Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims about Our Third President
By • October 9, 2012
Nearly two centuries after his death, Thomas Jefferson continues to be the subject of competing claims about his public policy and his private beliefs.
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The Wycliffite Heresy: Authority and the Interpretation of Texts (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
By • October 8, 2012
This is a study of the Wycliffite heresy, otherwise known as Lollardy, which flourished in England in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
The Earliest Christian Heretics
By • October 7, 2012
Orthodox writers–Justin, Ireneaus, Hippolytus, Eusebius, Epiphanius, and others–wrote about the persons and movements they considered heretical. In this book, the editors have gleaned excerpts
Perfect Heresy
By • October 6, 2012
Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now
Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions
By • October 5, 2012
By the author of the best-selling Straw Dogs, this book is a characteristically trenchant and unflinchingly clear-sighted collection of reflections on our contemporary lot.
Heresy, Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (European Culture and Society)
By • October 5, 2012
Bringing together the fields of Reformation and witchcraft studies, Gary K. Waite reveals how the early-modern period's religious conflicts led to widespread confusion and
Dangerous Speech: A Social History of Blasphemy in Colonial Mexico
By • October 2, 2012
Dangerous Speech is the first systematic treatment of blasphemous speech in colonial Mexico. This engaging social history examines the representation of blasphemy as a
The War on Heresy
By • October 1, 2012
Some of the most portentous events in medieval history—the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition—fall between 1000 and
Heresy in the Roman Catholic Church: A History
By • September 30, 2012
In the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church, instances of heretical movements have repeatedly challenged the central doctrinal authority of the pope. This
The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights
By • September 29, 2012
In the days of Moses, blasphemy was the mortal offense of failing to respect the divine. In an age of human rights, blasphemy is
Censure and Heresy at the University of Paris, 1200-1400 (The Middle Ages Series)
By • September 28, 2012
For the scholastic philosopher William Ockham (c. 1285-1347), there are three kinds of heresy. The first, and most unmistakable, is an outright denial of
A History of Medieval Heresy and Inquisition (Critical Issues in World and International History)
By • September 26, 2012
In this concise and balanced survey of heresy and inquisition in the Middle Ages, Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane explores the increasingly bitter encounters between piety,
Debunking David Barton's Jefferson Lies: #2 – Jefferson Founded a Secular University
By • September 26, 2012
In his book The Jefferson Lies, Christian nationalist pseudo-historian David Barton professes to correct what he claims are seven lies about Thomas Jefferson, in
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