Religion: General

This volume brings together scholars in religion, archaeology, philology and history to explore case studies and theoretical models of converging r...

The conflict between the natural sciences and Christian theology has been going on for centuries. Recent advances in the fields of evolutionary bio...

This volume offers unique insights into the mutually constitutive nature of social media practices and religious change. Part 1 examines how social...

Die historische Aufarbeitung von sexuellem Missbrauch und Gewalt in der Frühen Neuzeit steht noch ganz am Anfang. Auf detaillierten Archivrecherche...

The application of women's rights to the religions of the world have prompted highly contentious debates. This volume explores the many intricate i...

How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the TorahThroughout their history, ...

How and why did students at Kabul University engage in political activism or refrained from it between 1964 and 1992? Based on oral history intervi...

Ancient Mesopotamian, biblical, rabbinic, and Christian literature was created and transmitted by the intellectual elite and therefore presents the...

This volume brings together a series of discussions by scholars from a range of disciplinary, (trans)regional and epistemic perspectives that came ...

Global Phenomenologies of Religion offers a new way of looking at the past, current and future trajectory of the study of religion. The phenomenolo...

How can time become festive? How do festivals manage to make time special, to mark out a certain day or days, to distinguish them from normal, ever...

Why have Western societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? Looking to the feelings and faith of ordinary pe...

The legend of Theophilus is a widely disseminated medieval miracle story. A good man gives in to Vain Glory, sells his soul to the Devil, has a ter...

The legend of Theophilus is a widely disseminated medieval miracle story. A good man gives in to Vain Glory, sells his soul to the Devil, has a ter...

Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most c...

Though little-known today, Nicholas of Lyra's commentaries are arguably among the most widely-read and influential commentaries of all time. For mo...