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Gordon, “Invisible Agents”
This November, the Ohio University Press will publish Invisible Agents: Spirits in Central African History by David M. Gordon (Bowdoin College). The publisher’s description follows. Invisible Agents...
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Makowski, “English Nuns and the Law in the Middle Ages Cloistered Nuns and...
This November, Boydell & Brewer will publish English Nuns and the Law in the Middle Ages Cloistered Nuns and Their Lawyers, 1293-1540 by Elizabeth Makowski (Texas State University). The...
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O’Malley, “Trent: What Happened at the Council”
The Counter-Reformation Council of Trent (1545-1563) had a major impact on the canons of the Catholic Church, including regulations concerning marriage and papal authority. This week, Harvard...
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Kabala, “Church-State Relations in the Early American Republic”
This month, Pickering and Chatto Publishers will publish Church-State Relations in the Early American Republic, 1787-1846 by James S. Kabala (Rhode Island College). The renowned historian Gordon Wood...
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Snyder, “Building a Public Judaism”
This month, Harvard University Press published Building a Public Judaism: Synagogues and Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century Europe by Saskia Coenen Snyder (University of South Carolina). The...
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Should Richard III Receive a Catholic Burial?
You thought there couldn’t be a law and religion angle to today’s news–fascinating for us history nerds–that archaeologists have discovered the mortal remains of Richard III beneath a parking lot in...
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Kester, “Remembering Iosepa”
This month, the Oxford University Press will publish Remembering Iosepa: History, Place, and Religion in the American West by Matthew Kester (Brigham Young University). The publisher’s description...
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Young, “Ecclesiastical Colony”
Next month, the Oxford University Press will publish Ecclesiastical Colony: China’s Catholic Church and the French Religious Protectorate by Ernest P. Young (University of Michigan). The publisher’s...
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Gordon on Church and State in the Early United States
Sarah Barringer Gordon (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted State v. Church: Limits on Church Power and Property from Disestablishment to the Civil War. The abstract follows. Debates over...
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Horwitz, “Freedom of the Church Without Romance”
For those interested in the exploding work on the freedom of the church (and you should all be!), do see Paul Horwitz’s new tour de force draft article, Freedom of the Church Without Romance, a...
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Religious Division and Identity – Richard III and the Rest of Us – Part II
Thanks again to Mark and Marc for inviting me to guest blog this month. I hope to use this opportunity to think about a range of questions, and also introduce a bit of my own work. Back in August, I …...
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Religious Division and Identity – Richard III and the Rest of Us – Part III
In Part I of this case study of sorts, I wrote a bit about the theological complexity of debates over religious identity, as illustrated by the (very) minor fracas over whether it be somehow wrong to...
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Hodder, “Religion at Work in a Neolithic Society”
This month, Cambridge will publish Religion at Work in a Neolithic Society, by Ian Hodder (Stanford University). The publisher’s description follows. This book tackles the topic of religion, a broad...
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“Orthodox Christianity in Imperial Russia: A Source Book on Lived Religion”...
This month, Indiana University Press is releasing “Orthodox Christianity in Imperial Russia: A Source Book on Lived Religion” edited by Heather J. Coleman (University of Alberta). The publisher’s...
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Mikalson, “New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens”
In August, Brill Publishing will release “New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honor, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society,” by Jon D. Mikalson (University of Virginia). The publisher’s...
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Khan, “Sovereign Women in a Muslim Kingdom”
In May, the Cornell University Press will release “Sovereign Women in a Muslim Kingdom: The Sultanahs of Aceh, 1641−1699,” by Sher Banu A.L. Khan (National University of Singapore). The publisher’s...
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Robson, “States of Separation”
In April, the University of California Press will release “States of Separation: Transfer, Partition, and the Making of the Modern Middle East,” by Laura Robson (Portland State University). The...
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Montero, “All Things in Common”
Rod Dreher’s recent bestseller, The Benedict Option, calls on Christians to reestablish tighter, more intentional communities in order to survive in a post-Christian, and increasingly anti-Christian,...
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A New Treatment of Samuel Pepys
I’ll concede this book is a bit of a stretch for a law and religion site. But I’ve been intrigued by the 17th Century diarist, Samuel Pepys, ever since, as a high school student, I first read his...
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