Examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from... Læs mere
This comprehensive and engaging analysis of a wide range of Antarctic fiction - from lost-race romances to espionage thrillers to travellers'... Læs mere
This edited volume discusses the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. It features... Læs mere
1 John is commonly understood to contain no reference to Jesus's resurrection. Jensen refutes this in a stimulating and original reading of the whole letter, which will be of use to scholars and advanced students of New Testament studies, Johannine theology and Jewish history.
What is poetry? Why do human beings produce and consume it? What effects does it have on them? Can it give them insight into truth, or is it dangerously misleading? This book is a wide-ranging study of the very varied answers ancient philosophers gave to these questions.
Anzacs in the Middle East is a compelling exploration of the experiences of soldiers who fought in the... Læs mere
Ancestral fault was a central concept in ancient Greece and also figured prominently in the Western reception of Greek thought. Adopting an innovative, multidisciplinary... Læs mere
Articulates the nature of truth as a co-operative activity between human beings and the natural world that is rooted in our endeavours to do justice to the nature of things.
Exploring the behavioral neuroscience of social attachment, this book considers the evolution of social contact and its biological importance for human... Læs mere
This book explores how art and material culture were used to construct age, gender and social identity in the Greek Early Iron Age, 1100–700 BCE. This study offers a comprehensive view of early Greece by recognizing the place of children and women in a warrior-focused society.
Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, i.e. clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner. By describing the... Læs mere
This second edition analyses the challenges, both internal and external, facing Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century. Two new chapters and an updated conclusion bring the... Læs mere