Marie Brennan

E. E. King

David Tallerman

Jill Hand

Buzz Dixon

Veronica Brush

Turner Campbell

Ellen Denton

Pepper Hume

Tim Jeffreys

Frank Kozusko

Mickey Kulp

Sarah M. Lewis

Valerie Manwill

Robert Millet

Karen Ovér

Liz Schriftsteller

Mariah Southworth

Art Weil

Simone Mounsamy

Beth Winokur

What do stories about ephemeral Martian settlers, fascinating dimensional rifts, Spanish-speaking hummingbirds, Loki's children, WWII twins, hitchhiking swamp cats, a steam-punk octopus, Arkham card-games, using bad luck for fun and profit, demon home security systems, alternative criminal justice, workplace time travel, marketing to body-snatchers, alien attraction, and way too many barns all have in common? Simple: in one way or another they are all Bubble Off Plumb.This genre-busting collection is meant for readers who prefer an odd story with their tea and biscuits. So sit back and let these tales delight, confuse, and surprise you!

Bubble Off Plumb

James R. Lewis

Schism (from the Greek 'to split') refers to a group that breaks away from another, usually larger organisation and forms a new organisation. Though the term is typically confined to religious schisms, it can be extended to other kinds of breakaway groups. Because schisms emerge out of controversies, the term has negative connotations. Though they are an important component of many analyses, schisms in general have not been subjected to systematic analysis. This volume provides the first book-length study of religious schisms as a general phenomenon. Some chapters examine specific case studies while others provide surveys of the history of schisms within larger religious traditions, such as Islam and Buddhism. Other chapters are more theoretically focused. Examples are drawn from a wide variety of different traditions and geographical areas, from early Mediterranean Christianity to modern Japanese New Religions, and from the Jehovah's Witnesses to Neo-Pagans.

How Religions Divide

Sacred Schisms

This first book-length study of religious schisms as a general phenomenon draws widely from different traditions and geographical areas.

Sarah M. Lewis

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