These essays are a treatment of one of the changes that have shaped Latin America since independence: decentralization of the state. Contributors argue... Læs mere
Makes available in translation a riveting sixteenth-century chronicle of European and North African cultural contacts that is... Læs mere
Maurice Blanchot is perhaps best known as a major French intellectual of the twentieth century. In Clandestine Encounters, Kevin... Læs mere
Leo Strauss has been blamed for providing the intellectual underpinnings of a generation of... Læs mere
Investigates the political sources of improved government responsiveness in contemporary Mexico. This book draws on theoretical frameworks that explain... Læs mere
Examines the concept of holiness. This book argues that both Orthodox and Catholic churches understand saints to be individuals whose lives and deeds are unusual, extraordinary, or miraculous.
This work traces the transformation in reporting on Central America by Catholic periodicals in the second half of the... Læs mere
Presents a systematic exploration of the relation between theology and philosophy. In examining the problems and historical precursors of rational theology,... Læs mere
This work interprets the philosophy of Josiah Royce in terms of his mature ethics. It draws upon a range of his unpublished papers and lecture notes.
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Analyzes medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim uses of gendered bodily imagery and metaphors of impurity in their visual and verbal polemic against one another. This book examines attitudes toward the corporeal body and its relationship to divinity.