Bøker av Ingvild Saelid Gilhus

New Age and holistic beliefs and practices - sometimes called the "new spirituality" - are widely distributed across modern global society. "New Age Spirituality" examines these movements as a form of everyday or lived religion and repositions new age spirituality at the forefront of the contemporary study of religion.

Provides an analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. This book examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals, including the study of biographies of figures such as Apollonus of Tyana; natural history; and the New Testament via Gnostic texts.

Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse.