01/06/2009
Bryn Mawr Classical Review offers a critique of Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity by Jeremy M. Schott. Reviewer Heidi Marx-Wolf writes, "Schott's book is a… READ MORE
12/16/2008
Edward J. Blum's W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet was chosen to be the latest Books & Culture Book of the Week. Reviewer Kathryn Lofton writes: Students of U.S…. READ MORE
11/25/2008
Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity: Militant Devotion in Christianity and Islam Thomas Sizgorich 408 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth Dec 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4113-6 | $55.00 | £36.00… READ MORE
Righteous Persecution: Inquisition, Dominicans, and Christianity in the Middle Ages Christine Caldwell Ames 320 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth Dec 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4133-4 | $59.95 | £39.00 A… READ MORE
11/17/2008
Bodies of Belief: Baptist Community in Early America Janet Moore Lindman 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4114-3 | $39.95 | £26.00 A… READ MORE
11/06/2008
In "Neither Christ Nor Antichrist: A Reflection on the Election of Barack Obama," an essay for www.religiondispatches.com, historian Edward J. Blum warns against assigning too much sublime mystery to the… READ MORE
10/16/2008
Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life: The Devotio Moderna and the World of the Later Middle Ages John Van Engen 448 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 |… READ MORE
10/08/2008
No Place of Rest: Jewish Literature, Expulsion, and the Memory of Medieval France Susan L. Einbinder 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4115-0… READ MORE
07/07/2008
"Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection," an article in yesterday’s New York Times, outlines the potential religious significance of a centuries-old stone tablet that "may speak of a… READ MORE
06/26/2008
Tragicomic Redemptions: Global Economics and the Early Modern English Stage Valerie Forman 296 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4096-2 | $59.95 | £39.00 Valerie Forman contends… READ MORE
