Scholars who decipher lost writing systems become heroes, and their methods are analyzed and admired, but little attention had been paid to how writing systems get lost in the first place. Archaeologi
Farrell (applied linguistics, Brock U., Canada) assembles 11 case studies of the experiences of first-year language teachers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia to help new second and foreign language
Now retired from Claremont School of Theology and Graduate U. in California, scholar of early Christianity Mack tries to flesh out the shallow understanding of religion in the US by examining the soci
Handy (American Theological Library Association, Chicago) explores the social context of the Old Testament story about the Hebrew prophet who was swallowed by a whale, its author, and its early audien
Theologians and other scholars address aspects of institutionalized violence and expose the erroneous theological thinking behind it. Though they consider war, their focus is on everyday acts of viole
"This book offers the first comprehensive picture of medieval archaeology of the Czech Lands available in English. As it assembles the main topics of current archaeological research, it establishes th
The author's family and his own intellectual and spiritual development were directly influenced by the extraordinary dynamism of Aimee Semple McPherson. In the riveting narrative with which he preface
Masking Hegemony is a critical evaluation of the use of the public/private and religion/state binaries in liberal political thought from the Protestant Reformation to the present. The book demonstrat
'Masking Hegemony' presents a critical evaluation of the language used in liberal political thought, tracing liberalism's use of two key binary concepts - public/private and religion/state - from the
Since the 1980s and 1990s, many archaeologists have shifted their focus from reconstructing culture, to individuals as active producers and participants in society. Here historians, art historians, ar
The Good Friday Agreement resulted in the cessation of paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland. However, prejudice and animosity between Protestants and Catholics remains. 'The Real Peace Process' d
The biblical and Christian traditions have long been seen to have legitimated and encouraged humanity's aggressive domination of nature. Biblical visions of the future, with destruction for the earth
There may have been a peace process in Northern Ireland, argues British/Irish theologian and community worker Garrigan (liturgical studies, Yale U.), and there may now be a power-sharing government an
This work by Pfoh (history, National U. of La Plata, Argentina) represents an attempt to critically reconstruct the history of Israel in ancient Palestine without using the Bible as a historical sourc
This is the first compendium of musical instruments and instrumental terminology in the Bible. This edition makes this innovative reference book available to English-speaking readers for the first ti
Another World is Possible: Spiritualities and Religions of Global Darker Peoples represents voices of darker skin peoples throughout the world. What they have in common is their mobilizing of their o
"Another World is Possible: Spiritualities and Religions of Global Darker Peoples represents voices of darker skin peoples throughout the world. What they have in common is their mobilizing their own
Since the early 1990s there have been various movements designed to encourage 'masculine spirituality'. All these movements share a concern that spirituality has become too feminine and that men's exp
Being a straight man, Gelfer lacked the personal experience and identity that drove feminist and queer theologians, so set out to construct a theology that was just as exciting and just as adamant abo
Biblical Hebrew scholars Young (Hebrew, University of Sydney), Ehrensvard (religion, University of Aarhus) and Rezetko (Guadalajara) present a comprehensive overview of the methods used in the ongoing
Since the beginning of critical scholarship biblical texts have been dated using linguistic evidence. Until now there has been no introduction to and comprehensive overview of the field. Volume 1 intr
Joy has expanded his doctoral dissertation into an exciting branch of Indian hermeneutics, considering the nature of gospel texts. He provides a very good summary of tenets and methods, then analyzes
This book is one of the first applications of a functional approach to language across time. It first summarizes and evaluates previous studies of the development of scientific language, including M.
