Glossolalia and the Problem of Language
By Nicholas Harkness (NHC Fellow, 2016–17)
Religion
Jewish Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity: Translations and Commentaries
By Laura Suzanne Lieber (NHC Fellow, 2015–16) In Jewish Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity, Laura Suzanne Lieber offers annotated translations of sixty-nine poems written between the 4th and 7th century C.E. in the Land of Israel, along with commentaries and introductions. The poems celebrate a range of occasions from the ritual year and the life-cycle: Passover, … Continued
Medieval Holy Women in the Christian Tradition, c. 1100-c. 1500
Edited by Alastair Minnis (NHC Fellow, 2005–06) and Rosalynn Voaden The first comprehensive survey of the major – but much neglected – contribution made by holy women to the religious culture of the later Middle Ages. Medieval Holy Women in the Christian Tradition offers the first wide-ranging study of the remarkable women who contributed to the … Continued
Planetarnoe soznanie = Planetary Consciousness
By Mihajlo Mihajlov (NHC Fellow, 1980–81)
Religion, Space, and the Atlantic World
By John Corrigan (NHC Fellow, 2014–15) While the concept of an Atlantic world has been central to the work of historians for decades, the full implications of that spatial setting for the lives of religious people have received far less attention. In Religion, Space, and the Atlantic World, John Corrigan brings together research from geographers, anthropologists, … Continued
Sixth Ezra: The Text and Origin
By Theodore A. Bergren (NHC Fellow, 1998–99) 6 Ezra is a short oracular writing that is included in the biblical Apocrypha as the final two chapters (15-16) of Ezra, or 2 Esdras. Cast as the words of God mediated through an unnamed prophet, the main part of the work sets forth predictions of impending doom … Continued
The Book of Margery Kempe
Edited and translated by Anthony Bale (NHC Fellow, 2012–13) The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1436-8) is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. Known as the earliest autobiography written in the English language, Kempe's Book describes the dramatic transformation of its heroine from failed businesswoman and lustful young wife, to devout and chaste pilgrim. … Continued
The Korean Buddhist Empire: A Transnational History (1910-1945)
By Hwansoo Ilmee Kim (NHC Fellow, 2014–15) In the first part of the twentieth century, Korean Buddhists, despite living under colonial rule, reconfigured sacred objects, festivals, urban temples, propagation—and even their own identities—to modernize and elevate Korean Buddhism. By focusing on six case studies, this book highlights the centrality of transnational relationships in the transformation … Continued
The Spiritual Seed: The Church of the “Valentinians”
By Einar Thomassen (NHC Fellow, 1999–00) This book is a comprehensive study of “Valentinianism,” the most important Gnostic Christian movement in Antiquity. It is the first attempt to make full use of the Valentinian documents from Nag Hammadi as well as the reports of the Church Fathers. The book discusses the difference between the Eastern … Continued
Unleashing the Scripture: Freeing the Bible from Captivity to America
By Stanley Hauerwas (NHC Fellow, 1992–93) This provocative critique of the uses and abuses of Scripture in the American church shows how liberal (historical-critical) and fundamentalist (literal) approaches to biblical scholarship have corrupted our use of the Bible. Hauerwas argues that the Bible can only be understood in the midst of a disciplined community of … Continued