An Episcopal priest in Portland, Oregon, Hammond (Marylhurst U.) has studied and worked in Latin America, Egypt, and Israel/Palestine; her ministry has centered on social justice and peace issues. Her
Reprinted from journals of religion and other anthologies published during the 1990s and 2000s, the 10 articles discuss the histories, ideologies and identifies of Buddhist in its many forms in order
In order to explain why two major developments in scholarship on early Christianity and the New Testament took place when and where they did, and the ideology that keeps them buoyant, Crossley (New Te
Hasan taught stylistics, culture, semantic variation, and similar subjects at universities in England, America, and Australia before retiring from Macquarie University, in Australia, in 1994. Here she
How do historians understand the minds, motivations and intentions of historical agents? What might evolutionary and cognitive theorizing contribute to this work? What is the relation between natural
How do historians understand the minds, motivations and intentions of historical agents? What might evolutionary and cognitive theorizing contribute to this work? What is the relation between natural
Caine (history, Monash U., Australia) brings together nine chapters by scholars of philosophy, history, Australian indigenous studies, and political science from Australia and the UK, who consider the
Scholars of religion, philosophy, history, and other disciplines discuss such topics as the Gospel of Mark as reflection on exile and identity, deconstructing the Eliadean paradigm, studying Hinduism
Defining Judaism illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues involved in defining Judaism for the purposes of comparative and historical studies. The book is divided into three overlapp
Defining Judaism illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues involved in defining Judaism for the purposes of comparative and historical studies. The book is divided into three overlapp
Freed (emeritus religion, Gettysburg College) and Roberts (social services technology, U. of Akron-Wayne College) examine key stories from the Old and New Testaments from a scholar's viewpoint, compar
In a college textbook, Young (linguistics and applies language studies, Carleton U., Ottawa) and Fitzgerald a language educator focusing on workplace communications, explore how power in society is re
Religious Experience: A Reader offers a succinct collection of essays, along with an authoritative general introduction and detailed introductions to each essay, and will be of use in senior undergrad
Religious Experience: A Reader offers a succinct collection of essays, along with an authoritative general introduction and detailed introductions to each essay, and will be of use in senior undergrad
Isomae (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) offers six essays on Shinto as an experiment in interpreting history and elucidating its influence and function. They cover the history of t
Features a collection of essays that look at the cultural and ideological beginnings of historical Jesus studies in the nineteenth century and expose the underlying presuppositions of hegemony in cont
Tremlett (School of Oriental and African Studies and Institute of Ismaili Studies, London) reviews the contributions of French social anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss (b.1908) to the study of religi
Contemporary childrens picture books provide a rich domain for developing theory and analysis of visual meaning and its relation to accompanying verbal text. This book offers new descriptions of the v
McDonald (Chinese, U. of Auckland) offers an exploration that brings together two concepts--syntax and text--that are normally treated separately, and shows how they can best be understood in relation
Halliday, a British-born and Australian-retired linguist, and Greaves (emeritus English, York U., Toronto) investigate the role of sound in creating meaning in speech. They begin by explaining how spe
Out of Place looks at the ways in which theology, as a discipline and a practice, is "out of place" at several locations: churches, nations, communities, disciplines, institutions, and in public space
Every year since 1933 many of the world's leading intellectuals have met on Lake Maggiore to discuss the latest developments in philosophy, history, art and science and, in particular, to explore the
'Political Bodies/Body Politic' draws on feminism, gender studies, and queer theory to examine how myth, symbol and ritual express belief systems. The book explores the operation of gender in a variet
Kelso (women, gender, culture and social change, U. of Queensland) believes the Book of Chronicles intends to make women disappear from history. Here she applies the work of Luce Irigaray and Michelle
Jordan is a key area of migration within the Levantine corridor that links the continents of Africa and Asia. 'Crossing Jordan' examines the peoples and cultures that have travelled across Jordan from
Carden (biblical studies and comparative religion, U. of Queensland) seeks to unravel some of the braids and loops by which biblical texts have been used as the ideological basis of compulsory heteros
"The German Ocean examines archaeological and historical evidence for the development of economies and societies around the North Sea from the beginning of the 12th century until the end of the 16th c
This book takes the view that biblical hermeneutics within a Caribbean context focus more on the meaning of biblical texts for lived realities and less on the Bible as historically and contextually c
A minister of the United Reform Church, Berry (practical theology, Luther King House, Manchester, England) draws from her own experience and that of other women to reflect on the reasons and methods f
"Place" shapes human identity and community. Arguing that theologies are shaped by place so no theology can be universal, "Out of Place" assesses the ways in which theology, as a discipline and a prac
The northern soul scene is a dance-based music culture that originated in the English North and Midlands in the early 1970s. It still thrives today with a mix of sixty-year-olds and several generation
Houston, a British minister and Biblical scholar, sees the Bible as a guide for creating justice in human life. He refutes the old adage that "life isn't fair" by stating that it should be and that Ch
The city is an ambiguous symbol in the Bible. The founder of the first city is the murderer Cain. Jerusalem is the place chosen by God, as well as a city of wrong and injustice, and a symbol for God's
Conflicts in Interpretation applies novel methods of constraint interaction, derived from connectionist theories and implemented in linguistics within the framework of Optimality Theory, to core seman
Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives critically surveys and scrutinizes the terrain of liturgical theology through postcolonial optics. In doing so, it breaks new ground by bringing together f
Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives critically surveys and scrutinizes the terrain of liturgical theology through postcolonial optics. In doing so, it breaks new ground by bringing together f
St John (Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland) presents a cultural history of global electronic dance music countercultures, documenting an emerging network of techno-tribes. Drawin
Alternatives Unincorporated is a creative attempt at ecotheology and environmental ethics that emerges through the agency of the victims of environmental destruction. this book construe an earth ethic
