Religion / History of Religions

European Paganism

by Mr Ken Dowden & Ken Dowden

European Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent.

Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty...

Pioneers of Scottish Christianity: Ninian, Columba and Mungo

by Roderick Graham

How did Christianity come to Scotland? A sixteen-hundred-year-old fog of mystery separates us from the dawn of Christianity in Scotland - but there are some intriguing signposts. Whether in life or in legend,...

Writings of Henry Barrow, 1587-1590

by Henry Barrow

Henry Barrow and John Greenwood are the fathers of Elizabethan Separatism. Unlike Robert Browne, they refused to compromise their beliefs or conform to Anglicanism and as a consequence they died in 1593 - as...

The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition

by Ravi M. Gupta & Kenneth R. Valpey

A vibrant example of living literature, The Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text containing more than 14,000 Sanskrit verses. Finding its present form around the tenth century C.E., the work inspired...

The Cistercians in the Middle Ages

by Janet Burton & Julie Kerr

The Cistercians (White Monks) were the most successful monastic experiment to emerge from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. By around 1150 they had established...

Killing Jesus: The Unknown Conspiracy Behind the World's Most Famous Execution

by Stephen

Discover the largely unknown intense human drama, powerful political intrigue and gritty, horrifying secrets behind the execution of Jesus.

The Apostolic Fathers and the New Testament

by Clayton N. Jefford

The apostolic fathers were authors of nonbiblical church writings of the first and early second centuries. These works are important because their authors, Clement I, Hermas, Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, and...

To All Nations From All Nations: A History of the Christian Missionary Movement

by Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi & Justo L. Gonzalez

The history of Christianity, the growth of the Church, is the history of its missionary efforts, its successes and failures.

Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament

by J. Julius Jr. Scott

This survey of intertestamental Judaism illuminates the customs and controversies that provide essential background for understanding the New Testament. Scott opens a door into the Jewish world and literature...

Holiness and Mission: Learning from the Early Church about Mission in the City

by Morna Hooker & Frances Young

Mission is one of the key subjects for the church today. What does it mean to live the Christian faith in a world of many faiths and none? In this book, two leading scholars explore what mission and discipleship...

Theological Reflection and Education for Ministry: The Search for Integration in Theology

by John E. Paver

A major and continuing problem for theological education and the practice of Christian ministry is how to best achieve a genuine integration between theory and practice, theology and experience. John Paver maintains...

Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe: Health and Well-Being

by Tabona Shoko

Tabona Shoko contends that religion and healing are intricately intertwined in African religions. This book on the religion of the Karanga people of Zimbabwe sheds light on important methodological issues relevant...

Catholicity and Heresy in the Early Church

by Mark Edwards

While it has often been recognised that the development of Christian orthodoxy was stimulated by the speculations of those who are now called heretics, it is still widely assumed that their contribution was...

Explorations in Reconciliation: New Directions in Theology

by David Tombs & Joseph Liechty

Theologians and scholars of religion draw on rich resources to address the complex issues raised by political reconciliation in the Middle East, the former Yugoslavia, South Africa, Northern Ireland and elsewhere....

The Baptismal Liturgy of Jerusalem: Fourth- and Fifth-Century Evidence from Palestine, Syria and Egypt

by Juliette Day

Was Jerusalem, under her bishop Cyril, the source of liturgical innovations in the fourth century or was she simply following trends which also affected the liturgy of neighboring provinces? In assessing these...

First Communion: Ritual, Church and Popular Religious Identity

by Peter McGrail

One of the most carefully prepared liturgies of any Roman Catholic parish's year is the celebration of 'First Communion'. This is the ritual by which seven or eight year old children are admitted to the Eucharist...

Mi'kmaq Landscapes: From Animism to Sacred Ecology

by Anne-Christine Hornborg

This book seeks to explore historical changes in the lifeworld of the Mi'kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada. The Mi'kmaq culture hero Kluskap serves as a key persona in discussing issues such as traditions, changing...

The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion

by Phillip Tovey

Three churches have recently produced liturgies for 'extended communion'. This is the distribution of previously consecrated elements at a public service by lay people or a deacon in the absence of a priest....

New Era - New Religions: Religious Transformation in Contemporary Brazil

by Andrew Dawson

New Era - New Religions examines new forms of religion in Brazil. To better understand the changing face of 21st Century religion, New Era - New Religions situates the rise of new era religiosity within the...

Historical Dictionary of the Crusades

by Corliss K. Slack

The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Crusades is an accessible one-volume overview of the medieval crusades to the Middle East between 1095 and 1291, with substantial information on crusades in...