Church Tiles of the Nineteenth Century [9780747805021]
More than half the churches in Britain are paved at least in part with nineteenth-century decorative encaustic tiles and there are also churches with …
Beyond Religious Discourse: Sermons, Preaching and Evangelical Protestants in Nineteenth-Century Irish Society [9781842272176]
Drawing extensively on primary sources this pioneer work in modern religious historyexplores the training of preachers the construction of sermons and…
Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America: Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack [9780253040206]
In Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America: Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack, Judah M. Cohen demonstrates that Jews constructed a robus…
We Worship Here: Jewish Synagogue [9781445161693]
What is a synagogue for? What is the Torah? What are the Ten Commandments? All these questions and more are explored in this first introduction to the…
Heaven's Interpreters: Women Writers and Religious Agency in Nineteenth-Century America [9781501751363]
In Heaven's Interpreters, Ashley Reed reveals how nineteenth-century American women writers transformed the public sphere by using the imaginative pow…
Jews and Anti-Judaism in the New Testament: Decision Points and Divergent Interpretations [9780281058839]
Introduces readers to the key passages that must be examined when trying to understand what the New Testament says about Jews and Judaism. An ideal re…
Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein [9780253351333]
Distinguished philosopher Hilary Putnam, who is also a practicing Jew, questions the thought of three major Jewish philosophers of the 20th century-Fr…
Jewish Tales [9781782853541]
This timeless collection includes eight delightful tales from Jewish tradition. Each engaging story, accompanied by Amanda Hall's vivid artwork, deliv…
Jewish Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Ideology and the Crisis of Morality [9780814779675]
In recent decades, religious fundamentalism has played an increasingly significant role in Western and Middle Eastern politics and culture. In this vo…
Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America: Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack [9780253040206]
In Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America: Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack, Judah M. Cohen demonstrates that Jews constructed a robus…
Jewish Concepts of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction [9780814760024]
What do Jews think scripture is? How do the People of the Book conceive of the Book of Books? In what ways is it authoritative? Who has the right to i…
Jewish Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Ideology, and the Crisis of Morality [9780814779668]
In recent decades, religious fundamentalism has played an increasingly significant role in Western and Middle Eastern politics and culture. In this vo…
Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire: The Poetics of Power in Late Antiquity [9780812245332]
In histories of ancient Jews and Judaism, the Roman Empire looms large. For all the attention to the Jewish Revolt and other conflicts, however, there…
Jews of the Amazon: Self-Exile in Paradise [9780827606692]
A fascinating study of a Jewish community in one of the world's most isolated places: the heart of the Peruvian Amazon.
Jews and Christians in Twelfth-Century Europe [9780268032531]
In the summer of 1096, marauding crusaders attacked Jewish communities in three Rhineland cities. These violent episodes disrupted what had been a fai…
