Journal articles, book chapters, excerpts from unpublished dissertations, and other texts explore such dimensions as the roots of Black British religiosity, Robert Beckford's canon, Anthony Reddie's e
`Painters have immortalized them; poets have rhapsodized over them; and composers have arranged them' - here, Pulvers is referring to the wonderful array of fountains found in Rome.
Global ethics focuses on the most pressing contemporary ethical issues - poverty, global trade, terrorism, torture, pollution, climate change and the management of scarce recourses. It draws on moral
Scholars of Semitic languages explore a wide range of aspects, including particular dialectology and comparative Semitic grammar. The topics include a comparative view of presentatives in Biblical Heb
The second half of the 19th Century saw a revolution in both European politics and philosophy. Philosophical fervour reflected political fervour. Five great critics dominated the European intellectual
The early modern period in philosophy - encompassing the 16th to the 18th centuries - reflects a time of social and intellectual turmoil. The Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Counter-Reformation,
Collecting papers on historiography, papyrology, history, and material culture, this volume charts the changing faces of Hellenistic civilization from the fourth century B.C. to Late Antiquity. The pa
Despite the flurry of research on aspects of Phoenician culture, encompassing their socio-economic developments and the mechanics of their settlement of Mediterranean coastal lands, the fundamental is
Wright coined sociophilology to describe an approach to the linguistic study of texts that combines traditional philological analysis with insights of modern sociolinguistics. He collects, and in most
Dostoevsky attached introductions to his most challenging narratives, including Notes from the House of the Dead, Notes from Underground, The Devils, The Brothers Karamazov, and “A Gentle Creature.” D
Author Nicole Hirschfelder presents students, academics, researchers and general interest readers with an examination of the life of Bayard Rustin, an African-American civil rights leader, using the e
The study of contemporary esoteric discourse has hitherto been a largely neglected part of the new academic field of Western esotericism. Contemporary Esotericism provides a broad overview and assessm
Just like national identities, European identity may be viewed as an imagined community, constituted by different levels of inclusion and exclusion along various border markers as those between includ
The study of literature from an ecological perspective is rapidly expanding with new journals, new research, and growth internationally--beyond its Anglo-American origins. The 15 contributions in this
Although musical tributes play a significant role within contemporary culture and despite their relative longevity as a form of entertainment, little serious research has been published on the subject
Although musical tributes play a significant role within contemporary culture and despite their relative longevity as a form of entertainment, little serious research has been published on the subject
Tend Your Garden offers an original and adaptable classroom model, built on a foundation of educational research, for motivating young adolescent writers. The Young Adolescent Motivation Model of Writ
Tend Your Garden offers an original and adaptable classroom model, built on a foundation of educational research, for motivating young adolescent writers. The Young Adolescent Motivation Model of Writ
In May 2009 the Leuven Institute of Early Christian and Byzantine Studies organized an international congress, with the title: "Encyclopedic trends in Byzantium?" Some 40 scholars discussed the concep
In introducing this collection of essays and case studies on the implications of "stories of peoplehood" for national identity issues in plural societies, Bos (history, social science, Canadian studie
In a critical analysis of textbooks on English as a foreign language, Summer investigates whether the conceptual design of current textbooks and the methodological options employed comply with importa
Argues that Plato's dialogues have an unsuspected musical structure and use symbols to encode Pythagorean doctrines. This title shows that Plato gave his dialogues a similar, hidden musical structure.
Today, contemporary art is a global phenomenon. Biennales, museums, art fairs, galleries, auction houses, academies and audiences for contemporary visual art are all institutions whose presence on a g
About 3600 years ago, the catastrophic eruption of Santorini destroyed the Minoan civilization and wreaked havoc across the eastern Mediterranean region. In this book, papers by natural scientists, ar
Linguists and anthropologists historically either documented dying languages or sought to preserve them in static form. In this valuable contribution to the study of the revitalization of endangered i
Liep (emeritus anthropology, U. of Copenhagen) conducted over two years of field research altogether between 1971 and 1990 investigating the money system that earlier anthropologists had observed on t
Ghosh (St. Anne's College, Oxford, UK) brings together revised versions of nine essays he wrote concerning German sociologist Max Weber's influential The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
'Sectarianism in Early Judaism' applies recent developments in sociological analysis to sect formation and development in early Judaism. The essays examine sectarianism in a wide range of different fo
For sermon specialists as well as a broader audience of scholars interested in medieval history, literature, religion, and culture, this four-volume set contains details of approximately 1,000 Middle
Sixteen international academics contribute 17 essays honoring British academician T. A. Shippey, whose work of the past four decades has focused on the themes of philology, mythology, and nationalism.
In introducing 22 chapters by circus scholars and enthusiasts, Sugarman (whose credits include being author of Circus for Everyone: Circus Learning Around the World; a contributing editor of Spectacle
It is nearly impossible to find anything in Israel/Palestine that is not political, and as one might expect that observation includes archeology. Kletter (Israel Antiquities Authority) describes just
This volume explores the reciprocal relationships that can develop between medieval women writers and the modern scholars who study them. Medieval women writers discussed include those writing in the
Features a study that addresses the question whether the history of Jewish hand-written book production and consumption until the beginning of Hebrew printing mirrors compromises between economic cons
This book looks into the creative minds of some recent, mostly “defunct” economists. Many of the authors, such as Samuelson, Friedman, Galbraith, and Heilbroner, have penned popular works, while their
Concluding a three-volume series on the inscriptions that already includes an epigraphic glossary and a catalogue in inscriptions, Buchmann offers a preliminary overview of epigraphic Lanna Thai in Fa
Of the several types of Uighur Abhidharma texts in existence, Shogaito analyzes the Abhidharmasabhasya, the second longest. It was written by Vasubanbhu, and the Uighur text was translated during the
The nineteenth century was a turbulent period in the history of the philosophical scrutiny of religion. Major scholars - such as Hegel, Fichte, Schelling, Newman, Caird and Royce - sought to construct
English summary: Plato's Laws are his most important contribution to political theory. This volume contains the translation and the commentary on the books VIII-XII, which complete the Platonic state
The thirteen essays in this volume, first presented at Emory University's Lovis Corinth Colloquium II, The Meditative Image in Northern Art, 1500-1700', explore the varied forms, functions, and meanin
