Charles F. Stanley 
Seguridad eterna 

This is the first volume to provide a wide range of postcolonial interpretations of and commentaries upon significant texts in the Hebrew Bible. The volume intersects with the work of the key …

This volume argues that the notion of “affections” discussed by Jonathan Edwards (and Christian theologians before him) means something very different from what contemporary English speakers now call …

Throughout the last several decades professional biblical scholars have adapted concepts and theories from the social sciences – particularly social and cultural anthropology – in order to cast new …

Written with both passion and precision, God“s Spies is a work that will be welcomed by anyone interested in the vital interplay between poetry and religion. The authors represented, including …

This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary Japanese culture: the prevalence of discussions and representations of “spirits” ( tama or tamashii). Ancestor cults have played a …

Hannah Bacon draws on qualitative research conducted inside one UK secular commercial weight loss group to show how Christian religious forms and theological discourses inform contemporary …

In this book, Glenn Barenthin provides a new solution to a key question in the cognitive and evolutionary study of religion: why do humans cooperate? What led humans, uniquely among animals, to …

Justin Stratis explores the meaning of the biblical phrase “God is love“ through an examination of two quintessentially modern Protestant theologians: Friedrich Schleiermacher and Karl Barth. This …

Jarvis J. Williams argues that the Jewish martyrological ideas, codified in 2 and 4 Maccabees and in selected texts in LXX Daniel 3, provide an important background to understanding Paul“s …

The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ended a 20-year political battle over same-sex marriage in the USA. The ruling in favor of a constitutional right for gays and lesbians to marr …