Theology
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Cromwell and Scotland: Conquest and Religion 1650-1660 [Paperback]
R. Scott Spurlock(Author)
$34.95ISBN: 9781910900437
Published by : John Donald
This book examines the role of religion in the story of Oliver Cromwell’s invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland. Analysis of the printed propaganda produced by the Scots and the English makes it clear that both nations defined their... .... Learn More -
Labour & Christianity in the Mission: African Workers in Tanganyika and Zanzibar, 1864-1926 [Hardback]
Michelle Liebst(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781847012753
Published by : James Currey
Series: Religion in Transforming Africa
Volume: Volume 6
The important role missions played as places of work has been underexplored, yet missionaries were some of the earliest Europeans who tried to control African labor. African mission workers' roles were not just religious and educational, as they w... .... Learn More -
Saints' Legends in Late Medieval Sarum Breviaries: Catalogue and Studies [Hardback]
Sherry L. Reames(Author)
$220.00ISBN: 9781903153994
Published by : York Medieval Press
Series: York Manuscript and Early Print Studies
Volume: Volume 2
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Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment [Paperback]
Sam van Schaik(Editor); Daniela De Simone(Editor); Gergely Hidas(Editor); Michael Willis(Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9780861592289
Published by : British Museum
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 228
The Mahābodhi temple at Bodhgayā in eastern India has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha sat in meditation and attained enlightenment. The site, soon identified as the ‘Diamond Throne’ or vajrāsana... .... Learn More -
Imagining the Divine: Art in Religions of Late Antiquity across Eurasia [Paperback]
Jaś Elsner(Editor); Rachel Wood(Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9780861592340
Published by : British Museum
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 234
This groundbreaking volume brings together scholars of the art and archaeology of late antiquity (c. 200−1000), across cultures and regions reaching from India to Iberia, to discuss how objects can inform our understanding of religions. Duri... .... Learn More -
The Enclosed Garden and the Medieval Religious Imaginary [Hardback]
Liz Herbert McAvoy(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845980
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages
Volume: Volume 4
During the Middle Ages, the arresting motif of the walled garden - especially in its manifestation as a sacred or love-inflected hortus conclusus - was a common literary device. Usually associated with the Virgin Mary or the Lady of popular... .... Learn More -
Augustus Hopkins Strong and the Struggle to Reconcile Christian Theology with Modern Thought [Paperback]
John Aloisi(Author)
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Henry VIII and Martin Luther: The Second Controversy, 1525-1527 [Hardback]
Richard Rex(Editor)
$115.00ISBN: 9781783275816
Published by : Boydell Press
A modern critical edition of Henry VIII's second published work against Martin Luther. This open letter to Luther, printed at the king's command in December 1526, was in reply to a private letter addressed to him by Luther the previous year. Its p... .... Learn More -
Islamic Scholarship in Africa: New Directions and Global Contexts [Hardback]
Ousmane Oumar Kane(Editor)
$130.00ISBN: 9781847012319
Published by : James Currey
Series: Religion in Transforming Africa
Volume: Volume 5
The study of Islamic erudition in Africa is growing rapidly, transforming not just Islamic studies, but also African Studies. This interdisciplinary volume from leading international scholars fills a lacuna in presenting not only the history and s... .... Learn More -
Rational Dissenters in Late Eighteenth-Century England: An ardent desire of truth' [Hardback]
Valerie Smith(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783275663
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History
Volume: Volume 42
Rational Dissent was a branch of Protestant religious nonconformity which emerged to prominence in England between c. 1770 and c. 1800. Based on the sole study of the Scriptures and the application of individual reasoning to understanding the word... .... Learn More
