Theology
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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
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 -
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 -
Music, Liturgy, and Confraternity Devotions in Paris and Tournai, 1300-1550 [Hardback]
Sarah Ann Long(Author)
$110.00ISBN: 9781580469968
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 174
Starting in the fourteenth century, northern France saw the rise of confraternities and other lay communities of men and women, organized around trades and religious devotions dedicated to specific patron saints. The composition of new plainchant ... .... Learn More -
The Consistory and Social Discipline in Calvin's Geneva [Paperback]
Jeffrey R. Watt(Author)
$24.95ISBN: 9781648250040
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
Created by John Calvin, the Consistory of Geneva was a quasi-tribunal entrusted with enforcing Reformed morality. Comprised of pastors and elders, this body met weekly and summoned people for a wide range of "sinful" behavior, such as dr... .... Learn More -
King John and Religion [Paperback]
Paul Webster(Author)
$24.95ISBN: 9781783275472
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Volume: Volume 43
King John has been perceived as one of England's most notorious monarchs. Medieval writers and later historians condemn him as a tyrant, seeing his long-running dispute with the church as evidence of a king who showed little regard for his faith. ... .... Learn More -
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 -
St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire: Archaeological Investigations and Historical Context [Paperback]
Philip Rahtz†(Author); Lorna Watts(Author)
$68.00ISBN: 9781789694826
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire: Archaeological Investigations and Historical Context is the result of circa 20 years of work on and around the church of St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire. It is primarily conce... .... Learn More -
Human Transgression – Divine Retribution: A Study of Religious Transgressions and Punishments in Greek Cultic Regulation and Lydian-Phrygian Propitiatory Inscriptions ('Confession Inscriptions') [Paperback]
Aslak Rostad(Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9781789695250
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Human Transgression – Divine Retribution analyses pagan concepts of religious transgressions, how they should be regarded and punished, as expressed in Greek cultic regulations from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD. Also consi... .... Learn More -
Debating with Demons: Pedagogy and Materiality in Early English Literature [Hardback]
Christina M. Heckman(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845652
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
Volume: Volume 41
In early English literature ca 700-1000 C.E., demons are represented as teachers who use methods of persuasion and argumentation to influence their "pupils". By deploying these methods, related to the liberal arts of rhetoric and dialect... .... Learn More -
National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation: Volume III: Worship for National and Royal Occasions in the United Kingdom, 1871-2016 [Hardback]
Philip Williamson(Editor); Stephen Taylor(Editor); Alasdair Raffe and Natalie Mears(Editor)
$170.00ISBN: 9781783275052
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Church of England Record Society
Volume: Volume 26
Since the sixteenth century, the governments and established churches of the British Isles have summoned the nation to special acts of public worship during periods of anxiety and crisis, at times of celebration, or for annual commemoration and re... .... Learn More
