Art and artisans in St. John's and other churches in the Maltese Islands, ca. 1650-1800

This chapter examines the storefront churches and “cults” of Illinois in the early decades of the twentieth century. Before the Negroes' mass exodus to Illinois and Chicago, migran...

This chapter examines the Internal Revenue Code’s treatment of religious entities. The federal tax statute embodies three diverse approaches to taxing and exempting sectarian organ...

Abstract Snakes have been successful colonizers of islands, where some have replaced mammals as top carnivores and are key elements in food webs. Snakes are present ...

This book of essays highlights the lives, careers, and works of art of women artists and artisans in Venice and its territories from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The...

Viewed from the mainland, the history of the archipelago appears as a long list of non-invited but irresistible disembarkations. Viewed from on an island the archipelago has had a ...

Abstract Historic Churches of New Mexico Today is an interpretive ethnography based on fieldwork among hispanic villagers, Pueblo Indians, and Mescalero Apaches. The...

This chapter examines the role played by the Great Migration in the development of black sacred music in Chicago. Starting around 1916, thousands of black men, women, and children ...

THERE ARE BROAD areas in which churches and, more generally, religious organizations enjoy tax exemption. On the other hand, churches and other religious entities pay more taxes th...