Winner, 2019 Saul Viener Book Prize, given by the American Jewish Historical Society A groundbreaking history of the practice of Jewish name changing in the 20th century, showcasing just how much is in a name Our thinking about Jewish name changing tends to focus on cliches: ambitious movie stars who adopted glamorous new names or insensitive ......
A fascinating glimpse into the world of the coffeehouse and its role in shaping modern Jewish culture. Finalist, 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience presented by the Jewish Book Council.
From the Reformation to the 21st Century, Volume 2
On Its release, the seven volume A People's History of Christianity was lauded for its commitment to raising awareness of the ways in which ordinary Christians have lived throughout more than twenty centuries of Christian History.Each volume provides a valuable overview on such topics as birth and death, baptism rites, food, power, and heresy
From the Early Church to the Reformation, Volume 1
On Its release, the seven volume A People's History of Christianity was lauded for its commitment to raising awareness of the ways in which ordinary Christians have lived throughout more than twenty centuries of Christian History.Each volume provides a valuable overview on such topics as birth and death, baptism rites, food, power, heresy
The seven volume A People's History of Christianity was lauded on release for its commitment to raising awareness of the way in which lay Christians have lived throughout more than twenty centuries of Christian History. Now, the essential material from that important project is available for classroom use!
Examining the dynamic interplay between competing medieval notions of Christian observance, this book traces the escalating confrontations between piety, reform, dissent, and Church authority. It explores how diverse culture and regional settings influence major disputes over scripture, sacraments, and spiritual hierarchies of the Medieval world.
Examining the dynamic interplay between competing medieval notions of Christian observance, this book traces the escalating confrontations between piety, reform, dissent, and Church authority. It explores how diverse culture and regional settings influence major disputes over scripture, sacraments, and spiritual hierarchies of the Medieval world.
A Free Corrector evaluates Colin Guntons treatment of Augustines legacy on the Trinity and the doctrine of creation. Gunton claimed that Augustines work ultimately contributed to a host of problems for the Western tradition. Joshua McNall addresses this in conjunction with Guntons argument regarding Augustines afterlife. In the end, A Free ......
A Eucharist-shaped Church: Prayer, Theology, Mission places a range of Anglican and Episcopal eucharistic theologies in their historical contexts, paying attention to the interplay between worship, theology and mission. It then applies these considerations to possible liturgical revisions.
