This volume features Eliezer Schweid s most original essays and an interview with him. Together they express his fundamental outlook: the faith of a secular Jew, articulating responsibility toward one
From the fifth century BC to the present and dealing with Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular religion, this book explores the four periods of paradigm shift in the intertwined histories of Ch
Costly Communion: Ecumenical Initiative and Sacramental Strife in the Anglican Communion seeks to engage with Anglicanism's theological responses to the onset of the twilight of empire and to explore
Ori Z. Soltes considers the emerging and evolving discussion on and the expanding array of practitioners of ‘Jewish art’ in the past two hundred years—beginning with the issue of defining ‘Judaism’ an
What is the relationship between street art and the law? In this work, Andrea Baldini argues that street art has a constitutive relationship with the law. By subverting laws and norms regulating publi
A survey of Jesuit schools and universities across Europe from 1548 to 1773 by Paul F. Grendler. The article discusses organization, curriculum, pedagogy, enrollments, and relations with civil authori
In The Gospel in the Western Context, Gert-Jan Roest presents how Hendrikus Berkhof and Colin Gunton read the Western context and contextualize Christology. In “dialogue” with them he presents a Weste
In Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination Holning Lau offers an incisive review of the conceptual questions that arise as legal systems around the world grapple with whether and how to
This article deals with the literature on the French nonprofit sector (NPS). A preliminary part is devoted to presenting and discussing the characteristics that shape the approaches to this sector in
This study develops a Christian theological response to the problems of race and anti-black racism in conversation with black theology and womanist theology. It interprets multiple voices, development
Though continental philosophy is concerned with destroying all normative metaphysical order and religion is concerned with preserving religious identity and community in the face of an increasingl
The rich empirical material presented in Land Reform Revisited engages with timely debates about land use, land reform, neoliberal state planning, power relations and questions of identity and belongi
Editors Chen and Zelin present students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with an examination of twelve case studies in the historical foundation and
Ancient manuscripts of the Greek New Testament are composed with no punctuation and no spacing between words. Readers are free to score the text as they see fit, resulting in different readings and qu
In Religion and the Arts: History and Method, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona analyses the origins and methodological journey of this field though concerns with repatriation, museum exhibitions, and globali
In The Fairness ‘Dilemma’ in Sharing the Nile Waters, Zeray Yihdego offers a comprehensive and critical account of the application of the fairness principle to sharing Nile water resources with partic
This study of African philanthropy considers the distinctive nature of African philanthropy as contrasted with the usual meaning of philanthropy in Western and more developed countries, noting that
First English translation of the Coptic text (c. 400 CE), with commentaries and indices, to this major source for the teachings of Mani. Manichaeism was the most successful of the gnostic dualistic tr
Modernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere: Jews and Christians in the Middle East explores the many facets associated with the questions of modernity and minority in the context religious communities
A brief introduction to the scholarly methodology known as "poststructuralism," with focus on the importance of the materiality of the signifier and how that materiality both plays a part in and disru
The volume emerged from a number of large and small gatherings in which scholars involved with issues of urban change and religion discussed ethnographic perspectives on how religious life and urban c
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
Author Yohai Hakak presents students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with an examination of the internal tensions and dynamics of religious education through the lens of the expe
The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, dating to c. 100 B.C., presents a unique and enigmatic picture of Egypt. This study demonstrates that the mosaic depicts rituals connected with the yearly inundation of
Szumigalska presents students, academics, and researchers with a compiled, annotated reference to the myriad legal documents produced in The Netherlands that affect the legal status of either Islam or
Editors Couchman and Bagnall present students, academics, and researchers with a collection of academic articles and essays that explore the Chinese Australian experience on the regional and individua
This volume contains album prefaces in the original Persian version with English translation, miscellaneous documents relating to calligraphers and painters, and specimens of travel literature from th
With the increasing sophistication of transnational criminal organization, coupled with globalization and its heavy dependence on maritime transport, the suppression of criminality at sea has again be
The Nagoya Protocol is an unprecedented international environmental agreement that equally addresses development, distributive justice, and environmental sustainability. With a balanced view of the va
The present volume contains critical editions of all five autobiographical accounts of the The sixteenth-century Ottoman architect Sinan, along with transcriptions, annotated translations, and facsimi
The present volume – grown out of an international symposium at the Free University, Berlin in 2002 – is concerned with religious authorities, men and women claiming, projecting and exerting religious
In Ubuntu, Migration and Ministry Elina Hankela engages with the socio-moral meanings of ubuntu (Nguni: humanness/humanity) in contemporary Johannesburg drawing on ethnographic fieldwork at the Centra
Originally published as volume seven of the Muslim Minorities series, Islam and Muslims in Germany explores the diverse topic with contributors from wide-ranging fields including geography, sociology,
Buddhism in China gathers for the first time Erik Zurcher’s most central papers on Chinese Buddhism, dealing with the translation and language of Buddhist scriptures, interactions with Daoist traditio
This survey of the law of self-determination from the perspective of the people treats people as a political idea central to the doctrines of nationalism and liberalism whose interaction with internat
This Introduction to Avestan provides a concise grammar of the Avestan language, including information on the language history and short text samples with a glossary.
The volume make a stylistic comparison of the underdrawing revealed in infrared reflectograms of early Netherlandish paintings with the paintings themselves when that is possible. Black and white phot
The authors of Chinatowns around the World: Gilded Ghetto, Ethnopolis, and Cultural Diaspora seek to expose the social reality of Chinatowns with empirical data while examining the changing nature and
Provides the reader with an introduction to the concepts of signals and systems analysis that play a role in the speech and hearing sciences. This book can be used at many levels, from the student who
