Part of a decade-long series of dialogues between Benedictine monks and Shi'a Muslims from Iran, a meeting was held in September 2011 in Rome to compare spiritual practices and religious experiences i
Synopsis: The challenges and changes that take place when religions move from one cultural context to another present unique opportunities for interreligious dialogue. In new cultural environments rel
Over the course of its history the Christian monastic tradition has developed a desert spirituality" of solitude, silence, and self-knowledge that fosters openness to the divine presence and
For its centenary this volume originally re-examines some well-known issues surrounding The Good Soldier (1915) and its “mad about writing” author. The dialogue between established and young Ford scho
Innovative and interdisciplinary essays on the increasingly significant British writer J.G. Ballard (1930-2009), exploring the physical, cultural and intertextual landscapes in his key works, especia
Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio, published in 1919, explores issues of small town middle America. In this work, contributors in American literature, English, and American studies offer fresh readi
The first book devoted entirely to Robinson familiarizes readers with the major currents in her thought from a diversity of perspectives—Romanticism, ecocriticism, medicine and literature, religion an
