This interdisciplinary and international collection explores the role of the arts in shaping contemporary religion and politics. The collection shows that the arts are central to struggles over the shape of society in the new millennium.
This volume brings together essays by specialists in different disciplines on the cultural expression of apocalypse, in particular in anglophone science fiction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This study considers writing by Caribbean women, such as the slave narrative of Mary Prince and the autobiography of Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole, and works by women whose travels to the Caribbean had enormous impacts on their own lives, such as Aphra Behn and Zora Neale Hurston.
The Spanish expression - la cultura cura (culture heals) - is an affirmation of the potential healing power of a variety of cultural practices that together constitute the ethos of a people.
A new comparative reference guide for English speaking learners of Alsatian German. This... Læs mere
Philosophy of Religion A-Z provides an overview of the main themes, key figures, and issues in the subject. This reference guide will be useful for anyone interested in the... Læs mere
This book is a valuable guide to ethical issues and the language, concepts, and positions central to ethical theorizing. It is a valuable guide to ethical issues and the language, concepts, and positions central to ethical theorizing.
This alphabetical handbook defines and explains key concepts in classical Indian philosophy, identifies controversial issues, describes major traditions of thought, and locates influential thinkers in their intellectual and religious contexts.
This book examines the ongoing resurgence of traditional power structures in South Africa. Oomen assesses the relation between the... Læs mere
Top scholars examine issues which lead readers to better understand environmental change in the African continent and its effects on rural African livelihoods.
Using unpublished documents, this book explores Billy Graham's beliefs about racial reconciliation,... Læs mere
This book chronicles American history through the stories of the individuals and movements that dreamed of a better future and... Læs mere