The Mystic Mind

The Psychology of Medieval Mystics and Ascetics

By Jerome Kroll, Bernard Bachrach

A fascinating collaboration between a medieval historian and a professor of psychiatry, this enthralling book applies modern biological and psychological research findings to the lives...

Published April 12th 2005 by Routledge.

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Monks, Miracles and Magic

Reformation Representations of the Medieval Church

By Helen L. Parish

Helen L. Parish presents an innovative new study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity, revealing the process by which the medieval past was rewritten by...

Published January 18th 2005 by Routledge.

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Jahangir and the Jesuits

With an Account of the Benedict Goes and the Mission to Pegu

By From the Relations of Fernão Guerreiro

First published in 1930.
'The book is full of splendour and strange scenes' Nation
The Relations of Fernão Guerreiro, from which the three narratives in this...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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The Historical Jesus

Critical Concepts in Religious Studies

Edited by Craig Evans

The historical study of the Jesus stories and the transmission of these stories through time has been of seminal importance to historians of religion. Critical...

Published May 27th 2004 by Routledge.

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Martin Luther

By Michael Mullett

This important biography portrays Luther, his concerns and his achievements with clarity and verve, and provides a comprehensive introduction for students, general readers and those...

Published May 27th 2004 by Routledge.

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White Mythologies

By Robert J. C. Young

In 1990, Robert Young's White Mythologies set out to question the very concepts of history and the West. Is it possible, he asked, to write...

Published May 27th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Reformation

Critical Concepts in Historical Studies

Edited by Andrew Pettegree

This collection reflects both the classic building blocks of Reformation history, such as the writings of Luther and Calvin, and also the new historiography which...

Published April 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Saint Francis of Assisi

By Jacques Le Goff

Known for speaking with the birds, for professing poverty, receiving the stigmata and for initiating the Franciscan order, Francis of Assisi is one of the...

Published December 18th 2003 by Routledge.

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Christian Mystics

Their Lives and Legacies Throughout the Ages

By Professor Ursula King, Ursula King

Ursula King’s Christian Mystics tells the story of sixty men and women whose mystical devotion to God transformed the times in which they lived and...

Published October 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Science and Spirituality

The Volatile Connection

By David Knight

Until the end of the eighteenth century, almost everyone believed that the empirical world of science could produce evidence for a wise and loving God....

Published September 25th 2003 by Routledge.

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