This book explores the literary culture of Britain's radical press from 1880 to 1910, a time that saw a flourishing of radical political activity as well as the emergence of a mass print industry.
The Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology is a unique scholarly resource for the study of the Christian Church as we find it in the Bible, in history, and today.
In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort.
An expert on North Korea sheds new light on the enigmatic tyrant From his goose-stepping military parades to his clownish macho swagger, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is an odd amalgam of political cartoon and global menace.
Of all the cultural "e;revolutions"e; brought about by the development of printing technology during the sixteenth century, perhaps the most remarkable but least understood is the purported rise of European vernacular languages.
The acclaimed biographer and theologian delivers an "e;engaging and at times gripping biography"e; of the fifteenth century heretic, saint, and savior of France (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Starting with twenty-eight followers, Francisco Pancho Villa rose out of banditry to become a dynamic strategist who mastered the tactical use of a diverse array of weapons, including modern railroads and cavalry, to contest control of Mexico.
Das Christentum steht in konfliktträchtigen Herausforderungen durch den Kulturwandel der Moderne und die lebensweltlich wirksame Begegnung mit anderen Religionen.
The church in the United States faces a dilemma: How is it possible for Christ's followers to worship faithfully in a nationalistic environment where religion and politics enjoy a vigorous affiliation while the separation of church and state is celebrated as the standard for the relationship between nation and faith?
Despite serving his country for 50 years and being among the most qualified men to hold the office of president, James Monroe is an oft-forgotten Founding Father.
Dans cette nouvelle édition de son autobiographie acclamée, depuis longtemps épuisée et difficile à trouver, Alan Watts retrace son évolution spirituelle et philosophique d’enfant de conservateurs religieux dans l’Angleterre rurale à enseignant spirituel affranchi qui a poussé les Occidentaux à défier les conventions et à penser par eux-mêmes.
This unique collection of short biographies of the Lone Star State's most colorful characters includes headliners Father Miguel Muldoon, the Irish-Spanish Catholic priest and diplomat who helped convert Protestants in order to settle Austin, and six-foot-two prostitute and hotelkeeper Sarah Bowman, who fought as bravely as a man among the Rangers and was buried with full military honors.
A full understanding of the historical process must include studies of the social and economic conditions of societies as well as biographies of the people on which a clear understanding of history is based-but not just the "e;great"e; people.
When we think of Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81), one of two images inevitably first springs to mind: either Disraeli the two-time prime minister of Britain, or Disraeli the author of major novels such as Coningsby, Sybil, and Endymion.
Winner: Lincoln Prize FinalistIt was the measure of Shakespeares poetic greatness, an early commentator remarked, that he thoroughly blended the ideal with the practical or realistic.
Rich in detail and broad in scope, this majestic book is the first to reveal the interaction of politics and religion in France during the crucial years of the long seventeenth century.
In this thoughtful, balanced biography, former Los Angeles Times foreign and diplomatic correspondent Stanley Meisler traces Kofi Annan's unconventional rise from optimistic student to striving personnel and budget specialist in the United Nations bureaucracy to full-time manager of the world's crises.
Personnalité de premier plan, Jacques Rueff est d’abord connu pour son plan d’assainissement financier, qui permit au général de Gaulle en 1958 d’ouvrir la France à la concurrence.
This book is about how the Wall Street Journal's opinion pages became the leading forum for the discussion of political and economic policies in the US.
