Stanley E. Porter 
When Paul Met Jesus [PDF ebook] 
How an Idea Got Lost in History

We”re supposed to be looking for visions of Heaven to understand what Heaven is, what it looks like, where God lives, and what we hope see to one day. The most important characteristic of Heaven the …

Deceptive Images is a profoundly thoughtful effort by a social scientist—who is a participant observer in American Jewish life—to come to terms with his concerns about how American Jews and Judaism h …

The book of the prohet Daniel begins in approximately 605BC with the first invasion of Judah by the cruel andfearsome Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar. Because of Daniel’s faithfulness, God intervenes …

Investigating the role played by religious actors in sociopolitical issues as a manifestation of the invisible politics of religion, this book concentrates on the social economy, support to migrants, …

Imitating Christ in Magwi: An Anthropological Theology achieves two things. First, focusing on indigenous Roman Catholics in northern Uganda and South Sudan, it is a detailed ethnography of how a com …

This handbook situates early Christian meals in their broader context, with a focus on the core topics that aid understanding of Greco-Roman meal practice, and how this relates to Christian origins. …

If the Western world knows anything about Zen Buddhism, it is down to the efforts of one remarkable man, D.T. Suzuki. The twenty-seven year-old Japanese scholar first visited the West in 1897, and ov …

This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary Japanese culture: the prevalence of discussions and representations of “spirits” ( tama or tamashii). Ancestor cults have played a centr …

Uplifting and Amazing Words of Wisdom In this book you will find incredibly inspiring and eye-opening stories from people all over the world who share one trait—they have all found faith in God and a …