Product Description: It is said during the mid-nineteenth century that a Hispanic miner, Don Joaquin, traveled up from Mexico and discovered a rich vein of gold hidden deep within Sierra Estrellas Mountains of Central Arizona. In his search to crack this elusive legend, the author, Thomas A...read more

Product Description: A masterful survey for college and university courses, this wide-ranging introduction presents a clear and condensed portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of specific eastern and western religions. Rich with definitions, it includes a helpful CD with a wealth of images and study aids including a full glossary of terms, Internet links to scholarly sites, more than 500 color images, self-test quizzes, and other helps...read more

Product Description: These essays focus on the treatment of dissent by religious movements; the interaction between dissenting and parent groups; characteristics of dissenting groups; and the definition and enforcement of orthodoxy. $79.95/329.95 196pp. 1992

Product Description: This study challenges the adequacy of the reconstruction of primitive Christianity advanced by Walter Bauer in "Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity" - the theory that so-called heretical movements were early, widespread, and strong...read more

Product Description: This work aims to help the user to find the "dictionary form" of both regular and irregular verbs.