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Ancient Christianities Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years Paula Fredriksen

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety

Who Really Wrote the Bible Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes William M. Schniedewind

A groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew Bible

A History of the Muslim World A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity Michael A. Cook

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era

Religions of Early India Religions of Early India: A Cultural History Richard H. Davis

The extraordinary multiplicity of religions and religious cultures in India, chronicled over two thousand years

Dante's Divine Comedy Dante's Divine Comedy: A Biography Joseph Luzzi

The life and times of Dante’s soaring poetic allegory of the soul’s redemptive journey toward God

The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri

For the first time in one volume, the most elegant and accessible translation of Dante’s enduring masterpiece

How the West Became Antisemitic How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500 Ivan G. Marcus

An examination of how the Jews—real and imagined—so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways

Slaves of God Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics Toni Alimi

A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine’s religious, ethical, and political thought

Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva Janaki Bakhle

A monumental intellectual history of the pivotal figure of Hindu nationalism

The Woman Question in Islamic Studies The Woman Question in Islamic Studies Kecia Ali

The interconnected ways that sexism functions in academic Islamic studies and how to shift professional norms toward parity

The Making of the Modern Muslim State The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa Malika Zeghal

An innovative analysis that traces the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion in the Middle East and North Africa

Wonderstruck Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think Helen De Cruz

A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain world

God's Long Summer God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights Charles Marsh

In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice. This was the summer...

The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism Lerone A. Martin

The shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of America as a white Christian nation

What to Expect When You're Dead What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife Robert Garland

An entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death—and what we might learn from them

How to Lose Yourself How to Lose Yourself: An Ancient Guide to Letting Go

Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion—and why giving it up can free us from suffering

The Jewish South The Jewish South: An American History Shari Rabin

A panoramic history of the Jewish American South, from European colonization to today

Islam Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present John Tolan

A concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasize the diversity and dynamism of the tradition

The Woman Question in Jewish Studies The Woman Question in Jewish Studies Susannah Heschel and Sarah Imhoff

A critical look at the difficulties women face in the field of Jewish studies, drawing on quantitative data, personal stories, and the gendered history of the field

How Rabbis Became Experts How Rabbis Became Experts: Social Circles and Donor Networks in Jewish Late Antiquity Krista Dalton

How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine

Growing Up Godless Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe

How children’s non-belief and non-religion are formed in everyday life

Be Not Afraid of Life Be Not Afraid of Life: In the Words of William James William James

A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William James

Dedicated to the Soul Dedicated to the Soul: The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung Emma Jung

A richly illustrated collection of never-before-seen writings and drawings from the notebooks, portfolios, and personal papers of C. G. Jung’s wife and collaborator

On Dreams and the East On Dreams and the East: Notes of the 1933 Berlin Seminar C. G. Jung and Heinrich Zimmer

Jung’s landmark seminar on the symbolism of yoga and its applications to dream analysis

The Active Imagination The Active Imagination: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1931 C. G. Jung

Jung’s landmark seminar on the psychotherapeutic method of active imagination

Truth and Truthfulness Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy Bernard Williams and Bernard Williams

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic...

The Quotable Kierkegaard The Quotable Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard

The most comprehensive and authoritative collection of Kierkegaard quotations ever published

Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 Margaret Chowning

How women preserved the power of the Catholic Church in Mexican political life

Body, History, Myth Body, History, Myth: Early Modern Murals in South India Anna Lise Seastrand

The first major exploration of the mural tradition in early modern South India

Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 Margaret Chowning

How women preserved the power of the Catholic Church in Mexican political life

A Commonwealth of Hope A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine's Political Thought Michael Lamb

A bold new interpretation of Augustine’s virtue of hope and its place in political life

Jews and Their Roman Rivals Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel Katell Berthelot

How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the Torah

No Return No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe Rowan Dorin

A groundbreaking new history of the shared legacy of expulsion among Jews and Christian moneylenders in late medieval Europe
Winner of the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, Canadian Historical Association

Belief and Cult Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion Jacob L. Mackey

A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn’t absent from—but rather was at the heart of—Roman religion

Jews and the Qur'an Jews and the Qur'an Meir M. Bar-Asher

A compelling book that casts the Qur’anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new light

The Paradox of Islamic Finance The Paradox of Islamic Finance: How Shariah Scholars Reconcile Religion and Capitalism Ryan Calder

How the booming Islamic finance industry became an ultramodern hybrid of religion and markets

Devotion to the Administrative State Devotion to the Administrative State: Religion and Social Order in Egypt Mona Oraby

Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practice