Most of us believe everything happens for a reason. Whether it is "God's will," "karma", or "fate," we want to believe that an overarching purpose undergirds everything, and that nothing in the world, ... 続きを読む
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of a virtual cottage industry in all things "Abrahamic." Directly proportionate to the rise of religious exclusivism, perhaps best epitomized by the attacks o ... 続きを読む
Few cultural issues alarm conservative Protestant families and communities like the seemingly ubiquitous threat of pornography. Thanks to widespread access to the internet, conservative Protestants no ... 続きを読む
Adrian likely flourished in the early fifth century. His sole-surviving work is the Introduction to the Divine Scriptures, a Greek treatise that today survives in two recensions. The central topic of ... 続きを読む
Explores the history and circumstances of African American religion through: conjure, African American Christianity, and African American Islam
Focuses on how religious communities and experience ... 続きを読む
A comprehensive look at African religious traditions
Provides a historical overview of the field while also demonstrating new areas of inquiry
Compares African religious traditions with other w ... 続きを読む
In recent years there has been a flowering of interest in the work of Jonathan Edwards. In the last decade this has been encouraged by the publication of many previously unavailable manuscripts, in th ... 続きを読む
In the wake of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the displacement of exile, there is a unique story that is told about the remnant left behind after the invasion. The narrative of Jeremiah 4 ... 続きを読む
The remarkable diversity of Christianity during the formative years before the Council of Nicea has become a plain, even natural, "fact" for most ancient historians. Until After the New Testament, how ... 続きを読む
On a cold February morning in 1987, amidst freezing rain and driving winds, a group of protesters stood outside of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Amherst, Massachusetts. The target of their prot ... 続きを読む
