By looking at what happened physically in the local churches, in contrast to the formal enactments of government, and using sources such as churchwardens' accounts and surviving religious artefacts, the book recaptures the experience of the ordinary parishioner in this crucial p…
"In this review of Jewish culture and history, Ivan Marcus examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life - from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and the ad…
The theme of Eurosecularity is announced in an opening essay which introduces a comparison with the United States. The variations which follow each take a particular line of argument: contrasting histories, different intellectual traditions, institutional carriers and social dif…
The theme of Eurosecularity is announced in an opening essay which introduces a comparison with the United States. The variations which follow each take a particular line of argument: contrasting histories, different intellectual traditions, institutional carriers and social dif…
While Church attendance in the West is often cited as being in decline, it is argued that this only applies to the older established forms of the Church. Other expressions of the faith are, in fact, stable or even growing. This volume provides multidisciplinary interpretations o…
While Church attendance in the West is often cited as being in decline, it is argued that this only applies to the older established forms of the Church. Other expressions of the faith are, in fact, stable or even growing. This volume provides multidisciplinary interpretations o…
King John has been perceived as one of England's most notorious monarchs. Medieval writers and later historians condemn him as a tyrant, seeing his long-running dispute with the church as evidence of a king who showed little regard for his faith. This book takes issue with ortho…
"This book provides an in-depth historical study of the place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to the late second century."--Jacket.