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Complete History Volume 1

Hermogenes and Hellenistic-Roman Temple Building

Recent major excavations at a variety of sites associated with Hermogenes have refreshed, invigorated, and refined our understanding of this important Hellenistic architect. Here, in the first volume dedi…

Markus Ohler,

History of Early Christianity

"Describes the history of Early Christianity from Jesus of Nazareth to the time of the Second Judean Revolt, presenting the developments of early Christianity in antiquity, drawing on both ancient Ju…

Kathryn Gin Lum

Heathen

American ideas about race owe much to the notion of an undifferentiated "heathen world" held together by its need of assistance. This religious notion shaped American racial governance and under…

Fergus Butler-Gallie

Twelve Churches

Karen Armstrong meets Pico Iyer in this sweeping history of Christianity that visits a dozen places of worship on every inhabited continent to tell their often wild stories and examine their sometimes dif…

Fatimid Cosmopolitanism

This book examines the diverse achievements of the Fatimid dynasty across religion, statecraft and art.

Thomas S Bremer

Sacred Wonderland

Sacred Wonderland explores the historical role of religion in making Yellowstone National Park a meaningful American icon.

Assaf Shelleg

The State of Afterness

The State of Afterness studies the histories of contemporary music written in and about Israel since the 1980s. With afterness defined as the state of being unconditioned by territorialism, author Assaf S…

Fatimid Cosmopolitanism

This book examines the diverse achievements of the Fatimid dynasty across religion, statecraft and art.

Obbie Tyler Todd

The Beechers

The Reverend Lyman Beecher was once called "the father of more brains than any other man in America." Among his eleven living children were a celebrity novelist, a college president, the most we…

Karine Rashkovsky

An Improbable Life

An Improbable Life recounts Rashkovsky's father's childhood as a Jew in the post-World War II Soviet Union facing totalitarian oppression, deep poverty, petty harassment, discrimination, service in the Re…

Karine Rashkovsky

An Improbable Life

An Improbable Life recounts Rashkovsky's father's childhood as a Jew in the post-World War II Soviet Union facing totalitarian oppression, deep poverty, petty harassment, discrimination, service in the Re…

Janet Ward Schofield

Discovering Bhutan

Discovering Bhutan provides a fascinating portrait of a remote and enchanting land that very few Westerners will ever see for themselves. Drawn by one of the extremely few Westerners ever allowed to live …

John Tolan

Faces of Muhammad

Heretic and impostor or reformer and statesman? The contradictory Western visions of MuhammadIn European culture, Muhammad has been vilified as a heretic, an impostor, and a pagan idol. But these aren't t…

Martha Tatarnic

Anne Boleyn

A provocative exploration of the life of Anne Boleyn through a feminist lens, examining her influence on the reformation and relevance for a new generation.In a story that has intrigued readers for genera…

Candace Lukasik

Martyrs and Migrants

"By thinking with Coptic Orthodox Christians, this book broadly reveals how transnational translations of spiritual kinship are forged through theological histories of martyrdom and of blood, demonst…

Sophie Crawford-Brown

Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion

"Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion uses architectural terracottas as a lens for examining the changing landscape of central Italy during the period of Roman military expansion. It investigat…

Sonny Seals,

More Historic Rural Churches of Georgia

"This illuminating follow up to the bestselling Historic Rural Churches of Georgia (Georgia, 2016) is a photographic tribute to even more rural churches and communities in the Peach State. The book d…

Stefanie Lenk

Roman Identity and Lived Religion

"Demonstrates, by examining the decoration of Mediterranean baptisteries from the fifth to the seventh century, that Roman popular culture had a strong impact on how common Christians defined what it…