UC Press Award-Winning Authors
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners December 2022. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing …
Read More >UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners December 2022. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing …
Read More >A stunning collection of classics from around the world, read around the world. The World Literature in Translation program aims to represent a truly inclusive and expansive view of literature from around …
Read More >Maurizio Bettini’s In Praise of Polytheism is a thought-provoking new book on what ancient polytheistic religions can teach us about building inclusive and equitable futures. At the heart of this book is …
Read More >The Thomas Robbins Awards for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements was established in 2002 by the late Thomas Robbins to recognize outstanding articles published in Nova Religio.
Read More >A cultural history of how Christianity was born from its martyrs. Though it promises eternal life, Christianity was forged in death. Christianity is built upon the legacies of the apostles and martyrs …
Read More >Kaveh Hemmat is Assistant Professor of History, Professional Faculty, in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Theology at Benedictine University. His research focuses on perceptions and representations of East Asia in premodern Islamicate …
Read More >By Reyhan Durmaz, author of Stories between Christianity and Islam: Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond We all tell stories to create meaning. A far-gone event in a …
Read More >by David M. Freidenreich, author of Jewish Muslims: How Christians Imagined Islam as the Enemy Antisemitism is becoming increasingly overt—and so too is its close relative, anti-Judaism. To respond and resist effectively, …
Read More >By Sara Ronis, author of Demons in the Details: Demonic Discourse and Rabbinic Culture in Late Antique Babylonia In the months leading up to this year’s midterm elections, a number of Republicans …
Read More >By Julia Kelto Lillis, author of Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity “Bodily” or “physical virginity” is one of the most used yet unclear phrases about virginity in academic and …
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