Worship, Rites & Ceremonies

Dancing to Your Tune is Sheila Hopkins second published collection of poetry. As a poet who is a Christian, many of her poems have been inspired by...

Honorable Mention, 2019 Barbara T. Christian Literary Award, given by the Caribbean Studies Association Winner, 2017 Clifford Geertz Prize in the A...

In this important new book, Paul T. Phillips argues that most professional historians aside from a relatively small number devoted to theory and m...

Pilgrimage inspired and shaped the distinct experiences of commoners and nobles, men and women, clergy and laity for over a thousand years. Pilgrim...

This liturgical guide offers detailed rubrics for every Sunday and major feast of the year, as well as certain lesser feasts and lenten days. The c...

This pilgrimage walk runs for 56 miles (91 km) from the Firth of Forth via Dunfermline Abbey to the famous pilgrim destination of St Andrews. It is...

This book examines both specific issues and more general problems stemming from the interaction of religion, travel and tourism with hospitality an...

This book examines both specific issues and more general problems stemming from the interaction of religion, travel and tourism with hospitality an...

Who and what are marriage and sex for? Whose practices and which ways of talking to god can count as religion? Lucinda Ramberg considers these ques...

The summer of 2022 saw the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation, the first time in British history that a mo...

Meditation has flourished in different parts of the world ever since the foundations of the great civilizations were laid. It played a vital role i...

Derived from Latin ex voto suscepto in pursuance of a vow, an ex voto embodies the hopes, dreams, and anxieties of the person who deposits it. Almo...

Whilst Contemporary Worship Music arose out of a desire to relate the music of the church to the music of everyday life, this function can quickly ...

In this book, Claudia Moser offers a new understanding of Roman religion in the Republican era through an exploration of sacrifice, its principal r...

Who and what are marriage and sex for? Whose practices and which ways of talking to god can count as religion? Lucinda Ramberg considers these ques...

The Devil's Tabernacle is the first book to examine in depth the intellectual and cultural impact of the oracles of pagan antiquity on modern Europ...

What makes sounds religious? How are communities shaped by the things they hear, play, or listen to? This book foregrounds connections between soun...

How has Confucius, quintessentially and symbolically Chinese, been received throughout Japanese history? The Worship of Confucius in Japan provides...

'Touching Cloth can be compared to Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt and the writings of the Secret Barrister' Observer'I laughed my way through thi...

This book examines the pilgrimages to China from Taiwan in the late 1980s and early 1990s and offers a wide-ranging account of urban planning state...

*** A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024 ***Excellentimmensely well-researched and playful. Smith has written something special. -- Pa...

At the pilgrimage site of Adams Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop the mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha,...

At the pilgrimage site of Adams Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop the mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha,...

Usually, people who talk about the Camino de Santiago mention the many kilometres they have travelled, the countless encounters along the way, and ...

Mock Ritual in the Modern Era explores the complex interrelations between ritual and mockery, the latter of which is not infrequently the unofficia...

This book discusses the perceptions, cultural aspects and emerging therapies of music and dance, including highlighting the connection that dance h...

Another wide-ranging collection of resources, including material for Advent, Christmas, Lent and Holy Week. Also includes a reflection, meditation...