uscpress.com - Religious Studies https://uscpress.com/ Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World https://uscpress.com/book-post/3773001/Jewish-Sanctuary-in-the-Atlantic-World
A cultural and architectural history of Judaism as it expanded and took root in the Atlantic world

Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World is a unique blend of cultural and architectural…]]>
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Qoheleth https://uscpress.com/book-post/3772976/Qoheleth
Rarely does a biblical book evoke admiration from a Nobel laureate in literature, a newspaper columnist, a prize-winning poet, and a popular songwriter. Ecclesiastes has done that, and for goo…]]>
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The Origins of Southern Evangelicalism https://uscpress.com/book-post/3772979/The-Origins-of-Southern-Evangelicalism
During the late seventeenth century, a heterogeneous mixture of Protestant settlers made their way to the South Carolina lowcountry from both the Old World and elsewhere in the New. Representi…]]>
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Challenges on the Emmaus Road https://uscpress.com/book-post/3772980/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…]]>
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Jeremiah and God's Plans of Well-being https://uscpress.com/book-post/3772983/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…]]>
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Sojourner in Islamic Lands https://uscpress.com/book-post/3772993/Sojourner-in-Islamic-Lands
Sojourner in Islamic Lands takes us on a journey from Kazakhstan in the far north of Central Asia, across the mountains to the former Soviet Union, then south to Iran just below the Caspian Se…]]>
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Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine https://uscpress.com/book-post/3772996/Jesus-and-the-Politics-of-Roman-Palestine
In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses of Jesus of Nazareth's mission and how he became a significant historica…]]>
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Partners of Zaynab https://uscpress.com/book-post/3773037/Partners-of-Zaynab
How do pious Shia Muslim women nurture and sustain their religious lives? How do their experiences and beliefs differ from or overlap with those of men? What do gender-based religious roles an…]]>
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The Antipedo Baptists of Georgetown County, South Carolina, 1710-2010 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3773058/The-Antipedo-Baptists-of-Georgetown-County-South-Carolina-1710-2010
The Antipedo Baptists of Georgetown, South Carolina, 1710-2010 is the history of the First Baptist Church of Georgetown, South Carolina, as well as the history of Baptists in the colony and st…]]>
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Hindu Ritual at the Margins https://uscpress.com/book-post/3773044/Hindu-Ritual-at-the-Margins
Hindu Ritual at the Margins explores Hindu forms of ritual activity in a variety of "marginal" contexts. The contributors collectively examine ritual practices in diaspora; across gender, ethn…]]>
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