In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a new-found love of spontaneity transformed
Christian worship and revolutionized the Enlightenment's" culture of sensibility." Rituals of …

Exploring the first-person narratives of three figures from the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic
mystical traditions—St. Teresa of Avila, Rabbi Dov Baer, and Rūzbihān Baqlī—Anthony J …

Over the course of the twentieth century, evangelicals have in a variety of ways adjusted
their world view to accommodate the changes in modern life. At the same time, there are …

Does the business of daily living distance us from life's mysteries? Do most Americans value
spiritual thinking more as a hobby than as an all-encompassing approach to life? Will the …

Wilderness Wanderings slashes through the tangled undergrowth that Christianity in
America has become to clear a space for those for whom theology still matters. Writing to a …

Interest in the world of Late Antiquity is currently undergoing a significant revival, and in this
provocative book, now reissued in paperback, ER Dodds anticipated some of the themes …

The" Businessmen's Revival" was a religious revival that unfolded in the wake of the 1857
market crash among white, middle-class Protestants. Delving into the religious history of …

“Faith cometh by hearing”—so said Saint Paul, and devoted Christians from Augustine to
Luther down to the present have placed particular emphasis on spiritual arts of listening. In …

This book is a history of an astounding transatlantic phenomenon, a popular evangelical
revival known in America as the first Great Awakening (1735-1745). Beginning in the mid …