This volume utilizes Catherine Bell's ritual theory to shed new light on the many rituals reflect...

This volume investigates the central role of physical bodies, ritual technologies, healing practi...

What was life like among the first Christians? For the last thirty years, scholars have explored ...

Scholars across many fields have come to realize that ritual is an integral element of human life...

The New Testament is a book of great significance in Western culture yet is often inaccessible to...

The New Testament is a book of great significance in Western culture yet is often inaccessible to...

This book offers new and insightful perspectives on early Christian communities and their cultura...

This volume advances our understanding of early Christianity as a lived religion by approaching i...

This volume advances our understanding of early Christianity as a lived religion by approaching i...

Scholars of religion have long assumed that ritual and belief constitute the fundamental building...