Early Christians sought miracles from Michael the Archangel and this enigmatic ecumenical figure was the subject of hagiography, liturgical texts, and relics across Western Europe. Entering contemporary debates about angelology, this fascinating study explores the formation and …
The Festival of Pirs is an ethnographic study of the religious life of the village of Gugudu in Andhra Pradesh. It focuses on the public event of Muharram, which is practiced by urban Shi'i communities across South Asia, but takes on a strikingly different color in Gugudu becaus…
Discovered in a secret Vatican archive, this is the true, never-before-told story of poison, murder, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth century convent. In 1858, Katherina von Hohenzollern, a German princess recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, …
"Focusing on the Maijbhandari movement in Chittagong, south-eastern Bangladesh, which claims the status of the only Sufi order originated in Bengal and which has gained immense popularity in recent years, this book provides a comprehensive picture of an important aspect of conte…
Throughout history, people of all countries, cultures, and religious traditions have looked beyond the grave for help in facing life's problems. Here, author Judika Illes pulls together the stories, myths, and legends about the mystics, saints, and sages who people have called u…
"L'Europe centrale n'est pas une aire, c'est un monde. Les contributions de ce volume aident à en prendre la mesure. Elles posent la question de l'existence d'un modèle de sainteté centre-européen au Moyen Âge. La géographie de la sainteté proposée voici trente ans par André Vau…