This volume is the first comprehensive survey of iconic books and texts. It traces their development and influence from ancient to modern times and compares the

Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two, or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teachin

In this volume an international team of scholars address the theme of books as sacred beings from an impressively diverse range of primary material and perspect

The hundred books discussed here have radically altered the course of civilisation , whether they have embodied religions practised by millions, achieved the pi

Books that Changed the World tells the fascinating stories behind 50 books that, in ways great and small, have changed the course of human history. Andrew Taylo