This study examines the discourse surrounding Josippon in religious polemics and in the construction of historical and mythical narratives during the Renaissance period.
A revealing look at the identity and mission of the black church What is the true nature and mission of the church? Is its proper Christian purpose to save souls, or to transform the social order? This question is especially fraught when the church is one built by an enslaved people and formed, from its beginning, at the center of an oppressed ......
Traversing Text and Tradition in Christianity and Islam
In this book, Christian and Islamic scholars explore aspects of their own tradition and draw from sacred texts and history to offer readings of the traditions that contest assumptions that the religions are inherently violent and that offer a more hopeful and peaceful vision.
Culture, Politics, and the Movement toward Union with Greece, 1878-1954
This study examines British rule in Cyprus from 1878 to 1954. The author analyzes the cultural and religious dimensions of Cypriot responses to British rule and the ways in which Greek Orthodox culture was a primary conduit for resistance to the colonial system.
This book describes the taste preferences and practices of gastronomic Judaism from ancient to contemporary times. Not merely fixed dietary rules and norms, but rather culinary interpretations and adaptations of them to new times and places makes food "Jewish" and makes Jewish eating practices continually viable and meaningful.
The Augsburg Confession is the single most-important confession of faith among Lutherans today. However, it is often taught either from a historical perspective or from a dogmatic one.
Offering a comprehensive narrative of one of the most fascinating life stories of human history, The Sultan of Hearts is an authoritative work on the life of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. The book relies firmly on canonical Hadith collections and Sirah literature, and is rich with references to many contemporary biographical works such as ......
This volume addresses the problematic relationship between colonialism and the Bible. It does so from the perspective of the Global South, calling upon voices from Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Some Global and Historical Perspectives on Ongoing Crises
In this book Raymaker and Gruzden discuss how the world is being challenged due to globalization and secularization. The authors present to readers ways in which the Church is now trying to realistically assess the implications of modernism and postmodernism in a multicultural world.
