Religion
The Advent Project
In his final accomplishment of an extraordinarily distinguished career, James W. McKinnon considers the musical practices of the early Church in this incisive examination of the history of Christian chant from the years a.d. 200 to 800.
All in Sync
Robert Wuthnow shows how music and art are revitalizing churches and religious life across the nation in this first-ever consideration of the relationship between religion and the arts.
Becoming Sinners
In a world of swift and sweeping cultural transformations, few have seen changes as rapid and dramatic as those experienced by the Urapmin of Papua New Guinea in the last four decades.
Born Again Bodies
"Fat People Don't Go to Heaven!" screamed a headline in the tabloid Globe in November 2000.
Bounded Choice
Heaven's Gate, a secretive group of celibate "monks" awaiting pickup by a UFO, captured intense public attention in 1997 when its members committed collective suicide.
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness
The "Sandokai" - a poem by the 8th-century Zen master Sekito Kisen (Ch. Shitou Xiqian) - is the subject of these lectures.
Bringing the Gods to Mind
This elegantly written book introduces a new perspective on Indic religious history by rethinking the role of mantra in Vedic ritual.
Business of the Heart
The "Businessmen's Revival" was a religious revival that unfolded in the wake of the 1857 market crash among white, middle-class Protestants.
The Catholic Revolution
How, a mere generation after Vatican Council II initiated the biggest reform since the Reformation, can the Catholic Church be in such deep trouble?
Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity
Dawson closely examines the work of three prominent 20th-century thinkers who have offered influential variants of figural reading: Biblical scholar Daniel Boyarin, philologist and literary historian Erich Auerbach and Christian theologian Hans Frei.