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Founded in West Nigeria in the early twentieth century, the Aladura Church combines traditional Christian liturgy, a theology of the Spirit, and creative ritual strategies and social practices…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017274/Gleaning-Ruth
The biblical story of Ruth celebrates the power to begin life anew, to gather what has been scattered, to glean what one needs. In this original approach to understanding an ancient love story…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017281/Sufi-Aesthetics
Sufi Aesthetics argues that the interpretive keys to erotic Sufi poems and their medieval commentaries lie in understanding a unique perceptual experience. Using careful analysis of primary te…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017283/Mount-Fuji
Illustrated with color and black-and-white images of the mountain and its associated religious practices, H. Byron Earhart's study utilizes his decades of fieldwork—including climbing Fuji wit…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017289/Caiaphas-the-High-Priest
A reconsideration of the historical and biblical roles of one of Jesus's chief antagonists

As the Roman-appointed high priest who had a hand in orchestrating Jesus's Crucifixion, Caiaph…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017290/Sonic-Liturgy
Sonic Liturgy: Ritual and Music in Hindu Tradition builds on the foundation of Guy L. Beck's earlier work, which described the theoretical role of sound in Hindu thought. Sonic Liturgy continu…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017292/The-Papers-of-Howard-Washington-Thurman-Volume-2
The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a four-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning the long and productive career of the Reverend Howard Thurman, one of the most s…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017338/Knowledge-before-Action
In Knowledge before Action, Amina M. Steinfels examines medieval Sufism and its place in Islamic society by telling the story of the life and career of Sayyid Jalal al-din Bukhari, a revered f…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017391/Jeremiah-and-Gods-Plans-of-Well-being
In Jeremiah and God's Plans of Well-being, Barbara Green explores the prophet Jeremiah as a literary persona of the biblical book through seven periods of his prophetic ministry, focusing on t…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017388/Challenges-on-the-Emmaus-Road
While slavery and secession divided the Union during the American Civil War, they also severed the Northern and Southern dioceses of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In Challenges on the Emmau…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700