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Religion plays a central role in human experience. Billions of people around the world practice a fa…

Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have be…

What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the …

The debate between science and religion is never out of the news: emotions run high, fueled by polem…

Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. De…

Marriage has not always meant just one man and one woman. For much of human history, the most common…

Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Shor…

In the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram—Abraham, a father of many nations. W…

The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide, and is ranked as the world's …

Atheism is often considered to be a negative, dark, and pessimistic belief which is characterized by…

This Very Short Introduction provides both the believer and non-believer with a balanced survey of t…

In 1878 the Victorian critic Matthew Arnold wrote: "Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times . . …

Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by E…

What is Pakistan? The name refers to a seventy-year-old post-colonial product of the bloodiest parti…

The Reformation transformed Europe and left an indelible mark on the modern world. But what actually…

What is faith? It usually means religious belief, and sometimes diverse religions are grouped togeth…

Fyodor Dostoevsky became the writer best known for his treatment of the big questions of ethics, rel…

Evangelicalism has rapidly become one of the most significant religious movements in the modern worl…

The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), or Vatican II, is arguably the most significant event in the…

John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and pol…

David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures…

The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over thirteen centuries of continuous development. During t…

In a world where not everyone believes in God, "blasphemy" is surely a concept that has passed its u…

Hinduism is practiced by nearly eighty percent of India's population, and by some seventy million pe…

The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. J…

The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination—mummies and pyramids, curses, and …

Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is—or do they?…

The ancient Near East is known as the "cradle of civilization"—and for good reason. Mesopotami…

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two…

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the writers of the Beat Generation revolutionized American litera…

This Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been im…

With over 520 million followers, Buddhism is now the world's fourth largest religion. Over the last …

Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs—both traditional and …

Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This …

The iconic images of Uncle Sam and Marilyn Monroe, or the "fireside chats" of Franklin D. Roosevelt …

Freemasonry is one of the oldest and most widespread voluntary organisations in the world. Over the …