Religiösa grupper: sociala & kulturella aspekter

The first full account of the life of one of America’s greatest religious thinkers during World War II and in the decades afterward Born in Warsaw, raised in a Hasidic community, …

This classic work on the nature of early Islamic art has now been brought up to date in order to take into consideration material that has recently come to light. In a new chapter, …

"A highly readable report of one of the most notorious chapters in the history of anti-Semitism. The book gives the modern historian and the general public access to the stunning …

A captivating cultural history of the bagel and its journey through the centuries If smoked salmon and cream cheese bring only one thing to mind, you can count yourself among the …

In this poignant book, a renowned historian tells of his youth as an assimilated, anti-religious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939—“the story,” says Peter Gay, “of a poisoning …

Although Jewish participation in German society increased after World War I, Jews did not completely assimilate into that society. In fact, says Michael Brenner in this intriguing …

A probing study of the veil's recent return—from one of the world's foremost authorities on Muslim women—that reaches surprising conclusions about contemporary Islam's place in the …

An enthralling appreciation of the monumentally gifted popular artist and cultural icon who challenged Hollywood’s standards of beauty and glamour Barbra Streisand has been called …

From the mid-fifteenth century to the early seventeenth, German Jews were persecuted and tried for the alleged ritual murders of Christian children, whose blood purportedly played …

The true story of the Taliban’s remarkable resurgence in Pakistan and war-torn Afghanistan more than a decade after the U.S. military’s post-9/11 incursion In autumn 2001, U.S. and …