Social groups: religious groups and communities

By returning to primary source material, including the Torah and ancient and medieval rabbinic literature, Rabbi Gershon Winkler illustrates the often uninhibited and celebrative attitudes towards sexuality and sensual pleasure found in Jewish teachings.

Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.

Der Beginn des Alles oder NichtsAm 1.

Fabos and Isotalo address the issue of forced migration and mobility in the Muslim world.

Surely nobody who had suffered the ferocity of the Nazi invasion could consider switching sides and joining the Germans?

This comprehensive book provides a detailed exploration of the roles and uniforms of German women during the Nazi regime, highlighting their contributions despite Hitler's conservative views on their place.

A wide-ranging look at the history of Western thinking since the seventeenth century on the purpose of the Jewish people in the past, present, and futureWhat is the purpose of Jews in the world?

Formed shortly after the outbreak of World War 2, and equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109Es, Jagdgeschwader 1 was initially tasked to defend the regional North Sea and Baltic coastal areas and Germany's main port cities and naval bases.

This book explores how and if the mandate for children to worship in schools can be justified within the context of declining church attendance and increasing nonreligious identification in British society.

Pentecostal-charismatics in Latin America and among Latinos: communities that share profound historical, linguistic and cultural roots.

Based on unprecedented access to Kurdish-governed areas of Syria, including exclusive interviews with administration officials and civilian surveys, this book sheds light on the socio-political landscape of this minority group and the various political factions vying to speak for them.

The assortment of political views held by Baptists was as diverse as any other denomination in the early United States, but they were bound together by a fundamental belief in the inviolability of the individual conscience in matters of faith.

In difficult times, relationships provide tangible help, advice, resources, and emotional support.

With firsthand sources and archeological research, this study explores life inside Nazi prisons during the occupation of the Channel Islands.

Lange hält er sich in der Ausstellung auf.

Unnachahmlich treffsicher nimmt der Historiker Götz Aly den keineswegs immer »vorbildlichen« Umgang der Deutschen mit ihrer nationalsozialistischen Vergangenheit in den Blick: Oft ist von »den Tätern« die Rede, wenn es um die NS-Verbrechen geht, von »der SS« oder »den Nationalsozialisten«.

Motor Gun Boats were the Spitfires of the Seas of the Royal Navy.

Being angry at God is full of pain, confusion, and loneliness.

Home front heroism investigates how civilians were recognised and celebrated as heroic during the Second World War.

Most Americans regard the postwar Occupation of Japan as a prime example of American magnanimity.

The book focusses on the historical emergence and contemporary challenges of Muslim community organizations and their struggle for recognition as ordinary voices in multiethnic and multi-religious civil societies of Western democracies.

Sacro-Egoism: The Rise of Religious Individualism in the West discusses the relationship between secularization, participation in religious practices and belief, and the emergence of radical individualized expressions of faith in the West.

Luke and the Jewish Other takes up the debated question of the orientation of Luke toward the Jewish people.

A compact, detailed account of the clashes between the Allies' M10 Tank Destroyer and the Germans' Sturmgesch tz (StuG) lll, the unsung workhorses of the northwest European battlefields of 1944 45.

This exceptional work, with entries from Rav Abba to Rav Zutra, is an unprecedented study of every rabbi in the Talmud.

Between the two world wars, thousands of European antifascists were pushed to act by the political circumstances of the time.

This volume explores the ways in which interreligious encounters happen ritually.

With insightful analysis, factual contextual information, and illuminating historical documents, this book provides a detailed, but broad perspective on the most destructive event in history.

The wartime airfi eld at Rivenhall is typical of the many airbases that were hastily built in Britain following the entry of the US into the Second World War.

The remarkable growth in religious tourism across the world has generated considerable interest in the impacts of this type of tourism.

The most unique aspect of Korean shamanism is its mysterious duality that continually reiterates the processes of deterritorialization and reterritorialization.

Despite, or even because of their tumultuous history, Palestinians are renowned for being prolific cultural producers, creating many of the Arab world's most iconic works of literature.

First published in 2004.

On 1 September 1939, when Germany attacked Poland, the Wehrmacht numbered 3,180,000 men.

Hundreds of novels have been written about young men coming of age in war.

How should one respond, personally or theologically, to genocide committed on one's behalf?

Geschichte der britischen PremierministerVon Henry Addington bis Winston ChurchillGeorge C.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Magnificent, vivid, moving, superb' Max Hastings, Sunday Times______________This is the closest you will ever get to war - the taste, the smell, the noise and the fearThe Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known.

Spaniards in Mauthausen is the first study of the cultural legacy of Spaniards imprisoned and killed during the Second World War in the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen.

A highly illustrated study of the last great campaign in the Pacific Theatre in World War II: the US Navy and Royal Navy's air, surface, and submarine attacks on the Japanese Home Islands.

The evangelical embrace of conservatism is a familiar feature of the contemporary political landscape.

Secret Codes, ciphers, strategic misdirection, and more: Deception was one of the most powerful weapons utilized by the Allies in World War II.

For hundreds of years, Poland served as the epicenter of Jewish life.

Explores the rise of Al Qaeda-influenced movements and militant Salafism, the most significant form of terrorism facing Western countries.

Islam came on the scene, with a message, philosophy and code of conduct, perfect by all means, with its advent, the new faith revolutionised the contemporary world in a very short span of time.