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Popular Music, the Sacred, and the ProfaneChristopher Partridge's The Lyre of Orpheus is the first general introduction to the subject of religion and popular music. His aim in this book is to introduce a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives to be used in the study of religion and popular music and popular music subcultures....

This handbook provides an in-depth survey of historical readings of Quakerism; a treatment of its key theological premises and its links with wider Christian thinking; an analysis of its distinctive ecclesiastical forms and practices; chapters on its social, economic, political, and ethical outcomes; as well as an extensive bibliography....

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Religion, Secularity, & Identity in Shakespeare and Early Modern CultureMortal Thoughts is a study of the question of human identity in the early modern period. It examines literature alongside emerging forms of life writing and life drawing and self-portraits and considers portrayals of mortality and the moment of death....

Introduce your child to new situations through these entertaining and sensitively written stories, which are perfect for reading together. Each story is packed with facts and humour to familiarise your child with what to expect from a first experience e.g. what will happen, who they will meet and new things thing might see. First Experiences with...

Critical Issues in MinistryDiakonia Studies closes the account on John N. Collins&'s 40 years of involvement in groundbreaking linguistic research and argumentation concerning the nature and functioning of Christian ministry.   Dispute has swirled around the Greek term diakonia for 50 years. Once seen as enshrining the New Testament value of loving...