Through a detailed sociolinguistic account, this book shows how family group chats have become the new dinner table. Offering fresh insight into... Læs mere
Rage is everywhere, among men, women and children, but particularly among feminists like us. This Element is a concentrated meditation on women's rage in Bruised... Læs mere
Mark Scarlata provides a biblical theology of wine in this volume through exploration of texts in the Hebrew Bible, later Jewish writings, and the New Testament. He shows how wine is intimately connected to soil, humanity, and harmony between humans and the natural world.
This Element discusses the relation between the ethical and religious as key concepts in Kierkegaard's works. Instead of viewing the ethical and religious mainly as... Læs mere
A panoramic account of a single year uncommonly crowded with seminal works of performance. Surveying American drama, theater, dance, and... Læs mere
This Element reevaluates the genesis and early development of Georgian literature. Sparked by the Christian invention... Læs mere
Many would agree that human perfection is unattainable. Yet depictions of human perfection are widespread. Examining both secular culture and the... Læs mere
East Asian voices have long been marginalised in Western literature. Despite their limited visibility in publishing, picture books are central to... Læs mere
Accessible to general and academic readers, Gospel Thrillers interweaves close readings of key themes in a little studied fiction genre with... Læs mere
Philip Almond's engaging new book is the first to combine a history of early traditions about the Buddha's life with an account of how he and the... Læs mere
A game-changing exploration of the 'small gods' of nature and everyday life in Britain from the Iron Age to the late... Læs mere
For scholarly and lay readers who are looking for a theoretically powerful, historically grounded, richly textured analysis of U.S. racial dynamics, with a special... Læs mere