Engaging with a series of questions regarding which collections owned works by Durer in the 16th and 17th centuries, who had access to them, and why so many artists copied or emulated his work, Bubeni
Stories from the Street is a theological exploration of interviews with men and women who had experienced homelessness at some stage in their lives. Framed within a theology of story and a theology of
A development and political risk consultant for corporations and governments, Grigas analyzes differences in the relations of Latvia and Estonia to Russia from 1994 to 2012. She begins with the Soviet
With the world experiencing a global population aging boom in nearly every country in the world, McDaniel (U. of Lethbridge, Canada) and Zimmer (U. of California, US) argue that the trend of demograph
This book, together with a complementary volume 'Religion in Consumer Society', focuses on religion, neoliberalism and consumer society; offering an overview of an emerging field of research in the st
This volume explores a range of topics during a turbulent period in British history, with particular emphasis on political change and popular piety. On the eve of the Reformation, religious beliefs we
Fineman (Emory U.), Jackson (U. of California at Berkeley), and Romero (Yale Law School) present 21 chapters exploring debates between and among feminist and queer legal theorists, with a particular f
Presenting recent studies of non-profit organizations involved in poverty relief services in New York City in comparison with programmes in existence across the US, Street Practice provides a front-li
This book describes how an amputee and war-wounded community was created after a decade long conflict (1991-2002) in Sierra Leone. Beginning with a general socio-cultural and historical analysis of wh
Antitrust is fast becoming a a€?trending topica€?, with over 120 countries having already adopted some form of competition legislation. This volume brings together carefully selected articles which re
Placing the works of Charles Dickens and Walter Benjamin in conversation with one another, Piggott argues that the two writers display a shared vision of modernity. Her analysis of their works shows t
Queer Tracks describes motifs in popular music that deviate from heterosexual orientation, the binary gender system and fixed identities. This exciting cutting-edge work deals with the key concepts of
The Ashgate Research Companion to Contemporary Religion and Sexuality provides academics and students with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research in the area of
Engaging with the idea that the world reveals not one, but many routes to modernity, this volume explores the role of religion in the emergence of multiple forms of modernity, which evolve according t
"The musical tradition of ma'lauf is believed to have reached North Africa with Muslim and Jewish refugees escaping the Christian reconquista of Spain between the tenth and seventeenth centuries. Alth
There's a project in Italy to create an archaeological park for the general public in connection with the lost city of Classe--a site located south of Ravenna that includes a Roman burial ground, a la
This comprehensive book offers a theoretically founded and thoroughly documented analysis of European security, with a special emphasis on the role played by the United Nations and the various regiona
In the twelfth issue of The Shakespearean International Yearbook, a Special Section in eight essays explores India's intense engagement with Shakespeare, the longest of any country outside the Western
Writing Wales explores representations of Wales in English and Welsh literatures written across a broad sweep of history, from the union of Wales with England in 1536 to the beginnings of its industri
Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church addresses one of the most pressing issues confronting contemporary society: how we engage with migrants. Drawing on studies of church engagement with asylum-seeker
Brings together a set of key studies on the history and culture of Christian Georgia. This title sets the regional context, in relation to the Byzantine empire in particular, dealing with the conversi
The two editors (both affiliated with the U. of British Columbia, Canada) are also contributors to this volume, which comprises 13 essays on something of a touchy topic for social scientists: how to s
The accession of Turkey to the EU presents a fascinating case study for all those with an interest in europeanisation. Officially recognised as a candidate for full membership in 1999 Turkey's negotia
This text develops a surveillance studies approach to social media by presenting first hand ethnographic research with a variety of personal and professional social media users. Using Facebook as a ca
This volume describes and discusses recent advances in the study of traffic psychology, with a major focus on how the field contributes to the understanding of at-risk road-user behaviour. The intende
In Religion and the News journalists and religious leaders reflect on their interactions with one another and their experiences of creating news. Through a series of original contributions, leading pr
This book provides an integrative Business Transformation Management Methodology, the BTMA2, with an emphasis on the balance between the rational aspects of transformation and the often underestimated
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is widely regarded as North America's most influential theologian. Throughout the early decades of his ministry he engaged in a public and sustained debate with 'Arminian'
With half of humanity already living in towns and cities and that proportion expected to increase in the coming decades, society - both Western and non-Western - is fast becoming urban and even mega-u
This volume brings together a set of key studies on the history of medieval Central Europe (Bohemia, Hungary, Poland), along with others specially commissioned for the book or translated, and a new in
Engaging with some of the central issues in the sociology of religion, this volume investigates the role and significance of churches and religion in contemporary Western and Eastern Europe. Based on
Rights: Concepts and Contexts contains the central works of recent scholarship on the nature of rights, with contributions by some of the most prominent contemporary theorists in moral, legal, and pol
In this study of students' experiences of education in prison, Hughes (California State University-Fresno) highlights students' voices, drawing on in-depth interviews with 47 British prisoners engaged
This volume of 12 studies, mainly published during the past 15 years, begins with an overview of the Islamic astronomy covering not only sophisticated mathematical astronomy and instrumentation but al
Cornelison (Italian Renaissance art, U. of Kansas) recounts the steps of her scholarly journey beginning with her attraction to Giambologna's St. Antoninus Chapel at San Marco in Florence, then to a s
Byzantine poetry of the eleventh century is fascinating, yet underexplored terrain. It presents a lively view on contemporary society, is often permeated with wit and elegance, and is concerned with a
Concerned with the intermingled thematic and formal preoccupations of romantic thought and literary practice in works by twentieth-century British, Irish and American artists, this collection examines
This volume brings together a set of contributions, many appearing in English for the first time, together with a new introduction, covering the history of the Ethiopian Christian civilization in its
Though Shakespeare is all but exclusively concerned with individuality in his exploration of the human condition, argues Wiegandt (English literature, Freie U., Berlin), the enduring appeal of his pla
This book challenges the common perceptions of Australian dependence upon great-power allies in the conduct of its foreign relations through a critical examination of Australia's relations with the Pe
