📚 'People of the Book' is the theme of this year’s European Days of Jewish Culture festival. To mark the occasion - and to celebrate 60 years of the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization publishing outstanding works of Jewish scholarship - explore our special reading list and enjoy an exclusive 30% discount on all Littman books.
Liverpool University Press to publish ‘The Huguenot Society Journal’ from 2024
Liverpool University Press (LUP) is delighted to announce a new publishing partnership with the Huguenot Society to publish the Huguenot Society Journal, a premier academic journal dedicated to the study of Huguenot history.
‘Historians will say they were just friends’ – studying sexual norms in the ancient past.
Ulriika Vihervalli discusses the heteronormative ideals of the late antique Christian church, how historians' interpretations of historical sources erase 'other' sexual identities, and her new book, Desire and Disunity.
Exorcism and an Incubus: An Unusual Anecdote in Bede’s Commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Best known as the author of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede (d. 735) also penned works on science, as well as sermons, poetry and hagiography. He wanted, however, to be remembered primarily as a commentator on the Bible – one who ‘followed in the footsteps of the Fathers’ to expound the sacred … Continue reading
Where Stands Monotheism? ‘The God Delusion’, Science and Christianity.
Is He Out There?: Debating The God Delusion by Paul Laffan is an interdisciplinary examination of and commentary on the Christian reaction to Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion. In this blog post Paul considers Dawkins's arguments and monotheistic mode of thinking. Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion is reputed to have sold more than three million … Continue reading
Liverpool University Press Blog 