The Ashgate Research Companion To Queer Theory

For an entire millennium, Byzantine hagiography, inspired by the veneration of many saints, exhibited literary dynamism and a capacity to vary its basic forms. The subgenres into which it branched out after its remarkable start in the fourth century underwent...

Memory has long been a subject of fascination for poets, artists, philosophers and historians. This timely volume, edited by Siobhan Kattago, examines how past events are remembered, contested, forgotten, learned from and shared with others. Each author...

Despite the much vaunted ¿end of religion¿ and the growth of secularism, people are engaging like never before in their own ¿spiritualities of life¿. Across the West, paranormal belief is on the rise. The Ashgate Research Companion to Paranormal Cultures...

A comprehensive overview of the latest research in religion and conflict resolution, this collection of twenty three essays brings together leading scholars in the field examining the contribution religious actors have made and are making towards peace...