Comparative Religion — Historical Christian comparative-religion works preserved as arguments in the history of scholarship, with their methods and period limits made explicit. (5)
Contemplative and Mystical Theology — Primary and historical Christian writings on contemplation, mystical theology, prayer, divine union, visions, and spiritual practice. (6)
Hagiography and Legends — Lives of saints, miracle collections, devotional legends, and historical hagiography, read as religious sources with their own communities, claims, and transmission histories. (6)
History of Theology and Cosmology — Historical Christian studies of creation, earth history, cosmology, and the relation between scripture and natural philosophy. (10)
Quaker — Historical Quaker theology, spirituality, witness, controversy, and the development of the Religious Society of Friends. (1)
Radical Reformation and Spiritual Reformers — Historical studies of Radical Reformation, inward religion, spiritual reformers, mysticism, toleration, and related Christian movements. (1)
Swedenborgian — Primary and historical works associated with Emanuel Swedenborg and the Swedenborgian or New Church tradition. (9)
Syriac Christianity — Syriac Christian scripture, hymnody, wisdom, and devotional literature from the Aramaic Christian traditions of the Middle East and Asia. (118)
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Glossary — A shelf-specific glossary starter for the Christian shelf.
Introduction to Christianity — A source-conscious introduction to the Christian shelf: scripture, church, theology, liturgy, and Christian textual history, with Syriac Christianity as the present active room.
Reader's Guide to Christianity — A holdings-led guide to twelve Christian rooms, from Syriac hymnody and devotional practice to church history, reform movements, visionary theology, and comparative reception.