Read More >>

First published in 1956, God and Man in Early Israel deals with Old Testament history from Abraham to Solomon in...  Read More >>

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The Elements of Greek Philosophy (1922) is an overview of the basic principles of Ancient Greek philosophy, tracing...  Read More >>

First published in 1985, Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals tells the little known yet fascinating story of a missionary...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1960, and the first of three volumes on the history of the Jews during the dispersal, this...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1964, this further volume in Poul Borchsenius’ history of the Jewish people, is the story...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1962, the title of this book is taken from Genesis and is an allusion to the establishment...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1963, this book covers one of the least known parts of Jewish history: the golden age of...  Read More >>

Originally published in English in 1964, this volume describes the ghettos which formed medieval enclaves in the...  Read More >>

Hindu Customs and their Origins (1937) primarily examines the topic of caste in India, looking at the ancient ideas...  Read More >>

The Decline of Neutrality (1971) examines neutrality as it was codified in the Hague Convention in 1907 and the...  Read More >>

English History in Forms of Essays (1927) is an audacious and ambitious history of England in an abbreviated form...  Read More >>

Dieses Buch bringt interdisziplinäre Wissenschaftler aus den Bereichen Geschichte, Theologie, Volkskunde, Ethnologie...  Read More >>

Using a micro-historical approach, this book explores how the 'culture of covenanting' shaped lived experiences...  Read More >>

The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable...  Read More >>

This broad-based critical edition is the first-ever modern translation of all three adaptations of the hagiography...  Read More >>

This volume advances our understanding of early Christianity as a lived religion by approaching it through its rites,...  Read More >>

This volume examines patterns of rhetoric in Constantine the Great's surviving correspondence on conflicts among...  Read More >>

This book is an introduction to the Apocrypha and related literature, written for a non-specialist audience. Each...  Read More >>