Religion raises hard questions. This volume challenges the easy answers about the separation of church and state, the science-versus-religion dichotomy, and attacks on God, inviting us to review our presuppositions as we reflect on the future of religion.
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.
This prophetic, race-focused work is for Christians seeking to live out their faith today. Racism, the elephant in the room, now sits at the altar of our churches. This book argues we are at a critical time for action and gives educational and theological suggestions.
The Green Man in Medieval England
Long thought to be a mysterious pagan symbol, this book reveals the Green Man’s true Christian meaning in medieval England. Drawing on examples from churches and forgotten legends, it uncovers a significance well understood by medieval folk but lost to us today.
The Gülen Hizmet Movement
This volume covers the origins, development, and ideas of the Gülen Hizmet Movement (GHM), one of the world’s largest Islamic movements. It explores Gülen’s educational philosophy, views on Islam and democracy, political engagement, and interfaith dialogue.
The Internal Foe
This book explores how Christian theology has been shaped over two millennia by its interaction with Judaism. It traces a resilient framework of judgment and asks: Must Christian theology remain intrinsically anti-Jewish? The book concludes that it need not.
The Islamic Interfaith Initiative
The rediscovery of the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad launched an interfaith movement against extremism. This chronicle of the Covenants Initiative details its impact, from challenging ISIS to influencing the 2018 acquittal of Asia Bibi by Pakistan’s Supreme Court.
This ground-breaking volume shows how leading Islamists use Islamic legal theory to create a liberal theory compatible with secularism. This rests not on a break with heritage, but on rediscovering it by shifting focus from what God said to what He intended.
The Israeli Druze Community in Transition
Through in-depth interviews with two generations of Israeli Druze, this unique book gives voice to a traditional people bound by a secret religion. How are they dealing with modernization? Can their very identity survive the meeting with the technological world?
The Letters of the Apostle Paul
For centuries, Paul’s letters have been read in a theological context, forming as they do part of the foundation of the Christian faith. Vergeer, however, maintains that it is important to learn to analyse these letters in their original, contemporary context.
This study explores the Mass and sacraments developed by Jesuit missionaries and their Huron allies in 17th-century New France. Drawn from the Jesuits’ own chronicles, it presents the liturgy celebrated before the community was massacred and became the North American Martyrs.
The Lucifer Syndrome
This book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to narcissism and its connection to evil. It argues that narcissism was the first sin of Lucifer and humanity, exploring the psychology of malignant narcissism and its role in the Lucifer Syndrome through a range of examples.
This collection explores the sacred and magical aspects of ethno-medicine. It connects religious and medical anthropology, focusing on concepts of health and disease, healing rites, and their role in society, folklore, and art across cultures and throughout history.
His reign of tyranny shattered an empire. On his deathbed, Emperor Aurangzeb could only repent his “stupendous caravan of sins.” A stark, timeless warning against the devastating consequences of hatred and intolerance.
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 Nation of Islam’s Cautious Return to Americanity in the 2010s
This volume depicts the deradicalization of the Nation of Islam and its return to an American national identity. It offers a reflection on how ethnicity is more resilient than ethnic identity, allowing people to change identity and circumvent those imposed on them by birth.
The Neo Abu Sayyaf
East follows the rise of criminality in the greater Mindanao region regarding the participation of major players in the suppression of the Moros—indigenous Muslims. He contemplates, among other things, why a murderous group such as the Abu Sayyaf has so much local support.
This book critically assesses renowned theologian Dumitru Stăniloae’s contribution to the interpretation of Gregory Palamas. It analyzes Stăniloae’s studies to trace the chronological development of his influential Neo-Palamite Synthesis.
This book reads the parables of Jesus as language-games. Not abstract truths, these stories illustrate God’s kingdom and call readers to participate in its unfolding, making the parables accessible and removing them from the pedestal of obscurity.
Confronted by 21st-century challenges, the church must re-examine its mission. This book explores Karl Barth’s ecclesiology, considering the church’s relationships with God, other religions, and the State to remind it of its missionary function in the world.