By Christopher Herbert

Foreshadowing the Reformation argues that paintings are the history of ideas in visual form. It follows, therefore, that if we are to fully understand and appreciate the late Medieval and Renaissance paintings of great Northern European artists such as Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, we…

Paperback – 2018-04-30 
Routledge

Edited by Antón M. Pazos

Exploring what does and what does not constitute pilgrimage, Redefining Pilgrimage draws together a wide variety of disciplines including politics, anthropology, history, religion and sociology. Leading contributors offer a broad range of case studies from a wide geographical area, exploring new…

Paperback – 2018-04-30 
Routledge
Compostela International Studies in Pilgrimage History and Culture

By John Corrigan, Winthrop Hudson

This comprehensive narrative account of religion in America from the sixteenth century through the present depicts the religious life of the American people within the context of American society. It addresses topics ranging from the European origins of American religious thought and the diversity…

Hardback – 2018-03-21
Routledge

By John Chryssavgis

John Chryssavgis explores the ascetic teaching and theology of St John Climacus, a classical and formative writer of the Christian medieval East, and the author of the seventh-century Ladder of Divine Ascent. This text proved to be the most widely used handbook of the spiritual life in the…

Paperback – 2018-03-15
Routledge

By Josie McSkimming

There is an increasing interest in the influence of religious fundamentalism upon people’s motivation, identity and decision-making. Leaving Christian Fundamentalism and the Re-construction of Identity details the stories of those who have left Christian fundamentalist churches and how they change…

Paperback – 2018-03-12
Routledge

Edited by Monique M. Ingalls, Muriel Swijghuisen Reigersberg, Zoe C. Sherinian

What does it mean for music to be considered local in contemporary Christian communities, and who shapes this meaning? Through what musical processes have religious beliefs and practices once ‘foreign’ become ‘indigenous’? How does using indigenous musical practices aid in the growth of local…

Hardback – 2018-03-07
Routledge
Congregational Music Studies Series