Uncover the latest and most impactful research in History of Religion. Explore pioneering discoveries, insightful ideas and new methods from leading researchers in the field.
Karol Wojtyła, der sich nach seiner Wahl zum Papst der römischen Kirche den Namen Johannes Paul II. gab, war eine charismatische Persönlichkeit, die Europa intellektuell, spirituell und politisch geprägt hat. Dieses Handbuch erschließt Leben, Denken...
This book is a collection of essays on the histories of the Yuan and Qing dynasties by Prof. Shen Weirong, a leading Chinese Tibetologist and advocate for Sino-Tibetan Buddhist studies. The book contains five articles based around the products of...
This book offers a novel approach to the study of the Roman imperial cult, disrupting the traditional Eurocentric narrative and tendency to relativise the cult’s religious dimension in favour of its political implications. Instead, this collection...
Kein anderes Buch wurde in so viele Sprachen übersetzt und so häufig gedruckt wie die Bibel. Bei der christlichen Mission und Bibelübersetzung ging es von Anfang an darum, die Relevanz des Evangeliums „für dich/mich“ im jeweiligen Hier und Jetzt...
The paper addresses the concepts of globality, universality, and pluralism in contemporary philosophy of religion. We argue that embracing a form of pluralism is essential to meet the growing demand for inclusivity in the philosophical study of...
Abstract Nation-states within Western Christendom emerged during the Renaissance. However, after the Ottoman conquest of the Byzantine Empire, the peoples of Eastern Christian civilization were denied their own Renaissance, which, in terms of...
The first book based exclusively on Arabic sources in the study of the early modern religious encounters between Western Europe and the Islamic Mediterranean, this volume elucidates the impact of the Protestant and Catholic reformations on the...
Dystopias and counter-utopias appeared as a literary (sub)genre long before the well-known texts authored by Zamyatin, Orwell and Huxley in the twentieth century. This book documents the emergence and development of classical anti-utopias from the...
It is rare to write about history as it unfolds. A coronation at Westminster Abbey is at once a ceremony steeped in over a thousand years of tradition, dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period, and an event firmly of the present era. Coronations are...
This book presents primarily firsthand information from some mysterious and unpublished archaeological sites excavated in the Swat Valley in the 1980s. In addition, new studies of Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, rock art, and ancient routes leading...
This paper applies the economic approach to the history of Christianity in the religious environment of the Roman Empire, a ground already covered by Stark, Ekelund and Tollison. We show that Greco-Roman religion was not in decline and was not...
This open access book explores the history and historiography of the Heresy of the Free Spirit, the name given to a group of individuals in the late Middle Ages who believed that their spiritual perfection had reached such a state that they were...
History has shown that antisemitism reactivates and rises like a latent viral infection at the slightest crisis humanity faces. Could literature provide an explanation for its endurance? So, this book takes us back to the nineteenth century with the...
This book offers a historical analysis, translation, and transcription of a fifteenth-century Trinitarian treatise from Ethiopia that is composed of stories elaborating upon biblical narratives and rules for certain religious and cultural...
While Kant is often seen as agreeing with Lessing’s ditch, this paper argues that Kant provides his own version of the ditch between the historical and the rational. Lessing’s ditch concerns rational truths revealed in history; Kant’s version is...
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between Buddhism and the literary culture of the Tang dynasty of China. It examines how Buddhist themes, allegories, and philosophical insights are interwoven into the works...
This book provides a thorough reconsideration of Joan of Arc’s 1431 trial, detailing the canon law of inquisitorial procedure and the ways in which the trial failed to follow the requirements. Kelly analyzes other trials of the time which did follow...
Religious practices have long been studied for their psychological effects, yet their relationship to human pleasure systems remains underexplored. This study investigates how practices such as prayer, scripture chanting, asceticism, and meditation...
This volume brings together scholars from across disciplines to explore the intricate intersections of narrative, communication, and religion. Ranging from theoretical reflections to case-based analyses, the chapters examine how religions intersect...
This book engages the way Christian, Jewish, Muslim and secular-progressivist actors used Mosaic and Islamic law and ethics in relation to slavery in American, West African and transatlantic history from 1440 to 1830. It focuses on how various...
The biannual Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik (ZRGP) – Journal for Religion, Society and Politics publishes double-blind...
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The Journal of Religious Education is a refereed publication for the academic exploration of the task of religious education in contemporary society...
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Sophia is now published by Springer. The back files, all the way to Volume 1:1, are available via SpringerLink! Covers both analytic and continental...
