Ioan Lewis 
Arguments with Ethnography [EPUB ebook] 
Comparative Approaches to History, Politics and Religion Volume 70

Near the end of his life, Michel Foucault turned his attention to the early church Fathers. He did so not for anything like a return to God but rather because he found in those sources alternatives f …

Orthodoxy has achieved a large scale revival in Russia following the collapse of Communism. However, paradoxically, although there is a high level of identification with Orthodoxy, there is in fact a …

This book, first published in 1989, demonstrates that sociologists have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between general theories about the changing character of modern western so …

First published in 1925, this book is a pioneer attempt to deal with conversion from the comparative as well as the psychological point of view. The work falls into two main parts. Part one is a stud …

This volume is a concentrated examination of the varied roles of scribes and scribal practices in ancient Israel and Judah, shedding light on the social world of the Hebrew Bible. Divided into discus …

This unique and entertaining travel guide to Greek waters recreates parts of voyages undertaken in myth, anchoring off landmarks or ports associated with ancient legends. It follows the trails of Ody …

Making clear the Christian position that God“s self-revelation is through human nature, the author gives an account of the way a person is formed as an individual in community from the moment of con …

When Alfie’s mother falls gravely ill, doctors say only a miracle can save her. Having only just moved to the seaside town of Tudllan, Alfie and his dad desperately search to find a cure. Almost at t …