Philosophy and Religion

Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological notion of motivation advances a compelling alternative to the empiricist and rationalist assumptions that underpin modern epistemology.

The key to mitigating the environmental crisis isn't just based on science; it depends upon a profound philosophical revision of how we think about and behave in relation to the world.

Highlights the role of transnational space making in the construction of diasporic Muridiyya identity.

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From the frozen landscapes of the Antarctic to the haunted houses of childhood, the memory of places we experience is fundamental to a sense of self.

Christianity and Public Culture in Africa takes readers beyond familiar images of religious politicians and populations steeped in spirituality.

World-renowned analytic philosophers John McDowell and Robert Brandom, dubbed "e;Pittsburgh Neo-Hegelians,"e; recently engaged in an intriguing debate about perception.

In The Tenets of Cognitive Existentialism, Dimitri Ginev draws on developments in hermeneutic phenomenology and other programs in hermeneutic philosophy to inform an interpretative approach to scientific practices.

Transversality is the keyword that permeates the spirit of these thirteen essays spanning almost half a century, from 1965 to 2009.

Susan Nye Hutchison (1790-1867) was one of many teachers to venture south across the Mason-Dixon Line in the Second Great Awakening.

A Translation of Luigi Paolucci's On Birdsong is the first English translation of a groundbreaking memoir on birdsong by the Italian naturalist Luigi Paolucci.

This textbook untangles the complicated ethical dilemmas that arise during the day-to-day work of healthcare chaplaincy, and offers a sturdy but flexible framework which chaplains can use to reflect on their own practice.

Analyzing the modernist art movement that arose in Cairo and Alexandria from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s, Alex Dika Seggerman reveals how the visual arts were part of a multifaceted transnational modernism.

Congregationalists, the oldest group of American Protestants, are the heirs of New Englands first founders.

Abortion is and always has been an arena for contesting power relations between women and men.

In the mid-1840s, Warner McCary, an ex-slave from Mississippi, claimed a new identity for himself, traveling around the nation as Choctaw performer Okah Tubbee.

Exploring a contemporary Judaism rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes readers inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement.

A well-illustrated cultural history of the apparel worn by American Catholics, Sally Dwyer-McNultys Common Threads reveals the transnational origins and homegrown significance of clothing in developing identity, unity, and a sense of respectability for a major religious group that had long struggled for its footing in a Protestant-dominated society often openly hostile to Catholics.

Railroads, tourism, and government bureaucracy combined to create modern religion in the American West, argues David Walker in this innovative study of Mormonisms ascendency in the railroad era.

Pilgrimage is one of the most significant ritual duties for Muslims, entailing the visitation and veneration of sites associated with the Prophet Muhammad or saintly figures.

Presenting clergy and chaplains with unique therapeutic tools for helping senior adults enrich their later years, this book gives advice on how to strengthen relationships, find meaning in life and feel comfortable approaching life's final chapter.

The written word is one of the defining elements of Christian experience.

Does this world have you stressed out right now?

The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism is an authoritative text on the specifically Tibetan branch of Buddhismone which possesses a rich visual history of Buddhist art and Iconagraphy.

This book is a study of the dynamic, multi-faceted, and even unorthodox things that are happening within Muslim-majority societies.

Michel Foucault is one of the most influential, and controversial, thinkers of the twentieth century.

Anthropocentrism, white supremacy, and cishetsexism remain with us.

This textbook untangles the complicated ethical dilemmas that arise during the day-to-day work of healthcare chaplaincy, and offers a sturdy but flexible framework which chaplains can use to reflect on their own practice.

Presenting clergy and chaplains with unique therapeutic tools for helping senior adults enrich their later years, this book gives advice on how to strengthen relationships, find meaning in life and feel comfortable approaching life's final chapter.

Artistic Research Methodology argues for artistic research as a context-aware and historical process that works inside-in, beginning and ending with acts committed within an artistic practice.

How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America?

With a focus on mainline Protestants and gay rights activists in the twentieth century, Heather R.

Railroads, tourism, and government bureaucracy combined to create modern religion in the American West, argues David Walker in this innovative study of Mormonisms ascendency in the railroad era.

Analyzing the modernist art movement that arose in Cairo and Alexandria from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s, Alex Dika Seggerman reveals how the visual arts were part of a multifaceted transnational modernism.

Exploring a contemporary Judaism rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes readers inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement.

Pilgrimage is one of the most significant ritual duties for Muslims, entailing the visitation and veneration of sites associated with the Prophet Muhammad or saintly figures.

How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America?

With a focus on mainline Protestants and gay rights activists in the twentieth century, Heather R.

In the mid-1840s, Warner McCary, an ex-slave from Mississippi, claimed a new identity for himself, traveling around the nation as Choctaw performer Okah Tubbee.

Susan Nye Hutchison (1790-1867) was one of many teachers to venture south across the Mason-Dixon Line in the Second Great Awakening.

Congregationalists, the oldest group of American Protestants, are the heirs of New Englands first founders.

Daniel Ramrezs history of twentieth-century Pentecostalism in the U.

Abortion is and always has been an arena for contesting power relations between women and men.

In this work, Anderson Blanton illuminates how prayer, faith, and healing are intertwined with technologies of sound reproduction and material culture in the charismatic Christian worship of southern Appalachia.

American evangelicalism has long walked hand in hand with modern consumer capitalism.

During the second half of the twentieth century, the American military chaplaincy underwent a profound transformation.

Choosing the Jesus Way uncovers the history and religious experiences of the first American Indian converts to Pentecostalism.

Spanning a thousand years of history and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania Rudolph Ware documents the profound significance of Qur'an schools for West African Muslim communities.

A well-illustrated cultural history of the apparel worn by American Catholics, Sally Dwyer-McNultys Common Threads reveals the transnational origins and homegrown significance of clothing in developing identity, unity, and a sense of respectability for a major religious group that had long struggled for its footing in a Protestant-dominated society often openly hostile to Catholics.

Spanning a thousand years of history and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania Rudolph Ware documents the profound significance of Qur'an schools for West African Muslim communities.