Subject Area: Religion-Rituals

Fire Symbolism in Jewish Law and Ritual

Fishbane, Simcha
2021 1-4955-0867-6 85 pages
Dr. Fishbane explores the nature and importance of fire in Jewish rituals, and its roots in Jewish religious text.

Religious Dancing of American Slaves, 1820-1865. Spiritual Ecstasy at Baptisms, Funerals, and Sunday Meetings

Thomas, Kenneth
2008 0-7734-4926-4 156 pages
In contrast to recent historiography, this work reasserts the argument that slaves were not merely the victims of a brutal regime, but lived largely separate lives within a distinct sphere.

The 1909 Historical Edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern: The Hymnal as a Major Reference Work with Biographical and Historical Notes

Rogal, Samuel J.
2021 1-4955-0822-6 220 pages
Dr. Rogal presents a critical edition of a historic Hymnal within the Church of England, Hymns Ancient and Modern. He presents this obscure Hymnal as a way of studying sacred music and as a reference for historical study and discussion of Hymns.