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An exploration of five ideas that have become particularly powerful catalysts in the theological imaginations of women in many difference communities. It offers a multi-voiced response to the question: 'When women across many traditions are heard speaking theologically, publicly and self-consciously as women, what do they have to say?'.

A watershed event in American religious history

The Mexica are known for their sacrificial practices that appear shocking to the world. This book makes sense of these practices. It explores sacrifice as an essential foundation for and an ethical response to existence in the world of the Mexica. It also includes a glossary for readers unfamiliar with the Mexica.

"Hamm has simply produced the best book on Quaker history in recent years." ΓÇöQuaker History"... will stand as one of the most important works in the field." ΓÇöAmerican Historical Review

Provides an introduction to the theological systems of six "new" religions - Mormonism, Christian Science, Theosophy, the Unification Church, Scientology, and the New Age Movement. It presents an account of the theological systems of America's religions.

A biography of one of America's notorious and misunderstood women.

Taking the influential work of Arthur Huff Fauset as a starting point to break down the false dichotomy that exists between mainstream and marginal, this title features a new generation of scholars who offer fresh ideas for understanding the religious expressions of African Americans in the United States.

A meeting of American Protestantism with Asian religious traditions