Religious Institutions & Organizations

The Chronicle of Le Murate, completed by Sister Giustina Niccolini in 1598, is one of a small number of surviving documents that presents a nuns ow...

Since 1876, Jehovahs Witnesses have believed that they are living in the last days of the present world. Charles T. Russell, their founder, advised...

This book takes a new look at one of the most contentious periods in American history. The battles over schools that surrounded the famous Scopes m...

Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos, the first book focusing on premortem shrines in any era of Chinese history, places the institut...

Women are conspicuously absent from the Jewish mystical tradition. Even if historically some Jewish women may have experienced mystical revelations...

Living Generously is a new resource from the Church of Scotland to promote a whole-life approach to Christian stewardship. Its holistic approach co...

What makes Methodist worship Methodist or Wesleyan? How do Methodists evaluate emerging forms of worship in light of their own liturgical heritage?...

What is a religion? That is the question that Richard Kent Evans attempts to answer in this book. He does so through the story of MOVE, a little-kn...

A remarkable history of the powerful and influential social gospel movement. The global crises of child labor, alcoholism and poverty were all bro...

How do faith-based organizations influence the work of transnational peacebuilding, development, and human rights advocacy? How is the political ro...

All disciples of Jesus Christ are called to care for one another whether they have a formal role or not, and exercise pastoral care by listening, e...

Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the Black church If we ...

Examining how a civilian organization used the Civil War to advance their religious mission Tabernacles in the Wilderness discusses the work of the...

Collects the correspondence of a leader of the Northern Rebellion of 1569 who became a prominent figure in the English Catholic exile community. ...

An amazing story of survival, after a life spent under the control of some of Irelands most notorious institutions. Born in the Tuam Mother and Ba...

Internationally renowned author and Bible teacher Joyce Meyer provides a close study on Philippians, emphasizing the true joy that comes from servi...

This is the first Polish ethnological monograph to present how biblical themes function in folk culture in the context of rituals, customs and icon...