Offers a big picture analysis of American CatholicismThe Catholic Church is at a crossroads. In the United States alone there are many challenges facing the church that are both internal and external to the institution. With the rise of the growing Gen Z...

From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreatPico Iyer has made more than one hundred retreats over the past three decades to a small Benedictine hermitage high...

A cultural history of how Christianity was born from its martyrs.Though it promises eternal life, Christianity was forged in death. Christianity is built upon the legacies of the apostles and martyrs who chose to die rather than renounce the name of...

What is contemplation? How is it distinct from meditation? Is contemplation essentially religious or mystical? What should one contemplate, and how? Are there different styles of contemplation, and why should one practice them? Ought we try to lead more...

The COVID-19 pandemic left millions grieving their loved ones without the consolation of traditional ways of mourning. Patients were admitted to hospitals and never seen again. Social distancing often meant conventional funerals could not be held...

From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age (“[a] ballista-bolt of a book”—New York Times Book Review), a biography of the many, diverse variations of Jesus who thrived in early Christian traditions—and how they were killed off until...

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What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the Virgin Mary?“This book could not have come at a more auspicious time, and the message is mystical perfection, not to mention a courageous one. I adore this...

This new volume collects the best articles on this topic from the first 50 issues of the 'Journal for the Study of the New Testament'. Here the reader will find ground-breaking studies that introduce new critical questions and move into fresh areas of...

An intellectual history of the concept of life and body politics in Chinese philosophyThe philosophical tradition in the West has always subjected life to conceptual divisions and questions about meaning. Although this process has given rise to a rich...

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety The ancient Mediterranean teemed with gods. For centuries, a practical religious pluralism prevailed. How,...

The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential—and controversial—rabbis in modern Judaism  “Accessible, informed, and balanced. . . . The author manages to tread on fragile ground with aplomb. . . . An exceptional tool...

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