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Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public LanguageAlthough Roe v.

Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public LanguageAlthough Roe v.

The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory provides a rich overview of the analytical frameworks and theoretical concepts that feminist theorists have developed to analyze the known world.

Concubines and Courtesans contains sixteen essays that consider, from a variety of viewpoints, enslaved and freed women across medieval and pre-modern Islamic social history.

Concubines and Courtesans contains sixteen essays that consider, from a variety of viewpoints, enslaved and freed women across medieval and pre-modern Islamic social history.

Over the past 50 years, the architects of the religious right have become household names: Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson.

Over the past 50 years, the architects of the religious right have become household names: Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson.

For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions.

For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions.

Black Natural Law offers a new way of understanding the African American political tradition.

At the turn of the millennium, Nepal was the world's last remaining Hindu kingdom.

How we feel is as vital to our survival as how we think.

How we feel is as vital to our survival as how we think.

Every year, thousands of girls and women die at the hands of blood relatives.

Every year, thousands of girls and women die at the hands of blood relatives.

When war broke out in Europe in August of 1914, it seemed, to observers in the United States, the height of madness.

When war broke out in Europe in August of 1914, it seemed, to observers in the United States, the height of madness.

Scholars universally acknowledge the role that Christian belief played in the social movement engendered by Martin Luther King Jr.

When books about Zen Buddhism began appearing in Western languages just over a half-century ago, there was no interest whatsoever in the role of ritual in Zen.

What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today?

In this fascinating new book, Vincent Henry (a 21-year veteran of the NYPD who recently retired to become a university professor) explores the psychological transformations and adaptations that result from police officers' encounters with death.

"e;All human beings are practicing historians,"e; writes Gerda Lerner.

In the first half of nineteenth century France was characterized by extraordinary regional and linguistic diversity but the state increasingly became a central force in the lives of its citizens.

Few historians have contributed more to our understanding of the history of women, and women's effect on history, than Alice Kessler-Harris.

Eurydice (c.

At the turn of the millennium, Nepal was the world's last remaining Hindu kingdom.

Why do white supremacist politics in America remain so powerful?

Why do white supremacist politics in America remain so powerful?

In the beginning of American history, the Word was in Spanish, Latin, and native languages like Nahuatal.

In the beginning of American history, the Word was in Spanish, Latin, and native languages like Nahuatal.

We are women, we are men.

Until now, most discussion of racial profiling has given only fleeting consideration of its causes.

Winner of the I.

A captivating look at the history of the pure females of Islamic paradise known as the houri The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001.

A captivating look at the history of the pure females of Islamic paradise known as the houri The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001.

Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations.

Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations.

Winner of the I.

Mormonism is one of the few homegrown religions in the United States, one that emerged out of the religious fervor of the early nineteenth century.

Mormonism is one of the few homegrown religions in the United States, one that emerged out of the religious fervor of the early nineteenth century.

Award of Merit, 2019 Christianity Today Book Awards (History/Biography) More than forty years ago, conservative Christianity emerged as a major force in American political life.

Award of Merit, 2019 Christianity Today Book Awards (History/Biography) More than forty years ago, conservative Christianity emerged as a major force in American political life.

In this groundbreaking study, Stephen H.

Study of church and state in the United States is incredibly complex.

The business of journalism has an extensive, storied, and often romanticized history.

The business of journalism has an extensive, storied, and often romanticized history.

Between 1780 and 1850, the growing prominence of female singers in Britain's professional and amateur spheres opened a fraught discourse about women's engagement with musical culture.

Between 1780 and 1850, the growing prominence of female singers in Britain's professional and amateur spheres opened a fraught discourse about women's engagement with musical culture.

Narratives of Jihadi-Salafi operations are often filled with praise for what are considered exemplary acts of self-renunciation in the vein of early Islamic tradition.

Narratives of Jihadi-Salafi operations are often filled with praise for what are considered exemplary acts of self-renunciation in the vein of early Islamic tradition.