Contending that empire is alive and well in the world's monetary systems, God and Money explores the theological-ethical implications of money as a social relation with others and to God. Wariboko arg
Shaping Membership, Defining Nation explores and interprets the social politics, religion, and history of Africans (Habshis/Siddis) in Karnataka of South India. Focusing on the continuous dialog betwe
While literature on medicine and colonialism has increased rapidly in the past nearly two decades, this volume presents yet another way of looking at ideas of medicine, health, and disease. It portray
This book is a study in the law that exists before the beginnings of law. It looks at one foundational moment, the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Drawing upon nearly two thousand years of Hebrew
International Negotiations combines three main elements: a comprehensive and detailed overview of all the main theoretical perspectives on the process of international negotiations; a set of case-stud
The essays in this volume tackle the construction and significance of race and ethnicity as boundary-making processes among diverse immigrant populations in the United States.
This second edition of Moral Constraints on War offers a principle-by-principle presentation of the trans-cultural roots of the ethics of war in an age defined by the increasingly international nature
The Defense of Insanity, The World Over is the tenth in a series of books that examines and compares social issues or social problems from an explicitly comparative perspective. This volume examines a
This book deals with substantive issues that have the potential to enhance our understanding regarding how Marxist theory can be quite useful in interpreting Black specificities and the race paradigm.
Chen employs social capital as a conceptual tool to explore the life experience of a group of young Muslim students within the Han Chinese mainstream society.
Wulf (government, Lawrence U.) develops a philosophical theory of citizenship and its obligations based on an absolute idealist foundational theory of reality, rational conduct, and the self. He argue
Vostral (gender and women's studies, U. of Illinois) examines the social history of menstrual hygiene, explaining that menstrual hygiene is primarily a technology, and that women had to learn that tec
This book is a product of research stemming from a multiyear project conducted by Elzbieta M. Gozdziak and Micah N. Bump for the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown Univer
A work of contemporary Christian political thought, this volume addresses the crisis of modern democracy evident in the decline of the institutions of civil society and their theoretical justification
Scholarship on the role of religion in American public life has taken on a new urgency in the increasingly contentious wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001. This volume brings together an impress
This collection of essays honoring Werner J. Dannhauser addresses the timeless issue_lately become very timely_of the rivalry between reason and religion, especially as both relate to politics. The es
In this wide-ranging work, Smith (political science and philosophy, Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut) grapples with the question of whether political philosophy can be refashioned as "temporal
Anastaplo collects 17 essays he has written over the several decades of his academic career on a range of biblical passages and topics. Though they were produced for various and specific audiences and
Rakugo, the traditional Japanese theatrical art of comic storytelling, is discussed in depth by Brau (U. of New Mexico) by first studying Japanese culture in a broad sense. The book then concentrates
While political scientists generally see Taiwan as a success state because of its economic modernization and political democratization, this book reinterprets Taiwan's success from the Confucian and p
For Love of a Soldier contains the stories of twenty-nine people whose family members - spouses, siblings, and children - are serving or have served in the American military during the Iraq War. The f
For Love of a Soldier contains the stories of 29 people whose family members_spouses, siblings, children_are serving or have served in the American military during the Iraq War. The families tell thei
Anyone who has seen the film Casablanca knows that one of its defining moments is when the French exiles begin to sing La Marseillaise in defiance of the Nazi officers singing of German songs. Music c
George C. Foulke served two years as the second chargé d'affaires of the American legation to Korea shortly after the "Hermit Kingdom" began to open to the outside world in the 1880s. In this volume,
George C. Foulke served two years as the second chargé d'affaires of the American legation to Korea shortly after the "Hermit Kingdom" began to open to the outside world in the 1880s. On November 1, 1
thirtysomething examines one of television's most emotionally and culturally resonant programs and its treatment of subjects such as the role of women, the nature of masculinity, and the problem of ma
Politics and Religion in France and the United States explores the current status and views of Jews, Christians, and Muslims regarding the conduct of politics in two great states. The approach is hist
Finding trans-Caribbean-ness to be a new type of emergent nationalism, Henke (political science, Metropolitan College of New York, US) and Magister (a researcher at the Center for Literary and Cultura
Drawing on the work of feminist scholars and postcolonial, psychoanalytic, and poststructuralist theories, Saunders (English, U. of Miami) explores what she views as the "limits" of the Calibanesque t
Knowledge workers include the upper end, such as journalists, broadcasters, filmmakers, and the low end workers in data entry, software coding and maintenance of computer systems. This collection of 1
The book's main argument is that global social injustice is by and large epistemological injustice. It maintains that there can be no global social justice without global cognitive justice.
Rybin (interdisciplinary arts, Ohio U.) considers the work of filmmaker Michael Mann and how he is a "genre stylist" of crime films. Specific films are analyzed; these are The Jericho Mile, Thief, The
Anderson-Facile (sociology, California State U., Bakersfield) reports findings from a study of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle subculture, examining the new phenomena of Christian motorcycle ministries
Class Construction explores class, racial, and gender identity construction among white, working-class students. Delving into River City High School, Freie asks what happens to the adolescent children
The Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania and Ukraine that has at various times been politically ruled by the Russian Empire, Romania, and the Soviet U
Higher Education: Open for Business addresses a problem in higher learning, which is newly recognized in the academic spotlight: the overcommercialization of higher education. The book asks that you,
The anthology was inspired by the observed relative absence of breakfast in literature, first pointed out by a character in a novel--not complaining, mind you, just mentioning. Scholars of English lit
Rainbow Jews looks at the intersection of gay and Jewish identity in American and Israeli film and theater from the 1960s to the present. Through a close reading of the texts of numerous American and
America and the Limits of the Politics of Selfishness examines Congress, the Presidency, the public, and public policy, demonstrating the important impact of the public's selfishness, morality, compas
