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Waiting for the Call

From Preacher's Daughter to Lesbian Mom

By Jacqueline Taylor
Subjects: Memoir, Religion, Sexuality Studies

One woman's search for the meaning of faith when the foundations of her beliefs are tested to the limit

Radicalization in Theory and Practice

Understanding Religious Violence in Western Europe

Edited by Thierry Balzacq & Elyamine Settoul
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Religion

Building on a comparative case study, explores the conditions under religious radicalization leading to violent action

In Search of Tunga

Prosperity, Almighty God, and Lives in Motion in a Malian Provincial Town

By André Chappatte
Subjects: African Studies, Religion, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology
Series: African Perspectives

The lives of young male Muslim “adventurers” in a Malian town

Sojiji

Discipline, Compassion, and Enlightenment at a Japanese Zen Temple

By Joshua A. Irizarry
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Religion, Anthropology
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

An intimate and insightful look into the life of a head Sōtō Zen temple in 21st century Japan

Beyond the Death of God

Religion in 21st Century International Politics

By Simone Raudino & Patricia Sohn
Subjects: Religion, Political Science

Politics and religion remain entwined

The Scent of Ancient Magic

By Britta K. Ager
Subjects: Classical Studies, Religion

Examines the complex association of the sense of smell and the supernatural in classical antiquity

Feeling the Future at Christian End-Time Performances

By Jill C. Stevenson
Subjects: Theater and Performance, American Studies, Religion, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

How Christian depictions of the End allow spectators to experience—and feel—their place within the future history of humankind

Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics

By R. Khari Brown, Ronald E Brown, and James S. Jackson
Subjects: Political Science, Race and Politics, Religion, African American Studies

How race influences religious engagement in politics

Sculpting the Self

Islam, Selfhood, and Human Flourishing

By Muhammad Umar Faruque
Subjects: Religion, Philosophy

What it means to be human

Exploring the Public Effects of Religious Communication on Politics

By Brian Calfano
Subjects: Political Science, Political Communication, Religion, Political Behavior and Public Opinion

Religion's profound influence on politics

Secular Power Europe and Islam

Identity and Foreign Policy

By Sarah Wolff
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Religion

Reconsidering the European Union’s secular identity

Scriptures, Shrines, Scapegoats, and World Politics

Religious Sources of Conflict and Cooperation in the Modern Era

By Zeev Maoz & Errol A Henderson
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Religion, Political Theory

Religion can be a detriment to human security

Divined Intervention

Religious Institutions and Collective Action

By Christopher Wayne Hale
Subjects: Political Science, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, Latin American Studies, Religion

A decentralized Catholic Church allows for the development of grassroots secular political activism

Robert Hayden in Verse

New Histories of African American Poetry and the Black Arts Era

By Derik Smith
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, African American Studies, Religion, American Studies

Remaps Robert Hayden’s proper place within African American poetry, and traces his legacy

Contemporary Mormon Pageantry

Seeking After the Dead

By Megan Sanborn Jones
Subjects: Theater and Performance, American Studies, Religion

Provides the first book-length study of Mormon pageants, by a theater scholar and participant

Ritual Matters

Material Remains and Ancient Religion

By Jennifer Knust & Claudia Moser
Subjects: Classical Studies, Religion, Archaeology
Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome

An international, cross-disciplinary investigation of ancient religious practices and their material remains yields fresh insights and poses new questions
 

Long Suffering

American Endurance Art as Prophetic Witness

By Karen Gonzalez Rice
Subjects: Art, Art History, Theater and Performance, Religion
Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance

An unflinching, illuminating look at three U.S. artists and their performances of suffering

Reckoning with Spirit in the Paradigm of Performance

By Donnalee Dox
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Religion, Cultural Studies

Reveals what might be gained by taking spirituality seriously as a constituent aspect of performance 

Honor and Personhood in Early Modern Mexico

By Osvaldo F. Pardo
Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Latin American Studies, Religion

An examination of the concept of honor as essential to both colonial Spaniards and indigenous Mexicans

Digital Samaritans

Rhetorical Delivery and Engagement in the Digital Humanities

By Jim Ridolfo
Subjects: Cultural Studies, Religion, Digital Projects
Series: Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative

An investigation of the communicative objectives of Samaritans who are exploring the powerful expressive affordances of digital environments—Winner of the 2017 CCCC Research Impact Award!
 

Playing God

The Bible on the Broadway Stage

By Henry Carl Bial
Subjects: Theater and Performance, American Studies, Religion, Music

A fascinating look at how the Bible has inspired Broadway plays and musicals, from Ben-Hur to Jesus Christ Superstar

Epiphanius of Cyprus

Imagining an Orthodox World

By Young Richard Kim
Subjects: Classical Studies, Greek, Religion, History, Medieval and Early Modern History

Brings a balanced perspective to a controversial scholar of heresies

Having Once Paused

Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481)

By Ikkyu Sojun, Sarah Messer, and Kidder Smith
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Asian Studies, Religion

A volume of selected poems by Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun (1394–1481), translated into English

A Commentary on Cicero, De Divinatione I

By Celia Schultz
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Religion
Series: Michigan Classical Commentaries

A welcome investigation into Cicero’s unusual work on ancient Roman religion

The Real and the Sacred

Picturing Jesus in Nineteenth-Century Fiction

By Jefferson J. A. Gatrall
Subjects: Literary Studies, European Literature, History, European History, Religion, Art, British and Irish Literatures, 19th Century Literature, American Literature

A cultural history of representations of Jesus in nineteenth-century European and American fiction and visual art

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