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The Eastern Orthodox Church
A New History
“An engaging, sophisticated yet accessible, account of the Orthodox Church—its self-understanding, theology, sacramental life, and history. . . . One of the best introductions available.”—John Behr, author of The...
Why Writing Matters
Drawing lessons from writers of all ages and writing across genres, a distinguished teacher and writer reveals the enduring importance of writing for our time In this new contribution to Yale University...
Science and the Good
The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality
Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries...
Moses
A Human Life
An unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar No figure looms larger in Jewish culture than Moses, and few have stories more enigmatic....
American Catholics
A History
A sweeping history of American Catholicism from the arrival of the first Spanish missionaries to the present“Tentler does justice to James Joyce's quip that Catholicism means 'here comes everybody.' This...
Religious Conflict in Brazil
Protestants, Catholics, and the Rise of Religious Pluralism in the Early Twentieth Century
The story of how Brazilian Catholics and Protestants confronted one of the greatest shocks to the Latin American religious system in its 500-year history This innovative study explores the transition in...
I Live in the Slums
Stories
Longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize A major new collection of stories by one of the most exciting and creative voices in contemporary Chinese literature Can Xue’s stories observe...
The Christians Who Became Jews
Acts of the Apostles and Ethnicity in the Roman City
A fresh look at Acts of the Apostles and its depiction of Jewish identity within the larger Roman era When considering Jewish identity in Acts of the Apostles, scholars have often emphasized Jewish and...
Nature Shock
Getting Lost in America
An award‑winning environmental historian explores American history through wrenching, tragic, and sometimes humorous stories of getting lost"Fascinating. . . . Underlying . . . is a deep belief in the...
The Age of Reform, 1250-1550
An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe
Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of this seminal book, this new edition includes an illuminating foreword by Carlos Eire and Ronald K. Rittges The seeds of the swift and sweeping religious movement that...