"Baby You Are My Religion" argues that American butch-femme bar culture of the mid-20th Century should be interpreted as a sacred space for its community. Before Stonewall - when homosexuals were stil
Olles describes and analyzes a ritual canon compiled by the founding patriarch of the Confucian Liumen tradition and his close disciples in order to introduce this canon and the associated branch of l
The Middle East is accused of having a 'democracy deficit' but little attention is paid to how external states - often in the name of women's rights - inflict collective punishments that severely rest
Transforming Literature into Scripture examines how the early textual traditions of ancient Israel - stories, laws, and rituals - were transformed into sacred writings. By comparing evidence from two
While the origins of the relationship between language and politics might seem an opaque aspect of prehistory, Haarmann (a linguist and cultural scientist currently serving as the vice-president of th
Jordan J. Ballor's study takes its point of departure in the doctrine of the covenant as it appears in the theology of the prominent second-generation reformer, Wolfgang Musculus (1497-1563), who is p
The early modern period was arguably the greatest age of the imagination in Europe, and certainly the period in which the powers attributed to that faculty had the greatest consequences both in theory
Some of the contents: Introduction: The big-picture background to this study / Historiographical background / Metaphors and reality / Utility as the driving force / Expertise, careers, and Wanderlust
Musicologists look at the theory and practice of improvisation in the 18th century then progress through keyboard instruments, bowed strings, and vocal music of the 19th century. Among their topics ar
Crossing borders and boundaries, countries and cultures, they are the children of the military, diplomatic corps, international business, education and missions communities. They are called Third Cult
