In contrast with tribal and archaic religions, world religions are characterized by a unique
emphasis on extended prosociality, restricted sociosexuality, delayed gratification and the …

Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human
history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the …

A sweeping survey of sexuality in Europe from the Greeks to the present, Desire: A History of
European Sexuality follows changing attitudes to two major concepts of sexual desire …

Preaching Bondage introduces and investigates the novel concept of doulology, the
discourse of slavery, in the homilies of John Chrysostom, the late fourth-century priest and …

A series of recent publications, both scholarly and popular, has identified the physical
environment as a primary historical agent in the Roman Empire's development and decline …

In the Book of Genesis, the first words God speaks to humanity are" Be fruitful and multiply."
From ancient times to today, these words have been understood as a divine command to …

Classifying Christians investigates late antique Christian heresiologies as ethnographies
that catalogued and detailed the origins, rituals, doctrines, and customs of the heretics in …

Abstract Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome, written for a popular audience, uses the
environment to explain the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The book asserts that …

Scholars have long emphasized the importance of scripture in studying religion, tacitly
separating a few privileged “religions of the Book” from faiths lacking sacred texts, including …

Decades of research conducted in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, & Democratic
(WEIRD) societies have led many scholars to conclude that the use of mental states in moral …