When Men Walk Dry
Portuguese Messianism in Brazil
$30.00
Paperback,
Jun 2000
ISBN13: 9781555402570ISBN10: 1555402577
This book examines the nature of messianic movements by studying a specific case history. Carole Myscovski argues that underlying any single messianic movement is a messianic tradition that draws together messianic and related religious beliefs, rituals, and social structures.
Wounds of Love
The Mystical Marriage of Saint Rose of Lima
$70.00
Hardback,
Dec 2003
ISBN13: 9780195136401ISBN10: 0195136403
"Among the many riches of this book is the vivid sense it gives of the encompassing spirituality in which many lived in the Hispanic world of Rose of Lima's time."--Kenneth J. Backwell, SMU
Sacred Pain
Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul
$40.00
Paperback,
Oct 2003
ISBN13: 9780195169430ISBN10: 0195169433
The first book to explore the religious uses of pain reveals the purpose behind self-inflicted suffering
Venturing Beyond
Law and Morality in Kabbalistic Mysticism
$150.00
Hardback,
Jul 2006
ISBN13: 9780199277797ISBN10: 0199277796
Challenges popular conceptions of the Kabbalah as a kind of New Age ecumenicism
The Russian Cosmists
The Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai Federov and His Followers
$29.95
Hardback,
Jul 2012
ISBN13: 9780199892945ISBN10: 0199892946
In the first account in English, George M. Young offers a dynamic and wide-ranging examination of the lives and ideas of the Russian Cosmists
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