Susan Ashbrook Harvey

Construing the Cross

Theology

“Wise, rich, surprising, this wonderful book opens familiar traditions anew, with profound vision. There is the ancient and the current, poetry and paradox, challenge and simplicity: there is life. Frances Young is an incomparable teacher.”

Eastern Christianity

History & Biography

“Scholars and students have rarely had easy access to primary sources across the array of continents, languages, and cultures where ancient Christians forged their places. This volume responds to that need. Concise and efficient, it offers a rich assortment of texts from an often-unfamiliar variety of language traditions. Demonstrating fundamental commonalities as well as distinctive traits for each, this volume is a marvelously rich entry into global Christianity over its first millennium and more, far to the east of Europe’s shores.”

Marriage and Sexuality in Early Christianity

Theology

“For twenty-five years, David Hunter’s source collection on marriage in the early church has provided a strong, sure guide for students and scholars alike. During that time, a wealth of pertinent scholarship on related topics has also emerged. Himself at the forefront of these advances, Hunter now gives us a revised and expanded collection on marriage and sexuality, deeply attuned to new currents of discussion and representing a broader, more diverse spectrum of positions from ancient Christianity. A rich gathering of texts results, foundational in scope and instructive in the differences and possibilities it sets forth. An immediate classic, whether for the classroom or the scholar’s library.”

The Life and Regimen of the Blessed and Holy Syncletica, Part One

History & Biography

“A hagiographical treasure, this Life presents one of the few female spiritual guides to have flourished among the great Desert Fathers.”

The Life and Regimen of the Blessed and Holy Syncletica, Part Two

History & Biography

“This is a splendid study! It is exactly what we have long needed: a careful, probing, and intelligent study of 'The Life of Syncletica', illuminating both the hagiographical text as a literary work, and the richly textured monastic tradition it represents and conveys. Immensely useful for scholar and student alike.”

The Life of Saint Macrina

History & Biography

“A luminous account of the practical, forceful, and effective work of this monastic founder and spiritual guide.”

Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society

Theology

“This is a splendid book, a substantial contribution on a topic of perennial import for scholars of religion and theology. The essays collected here offer important reassessments of scholarship to date. They present fresh, vivid material and provide revised models through which to study, reflect upon, and respond to deprivation and surplus as realities in antiquity and in our own time. Practical, pragmatic considerations are interwoven with cultural, historical, and theological analyses. Excellent work throughout!”