Distinguished by its readability and scope, Moral Reasons analyzes issues in moral and political philosophy with careful attention to the role of argumentation in the study of ethics. After a comprehe
Skotnicki (Catholic social ethics, Saint Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, California) traces the influence of changing religious ideas on changing attitudes about prisons during the course of US histor
The objective of this collection is to look at Afro-American young men within their full social and community context. The book consists of 19 chapters in four sections focusing on the structural cond
This book is an enlarged and improved version of the previous edition. It offers a unique and comprehensive approach to Renaissance Studies, presenting the many themes and intellectual advances in an
This volume consists of eleven chapters divided into three sections,a single chapter on the academic work and research of David A. Grant, Conditioning and Cognition, and Methodology. In most instances
Investigates the polarization of theological positions at the level of discourse. The focus is on Alfred Loisy, representative of Roman Catholic modernism, and three of his neo-Thomist critics.
The full subtitle reads a Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations and Some Masters Degree Theses at American, Canadian, Australian, and European Universities, 1945-1999. The Afulezi's describe it as an
This book is concerned with certain aspects of liberal analytic intellectual traditions as seen through the eyes of a learner intellectually domiciled in 'the north' but existentially situated in 'the
The ecumenical movement is by definition a complex, multifaceted project that encompasses a diverse agenda and resists any singular definition. By examining the various aspects of ecumenical history,
The 1980 Cuban influx represented a unique challenge to federal refugee policy mechanisms and to prevalent concepts of policy analysis and evaluation. The persistence of unworkable policies across two
Europeans and their descendants have tried for almost half a millennium to annex the Miskito Nation, in what is currently Nicaragua. The Miskito people have been militarily invaded and occupied severa
Through exploring the public depiction of Judge Robert Bork and Professor Lani Guinier, Your Past and the Press! elucidates how interest groups and the media influence the confirmation process for top
Religion and Public Life is a collection of papers delivered at a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Msgr. John A. Ryan, who was the most prominent and influential American
This book examines how Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first post-colonial political leader legitimized his rule. It argues that Nkrumah found in religion a way to weld ethnicnically diverse groups with primor
This textbook is based on a modified traditional model of structural and functional analysis. Underlying structures and various types of transformations are explained as needed. The analysis deals mai
Literature and Music in the Romantic Movementóthe twenty-four literary historians, musicologists, and philosophers who have contributed to this book have taken the conjunction "and" seriousl
With the signing of the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty in December 1987, a chapter in NATO history came to an end. This agreement eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons from Eur
Canada's fate as a nation-state, and strains in Canadian-United States relations generated by American domination and Canadian response, have opened North America to a searching debate. This book reve
The New York Botanical Garden was established with a mission to seek knowledge about plant life, conduct research, offer courses of instruction, and provide a place for the public to learn about botan
Examining Maxine Greene's existentialist concept of freedom as it relates to discourses embedded within a curriculum of action, Rasheed (philosophical foundations of education, Long Island U.-C. W. Po
Toda (Japanese applied linguistics, Waseda U., Tokyo) examines the acquisition of phonological durational contrasts in Japanese, using acoustic techniques to investigate the mechanisms of English-spea
From a June 1996 interdisciplinary conference in New York, 19 selected papers reflect three currents in Netherlandic Studies: the traditional study of the language, literature and history; the cultura
In Police Administration in Africa, Ejakait S.E. Opolot lays the foundation for future developments and trends in police administration in the former British colonies in Africa. Opolot emphasizes the
Deliberation and the Restoration of America's Democratic Potential explains why and how deliberation is the foundation of our democratic way of life, and the impact it has on our political institution
Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa is a concise and timely report on the state of freedom in 19 countries of the Middle East and North Africa. It is an indispensable reference for the media,
Drawing on Cornel West's prophetic revision of American pragmatism and fictional cases of teaching from Toni Morrison'sBeloved, Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School develops an alternative c
