Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE) is a new sourcebook that provides an expansive picture of medical and healing practices in ancient Greece and Rome for students and readers interested in the rich history of health and healthcare. We sat down with...
Thomas Robbins Awards for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements
The Thomas Robbins Awards for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements was established in 2002 by the late Thomas Robbins to recognize outstanding articles published in Nova Religio. Robbins was a...
A cultural history of how Christianity was born from its martyrs.Though it promises eternal life, Christianity was forged in death. Christianity is built upon the legacies of the apostles and martyrs who chose to die rather than renounce the name of their lord. In this innovative cultu...
By Reyhan Durmaz, author of Stories between Christianity and Islam: Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond
We all tell stories to create meaning. A far-gone event in a distant time and place often works as a lens through which we remember the past, interpret...
By Sara Ronis, author of Demons in the Details: Demonic Discourse and Rabbinic Culture in Late Antique Babylonia
In the months leading up to this year’s midterm elections, a number of Republicans claimed that their Democratic opponents were working with demons or with the devil himself...
By Julia Kelto Lillis, author of Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity
“Bodily” or “physical virginity” is one of the most used yet unclear phrases about virginity in academic and popular speech. Most who use it simply assume others know what they mean. F...
By Paul Hedges, author of Understanding Religion: Theories and Methods for Studying Religiously Diverse Societies
Almost seven years ago, I started a new job at a Graduate School specialising in International Relations in Singapore. As a Religious Studies scholar, I was somewhat like a...