Guy Ben-Porat 
Between State and Synagogue [EPUB ebook] 
The Secularization of Contemporary Israel

What role do novels, drama, and tragedy play within Christian thought and living? The twentieth century Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar addressed these questions using tragic drama. For hi …

This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess Sitala, the Cold Lady. Consistently portrayed in co …

For three decades, he flashed like a meteor across the theological horizon, and then vanished. …

Demons, devils, spirits and vampires are present throughout popular Western culture in film, music and literature. Their religious significance has only recently begun to be explored. ”The Lure of t …

The Persian and Hellenistic periods saw the production and use of a variety of authoritative texts in Israel. ”The Production of Prophecy” brings together a range of influential biblical scholars t …

Vernacular religion is religion as people experience, understand, and practice it. It shapes everyday culture and disrupts the traditional boundaries between ”official” and ”folk” religion. The b …

The victims of environmental destruction are often sidelined in eco-theology and environmental discourse. Movements for ecological justice fail to take into account the voice of those at the grassroo …

Numerous contemporary theologians depict divine glory as overwhelming to or competitive with human agency. In effect, this makes humanity a threat to God”s glory, and causes God”s glory to remain o …