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Christian Supremacy Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism Magda Teter

A panoramic cultural and legal history that traces the roots of antisemitism and racism to early Christian theology

Gods and Mortals Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers Sarah Iles Johnston

An entrancing new telling of ancient Greek myths

“This book is a triumph! . . . [A] magnificent retelling of the Greek myths.”—Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series

Losing Ourselves Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self Jay Garfield

Why you don’t have a self—and why that’s a good thing

The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism Lerone A. Martin

The shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of America as a white Christian nation

The Politics of Ritual The Politics of Ritual Molly Farneth

An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political lives

Key Terms of the Qur'an Key Terms of the Qur'an: A Critical Dictionary Nicolai Sinai

An essential single-volume companion to the critical interpretation of Islamic scripture

Wahhābism Wahhābism: The History of a Militant Islamic Movement Cole M. Bunzel

An essential history of Wahhābism from its founding to the Islamic State

The Closed Book The Closed Book: How the Rabbis Taught the Jews (Not) to Read the Bible Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg

A groundbreaking reinterpretation of early Judaism, during the millennium before the study of the Bible took center stage

Faith Communities and the Fight for Racial Justice Faith Communities and the Fight for Racial Justice: What Has Worked, What Hasn't, and Lessons We Can Learn Robert Wuthnow

The communities, congregations, and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past fifty years

A History of the Muslim World A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity Michael A. Cook

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era

Failures of Forgiveness Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better Myisha Cherry

Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world

A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse: Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean Yaron Z. Eliav

A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient Rome

How to Focus How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction John Cassian

How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one

Sunni Chauvinism and the Roots of Muslim Modernism Sunni Chauvinism and the Roots of Muslim Modernism Teena U. Purohit

Muslim intellectuals who sought to establish the boundaries of modern Muslim identity

Meir Kahane Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical Shaul Magid

The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival

The Emperor and the Elephant The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne Sam Ottewill-Soulsby

A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources

Making a Mindful Nation Making a Mindful Nation: Mental Health and Governance in the Twenty-First Century Joanna Cook

How mindfulness came to be regarded as a psychological support, an ethical practice and a component of public policy

The Rise of Christianity The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History Rodney Stark

A landmark reinterpretation of why Christianity became the dominant faith of the West

Spinoza's Religion Spinoza's Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics Clare Carlisle

A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age

The Two Greatest Ideas The Two Greatest Ideas: How Our Grasp of the Universe and Our Minds Changed Everything Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski

Two simple yet tremendously powerful ideas that shaped virtually every aspect of civilization

The Church of Saint Thomas Paine The Church of Saint Thomas Paine: A Religious History of American Secularism Leigh Eric Schmidt

The forgotten story of the nineteenth-century freethinkers and twentieth-century humanists who tried to build their own secular religion

Divine Institutions Divine Institutions: Religions and Community in the Middle Roman Republic Dan-el Padilla Peralta

How religious ritual united a growing and diversifying Roman Republic

Catholicism and Democracy Catholicism and Democracy: An Essay in the History of Political Thought Emile Perreau-Saussine

How the Catholic Church redefined its relationship to the state in the wake of the French Revolution

Words for the Heart Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India Maria Heim

A richly diverse collection of classical Indian terms for expressing the many moods and subtleties of emotional experience

Christianity's American Fate Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular David A. Hollinger

Tracing the rise of evangelicalism and the decline of mainline Protestantism in American religious and cultural life

Jung on Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises Jung on Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises: Lectures Delivered at ETH Zurich, Volume 7: 1939–1940 C. G. Jung

Jung’s lectures on the psychology of Jesuit spiritual practice—unabridged in English for the first time

Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 Margaret Chowning

How women preserved the power of the Catholic Church in Mexican political life

Resurrecting the Jew Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland’s Jewish Revival Geneviève Zubrzycki

An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today

The Shamama Case The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship across the Modern Mediterranean Jessica M. Marglin

How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belonging

No Return No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe Rowan Dorin

A groundbreaking new history of the shared legacy of expulsion among Jews and Christian moneylenders in late medieval Europe

On Theology and Psychology On Theology and Psychology: The Correspondence of C. G. Jung and Adolf Keller C. G. Jung and Adolf Keller

Jung's correspondence with one of the twentieth century's leading theologians and ecumenicists

Psychology of Yoga and Meditation Psychology of Yoga and Meditation: Lectures Delivered at ETH Zurich, Volume 6: 1938–1940 C. G. Jung

Jung's illuminating lectures on the psychology of Eastern spirituality

Rediscovering the Islamic Classics Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition Ahmed El Shamsy

The story of how Arab editors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries revolutionized Islamic literature

Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism Sarit Kattan Gribetz

How the rabbis of late antiquity used time to define the boundaries of Jewish identity

The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution Lila Corwin Berman

The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalism

The Only Woman in the Room The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power Pnina Lahav

A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel

Sonorous Desert Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us Kim Haines-Eitzen

Enduring lessons from the desert soundscapes that shaped the Christian monastic tradition

Work Pray Code Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley Carolyn Chen

How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity