Religion: general books

Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories contributes to the study of conspiracy culture by analysing the religious...  Read More >>

This book offers an overview of how the Church Fathers used and intepretated biblical texts.  Read More >>

This book focuses on the question of theological paradox, exploring what it means and its place in theological method...  Read More >>

This book features detailed analysis of an ancient secret scroll from the Middle East known as the Rivers Scroll...  Read More >>

This volume is the first to look at the constellation of Byzantine emotions. Originating at an international colloquium...  Read More >>

This book contends that the discourses of jihadism in Russia's North Caucasus, and their offshoots in other parts...  Read More >>

This book explores significant representations of Shinto and Buddhist sacred space, spiritual symbols, and religious...  Read More >>

Drawing on rich archival research and focusing on works by leading artists including Guido Reni and Gian Lorenzo...  Read More >>

This book argues that the Protestant Reformation was an existential threat to the Catholic Habsburg monarchy of...  Read More >>

Based on extensive research among Cistercian monks and nuns, this book examines social relations in monasteries,...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary volume recontextualises biblical texts to explore how the relationship between sex/gender,...  Read More >>

This volume provides novel social-scientific and historical approaches to religious identifications in 3rd-12th...  Read More >>

This timely volume brings together various issues in Muslim consumer cultures and provides a comprehensive account...  Read More >>

The book critically analyses questions of gender and sexuality in the medieval religious texts of Bengal. It analyses...  Read More >>

The Dardenne Brothers’ Cinematic Parables examines the work of Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the development of bilateral Jewish-Muslim relations in London and Amsterdam since the late-1980s....  Read More >>

This book interrogates the contributions that religious traditions have made to climate change discussions within...  Read More >>

This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy, and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial...  Read More >>

An outstanding reference source to the principal philosophers in the Buddhist traditions. Essential reading for...  Read More >>

Providing a critical humanities approach to ageing, this book addresses new directions in age studies.  Read More >>

This book examines the history, theological beliefs and current contextual practices of faith-based NGOs who work...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which resemble...  Read More >>

Many people think that profound disability presents us with a real problem, often because it seems difficult to...  Read More >>

This book explores the convergence and interrelation of the text of Nāla-yi ʿAndalīb with its context. It considers...  Read More >>

Departing from both the ordinary defences and criticisms that surround the practice of Jewish ritual of circumcision,...  Read More >>