Religious Studies

Thirsty Land into Springs of Water explores how Latter-day Saints in southern Alberta merged into Canadian society while maintaining their identity.

This collection of essays sheds new light on the thought of David Novak, one of the leading Jewish theologians and philosophers of the post-war era.

Drawing on the story of the leader of a small Mennonite community in southern Ukraine, this book explores how colonial subjects were shaped by and helped shape Russian imperial policy.

This book interprets the life and teachings of Saint Antoninus, an important Catholic saint and fifteenth-century writer, and offers a critical edition of his major work on moral theology.

Shariʿa and Life examines the degree of individual discretion and flexibility Muslims apply when reconciling the challenges of everyday life with their religious beliefs.

This volume presents the first transcription and edition of the thirteenth-century cartulary of Prémontré.

This book sheds light on the seminal ideas of Martin Heidegger's lifelong attention to the question of Being.

The Arts of Encounter uncovers the significant role of religious images in literature, offering a new approach to understanding Christian-Muslim relations in early modern Spain.

Robert Eisen attributes the surprising success of Jews in the modern world to a religious culture that, over the centuries, prepared them to flourish.

Rescuing Humanity ​examines the possible roots of most planetary crises and reveals how we might instead create a livable and sustainable future.

Truly Human explores the lifeworlds, ethics, and political strategies of Indigenous peoples in Taiwan amid colonialism, geopolitical tensions, and internal political conflicts.

This timely collection of short essays focuses on various manifestations of institutionalized Islamophobia in Canada, and presents an agenda for necessary systemic, institutional-level change.

The Dervishes of the North traces the legacy of the thirteenth-century Muslim mystic and poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi, and examines contemporary Sufism in Canada.

This book compares Canada’s Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, offering insights into the ethnic identity, values, behaviour, and likely future of Jews in Canada.

This volume contains the first translation of Erasmus' response to two of his fiercest Spanish critics.

Heroic Awe studies the impact of the philosophy of the sublime on the genre of Renaissance epic poetry.