Ra’anan S. Boustan & Annette Yoshiko Reed 
Heavenly Realms and Earthly Realities in Late Antique Religions [PDF ebook] 

Pauline Christianity sprang to life in a world of imperial imagery. In the streets and at the thoroughfares, in the market places and on its public buildings and monuments, and especially on its coin …

The ambiguity concerning the interpretation of the ‘physical body’ in religious thought is not peculiar to any given religion, but is discernible in the scriptures, practices, and disciplines in most …

Since its development as a field over the last part of the twentieth century, scholars in science and religion have been heavily concerned with methodological issues. Following the lead of Thomas Kuh …

Marlene Crüsemann examines the Thessalonian letters in the context of Jewish-Christian social history; building upon her analysis of 1 Thessalonians, Crüsemann comes to the conclusion that it is post …

This ethnographic study of Dalit Lutherans in South India examines how the lived religion of Dalit Christians contests the structures of caste domination in rural Andhra. It shows how the emergence o …

In The Christian Society, one of the great Christian commentators of the twentieth century describes how the Church came to be a society. The past relationship between the missionary church and the p …

Death, judgement, heaven and hell — these are the »Four Last Things» traditionally linked together under the heading of »Eschatology». In this book, John Robinson examines them all with trenchanc …

The family rosary is a fond childhood memory for many Catholics. Although the tradition has faded, many still find comfort in this familiar devotion. Popular witer and parish priest, Fr Vincent Sherl …

For the New Testament writers, the Old Testament scriptures and the teachings of Jesus were key sources of authority and influence. When these influences are considered alongside each other, each can …

In The Entangled God, Kirk Wegter-Mc Nelly addresses the age-old theological question of how God is present to the world by constructing a novel, scientifically informed account of the God–world rela …