Through careful examination of religious beliefs and practices in the German-speaking world from approximately 1400 to 1600, this book challenges the centuries old narrative of the transition from late medieval Christianity to Protestantism as a process of 'de-sensualizing' reli…
"Through careful examination of religious beliefs and practices in the German-speaking world from approximately 1400 to 1600, this book challenges the centuries old narrative of the transition from late medieval Christianity to Protestantism as a process of 'de-sensualizing' rel…
"What brings religious scholars Constance Furey, Sarah Hammerschlag, and Amy Hollywood together in Devotion is a shared conviction that "reading helps us live with and through the unknown." For them, the nature of reading raises questions fundamental to how we think about our po…
Finding God in Solitude explores the devotional piety of one of America's most important religious figures, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) of Massachusetts. From his childhood to his death shortly after becoming president of Princeton, and especially from his Christian conversion …
Finding God in Solitude explores the devotional piety of one of America's most important religious figures, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) of Massachusetts. From his childhood to his death shortly after becoming president of Princeton, and especially from his Christian conversion …
"Drawing on case studies of particular groups, including pagans, witches, radical faeries, post-modern tourists, and queer and goddess groups, contributors from Australia, the UK and North America discuss various forms of spirituality and how they contribute to self-knowledge, i…
Essays on Islamic piety and mysticism
by Meier, Fritz
fromIslamic history and civilization
"Fritz Meier (1912-1998) is one of the most outstanding Orientalists of this century. Meier's entire oeuvre is written in German and until now has suffered the fate of not being accessible outside the German-speaking realm. As a result, whole debates on subjects concerning Sufis…
A study, edition, and translation of the story of two independent Upper Rhine women living a spiritual life together.00Lady Gertrude Rickeldey of Ortenberg (d. 1335) was a noble widow who lived a spiritual, but secular life in her own household, first in Offenburg and later in S…