The sixth volume in a series of commentaries based upon the in-progress definitive translation of Kierkegaard's writings (Princeton U. Press, 1980ff.) treats two works, presenting seven contributions
Misfits and Marble Fauns offers a fresh approach to Hawthorne and O'Connor as writers of the American romance. Drawing from a contemporary philosophical context, it applies Gadamer's cultural critiqu
Green (ethics and human values, Dartmouth College) has collected 10 essays from previous publication over the past decade or two, and corrected and revised them to reduce repetition. Among the topics
Cancer and Healing: Memoirs of Gratitude and Hope provides first-person glimpses into the cancer experiences of eighteen Baptists. In fact, every person connected with this book, including the publish
Influenced by existential analysis pioneer Dr. Alfried Lange, Sykes (PhD) explores the meaning of psychological health and well-being. From examining dialogues between theologians and psychologists he
Nisly (English, U. of Delaware) dissects the implications of place, time, and religious climate as well as the role of the reader in the work of three 20th century southern Catholic writers. He reache
McMahon explores concepts of loyalty, union, and disunion in Georgia by looking at the life of US Supreme Court Justice James Moore Wayne (1790-1867), who retained his seat on the Supreme Court whe
Southernmost Art and Literary Portraits features eighty-five black-and-white studies, many of which are being made public here for the first time. This collection is the first gallery of portraits to
Psychologist of religion, ethicist, theological psychologist, cultural critic, philosophical anthropologist, marriage and family expert, practical theologian, and religion and law scholar-these are so
Pivoting on ideas in Paul Rahe's 1992 Republics Ancient and Modern, political scientists explore some of the enduring dilemmas of popular government and some of the changing solutions favored throu
An engaging, funny and poignant memoir about a Southern son and his life's relationship with food includes several menus and 100 recipes ranging from down-home picnic offerings such as Joyce's Don't M
Clabough (English, Lynchburg College) considers American writer Chappell's (b. 1936) first four novels chronologically and his short fiction thematically in order to elucidate the uniqueness, range, a
A saint who despises slavery yet traffics people. A Southern hero, but also a coward. A runaway aching for home. Civil War survivor Witfield Stone totters on the brink of insanity. Entrusted with tra
216 pieces of correspondence between George Washington Peddy, a surgeon with the Confederate Army, and his wife are collected in this volume from Cuttino, a noted historian and grandchild of the book'