Reveals how, for well over a millennium, across 3 continents - Asia, Africa, and Europe - non-Muslims who were vanquished by jihad wars, became forced tributaries (called dhimmi in Arabic), in lieu of being slain. This book examines how jihad war, as a permanent and uniquely Islamic institution, regulates the relations of Muslims with non-Muslims.
Saving Women is a much-needed study of women's contributions to the theology of evangelism. Through a careful consideration of the primary sources of six Protestant women ministering in America from 1800-1950, this historical and theological study demonstrates that these women combined verbal proclamation with other historic Christian practices in ......
Charles Manuel Sweet Daddy Grace founded the United House of Prayer for All People in Wareham, Massachusetts, in 1919. This book examines the religious nature of the House of Prayer, the dimensions of Grace's leadership strategies, and the connections between his often ostentatious acts and the intentional infrastructure of the House of Prayer.
Offering an introduction to this 13th-century historian and mystic poet Rumi, this work concentrates on the social and cultural environment in which he lived and produced his influential works. It includes a selection of passages from Rumi's works, explaining his core philosophy in his own words.
Offering a brief introduction to Gnosticism, this title addresses the nettling questions of origins and definition. It situates the advent of Gnosticism within the Greco-Roman religious world and critically appraises the sources. It features illustrations, maps, timeline, and bibliography. It is useful for students and scholars alike.
Presents a historical survey of religious persecution encompassing three millennia and a great diversity of cultures world-wide. Defining religious persecution as "repressive actions initiated or condoned by authorities against their own people on religious grounds", this work begins with ancient Egypt, followed by the biblical history of Israel.
Americans as a religious people experience both tension and indecision as they wrestle with a variety of critical issues every day. American society continually struggles with its religious past. The primary and secondary materials included in this volume track religious America's efforts to articulate its identity and destiny and implement its ......
The ten essays in ""Local Religion in Colonial Mexico"" provide information about the religious culture in colonial Mexico. Carlos Eire's essay begins the study with the meaning of 'popular religion' in colonial Mexico. Antonio Rubial Garcia looks at the use of icons. Martin Austin Nesvig's essay discusses Tlatelolco, a city near Tenochtitlan and ......
In ten brilliant essays, Jan Assmann explores the connections between religion, culture, and memory. Building on Maurice Halbwachs's idea that memory, like language, is a social phenomenon as well as an individual one, he argues that memory has a cultural dimension too. He develops a persuasive view of the life of the past in such surface ......
