Jackson offers historical data regarding the convent complexes, as well as extensive photographs of the surviving buildings, murals, and design elements, and documents the Franciscan doctrinas. He also reproduces ancient descriptions of the Franciscan missions.
From the 16th to 19th centuries, Spanish missions left an important architectural legacy. This visual catalog documents surviving mission complexes in Mexico and South America, presenting historical data and documenting damage from recent earthquakes.
Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan
Based on intensive fieldwork in Iraqi Kurdistan, this book presents a complete picture of the situation for Christians and Yezidis following the defeat of ISIS. It includes voices of church leaders and ordinary citizens, academic articles, and detailed interview transcripts.
This study examines the relationship between denominational affiliation, class and gender in Edinburgh between 1850 and 1905. Churches played a leading role in social reform, while religious revivals stimulated growth and philanthropy as an expression of faith.
Episodes in Early Modern and Modern Christian-Jewish Relations
Bernardini documents the long history of friendship and diffidence, mutual understanding and dramatic disagreements in the encounters between Christianity and Judaism, which, even today, largely conditions the Western intellectual world.
This volume explores the descendants of Iberian Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism. Focusing on the 18th-century exodus from Portugal to Brazil, it examines the contemporary search for Jewish roots. After centuries, how authentic is their lost Sefardi heritage?
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume documents the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Romania, Scandinavia and Finland, countries in which this religious community has had some troubles in the past.
This book presents Luke’s Gospel as the source of the New Testament. A reading of Flavius Josephus and Latin inscriptions confirms the Evangelist’s reliability. His work was published so early, in the decade following the events, that even Mark and Paul knew of it.
Religion and Revolution
A study of spiritual and political Islām in Ernesto Cardenal, the great Latin American poet, priest, and revolutionary. The work examines his connection to Ṣūfism and details his trip to Iran during the triumph of the Islāmic Revolution.
This book builds on critiques of development theory by exploring the transformation of religious fundamentalism. Raising themes of development and intersectionality, it considers these processes in the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish-Zionist worlds and in China.
Rhetoric in 2Maccabees
2Maccabees describes the threat of Hellenisation, yet its authors ironically used Greek rhetoric to combat Greek influence. This book presents the latest post-2012 findings from nine prominent scholars, offering essential theological insights for serious Biblical scholars.
How was the perception of time in medieval Europe influenced by religious faith? This book explores the “spiritual temporalities” of the age, showing how Christian faith was malleable and how artists and writers negotiated with their spiritual tradition.
The Christian-Islamic Vision of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror
This book is about the debt owed to a martyr of Ecumenical Romanity: Mehmed the Conqueror. His Christian-Islamic Roman vision, in the line of Alexander and Constantine, was stopped by the West, a conspiratorial son, and a lurking doctor in the service of Venice.
The Glory of the ‘Byzantine’-Ottoman Continuum
This is the hidden story of Ecumenical Romanity, the ‘Byzantine’-Ottoman Continuum. It reveals the profound philosophical and religious unity between Roman Christianity, Islamic Sufism, and Judaism—a historical reality long opposed by the West.
The Mystery of the Ten Lost Tribes
This book tests the biblical records of Israel’s lost tribes against archaeological evidence. Inscriptions excavated in Assyria, Babylon, and Persia often coincide almost word for word with the Bible, revealing what happened to the Northern Captives.
The Rise of the Prophet Muhammad
How did an illiterate orphan from the Arabian desert become one of history’s most influential—and polarizing—figures? This book explores the rise of a prophet, commander, and statesman whose legacy continues to shape our world.
The Sacred Tree
For ancient and medieval Europeans, the sacred tree was the center of the world and a picture of the cosmos, symbolizing stability and order. When these Pagan peoples adopted Christianity, this potent symbol was transformed, but its power endured.
The Source of the Blue Nile
In Ethiopia, the Blue Nile is seen as the biblical river Gihon, flowing from Paradise. This book combines historic sources and new ethnography to present the rich myths, rituals, and cultural heritage structured around these sacred waters.
Thomas and Charity Rotch
This study of Quakers Charity and Thomas Rotch explores their role in transforming the Ohio frontier from wilderness to a prosperous town. The letters of Charity Rotch suggest how Quaker women forged relationships crucial to building their faith communities.
Under the Veil
In an era of new restrictions, women found a radical source of freedom in their faith. This collection unveils the surprising link between religion and emergent feminism, from European mystics to Iroquois leaders and Quaker missionaries.