Category: Religious Studies

Jacob in the LA Times

Penn Press author Margaret C. Jacob recently shared her knowledge of eighteenth century literature with The Los Angeles Times. In a recent article on "Ceremonies and Religious Customs of All… READ MORE

Fallible Authors–Now Available

Fallible Authors: Chaucer’s Pardoner and Wife of Bath Alastair Minnis 528 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4030-6 | $69.95 | £45.50 A volume in… READ MORE

Wonderful Blood–Now in Paperback

Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond Caroline Walker Bynum 456 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 34 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN… READ MORE

Medicine Bundle–Now Available

Medicine Bundle: Indian Sacred Performance and American Literature, 1824-1932 Joshua David Bellin 272 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4034-4 | $55.00 | £36.00 Joshua David Bellin… READ MORE

Shamelessly Disorderly Reading

If your leisure reading habits have been a bit haphazard lately, you are in good company. In a recent essay for Common-place, Matthew P. Brown shamelessly admits to grazing magazines… READ MORE

Jewish Art Book Sparks Companion Web Project

As the official release of The Art of Being Jewish in Modern Times approaches, co-editors Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Jonathan Karp have extended their collaboration from the printed page to the… READ MORE