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History of religion
Mesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament
Robin Baker Redefines conceptions of the New Testament’s origins by illuminating the East’s contribution to the formation of early Christology. This book provides a missing link between scholarship on the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East and scholarship on the New Testament and early Christianity.
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350pp Jun. 2022 9781009098946 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009106634
The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
Jason E. Vickers | Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky This Cambridge Companion gives a chronological overview of the entire history of American Protestantism; a broad, diverse, deeply rooted, and influential religious tradition. The volume addresses its prominent theological and sociological features, and notes its numerous intersections with American culture.
Cambridge Companions to Religion
450pp May. 2022 9781108485326 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 May. 2022 9781108706834 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108756297
The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
Nelson H. Minnich | Catholic University of America, Washington DC This volume brings together the latest scholarship on the principal issues treated at the Council of Trent, including how the Roman Catholic Church formulated its teaching on topics such as the relationship between Scritpure and Tradition, original sin, justification, the sacraments, sacred images, sacred music, and the training of the clergy.
Cambridge Companions to Religion
358pp Oct. 2022 9781108491976 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 Oct. 2022 9781108741392 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108590280
The Church in Sickness and in Health
Volume 58 Charlotte Methuen | University of Glasgow This volume reflects on the way that the Church has cared for the sick and for the physical and spiritual health of society. The articles explore the Church’s response to sickness, especially pandemics, the connection between the Church and the medical profession, and the ways that sickness has served as a metaphor for understanding the Church.
Studies in Church History
452pp Jul. 2022 9781009284806 Hardback GBP 65.00 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781009284813
The Great Western Schism, 1378–1417
Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity Joëlle Rollo-Koster | University of Rhode Island A new history of the Great Western Schism, which goes beyond the institutional historiography previously examined by scholars. Applying the narrative of the Schism to the socio-cultural mold of social drama, this book investigates how papacy, legitimacy, and unity were performed, and how performances were received and counter-performed.
420pp Apr. 2022 9781107168947 Hardback GBP 94.99 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781316717691
The Roman Mass
From Early Christian Origins to Tridentine Reform Uwe Michael Lang | St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London A compact guide to the basic structure and ritual shape of the Roman Mass from its formative period in late antiquity to the Tridentine reform. Uniting classical liturgical history with insights from a variety of other disciplines, the book offers the picture of a liturgy celebrated and lived.
400pp Sep. 2022 9781108832458 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108957908
British Christians and the Third Reich
Church, State, and the Judgement of Nations Andrew Chandler A new approach that places the history of Nazism in a bold international perspective, revealing the moral arguments and debates which it provoked, and the dilemmas faced by British Christians. This volume shows how British men and women intervened, protested, and campaigned against Hitler’s regime, while supporting its victims.
288pp May. 2022 9781107129047 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781316415993
Calvin and the Christian Tradition
Scripture, Memory, and the Western Mind R. Ward Holder Revising our vision of John Calvin’s sense of history and tradition, Calvin and the Christian Tradition finds a mirror of contemporary cultural difficulties in Calvin’s world, and suggests possibilities for new paths.
350pp Jun. 2022 9781316512944 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009071413
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Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity Wouter J. Hanegraaff Explores the tradition of Hermetic spirituality that flourished in Roman Egypt during the first centuries CE. It was grounded in experiential techniques that had a powerful effect on the consciousness of practitioners. Their goal was to ‘heal the soul’ of mental delusion and lead it to gnosis, ultimate salvational knowledge.
400pp Jun. 2022 9781009123068 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 135.00 eISBN 9781009127936
L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Studies
Donald A. Westbrook This Element surveys the history and practice of Scientology studies over the past sixty years and offers resources for scholars and students moving forward.
Elements in New Religious Movements
75pp Jul. 2022 9781009014557 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009032001
Magic in Merlin’s Realm
A History of Occult Politics in Britain Francis Young Francis Young boldly argues that magic has throughout the history of the British Isles been at times as culturally and politically significant as religion, when traditions of occult magic guided the hands of monarchs and rebels alike. He seeks to re-establish the connection of such beliefs with major political events.
406pp 2 b/w illus. 13 colour illus. Mar. 2022 9781316512401 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009067133
Mary Magdalene
A Cultural History Philip C. Almond | University of Queensland Tells the story of Mary Magdalene from its beginnings in the New Testament up to the present time. This book is the first major work on Mary Magdalene in thirty years. It explores the many different Mary Magdalenes created for each age.
350pp Nov. 2022 9781009221696 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009221702
Naturalism in the Christian Imagination
Providence and Causality in Early Modern England Peter N. Jordan | University of Oxford Naturalism in the Christian Imagination explores the writings of key thinkers from early modern England who wrestled with the challenge of situating natural causes inside a providential vision of the world. The book compellingly explores the theological judgements at stake, making an important contribution to current science and religion debates.
236pp Jul. 2022 9781009211987 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009211970
Religion in SixteenthCentury Mexico
A Guide to Aztec and Catholic Beliefs and Practices Cheryl Claassen | Appalachian State University, North Carolina This volume adds to our knowledge of Aztecs and ecclesiastical strategies at the time of the conquest of Mexico. It increases our understanding of mechanisms of religious fluidity and mestizaje religiosity. It is suitable for undergraduates, historians of the sixteenth century, scholars of the contact era, and travelers in Mexico.
414pp Feb. 2022 9781316518380 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00 eISBN 9781009000383
Religious Speech and the Quest for Freedoms in the Anglo-American World
Wendell Bird | Emory University, Atlanta The successful demands and justifications for at least six critical freedoms - freedoms of speech and press, rights for the criminally accused and for higher education, and freedoms from slavery and discrimination - were principally made by religious speech based on Judeo-Christian faiths, not by secular speech based on other belief systems.
350pp Mar. 2023 9781316514733 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00 eISBN 9781009090766
Alexander J. B. Hampton | University of Toronto To understand the existential issue of our age, the environmental crisis, we must consider the central and formative role Christianity has played, and will continue to play in shaping our relationship to the planet. This companion elucidates central concepts, explicates the environmental history of Western Christianity, and engages key issues.
Cambridge Companions to Religion
300pp Aug. 2022 9781108495011 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 Aug. 2022 9781108816823 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781108860666
The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond
A New History of the English Province of the Friars Preachers Richard Finn Eight centuries have passed since the Dominicans first arrived in England. This book tells their fascinating story. It discusses their role in the medieval British Church; their fate after the Reformation; their eventual re-establishment in Britain; their expansion into the Caribbean and South Africa; and their adaptation after Vatican II.
450pp 20 b/w illus. Dec. 2022 9781009164337 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009164320
