Social groups: religious groups and communities

In this companion volume to The French Army 1939-45 (1), Ian Sumner and Fran ois Vauvillier examine the history, uniforms and insignia of the Free French, Fighting French and the Army of Liberation.

This book shows the relationship between religious, social and economic change in colonial French West Africa.

The First World War had seen the mechanization of warfare.

Louis Lowy (1920-1991), an international social worker and gerontologist, rarely spoke publicly about the Holocaust.

The major contribution made by Coastal Forces to the Allied war effort has had surprisingly little coverage in the literature of the Second World War.

Dies ist die Geschichte Tibor Wohls, der 1942 als Achtzehnjähriger von Theresienstadt nach Auschwitz transportiert wurde und dort überlebte.

This book uses Karl Barth's Der Romerbrief (1922) as a prism through which to explore the role of religion and its interactions with cultural and political thought in the turbulent interwar period in Europe.

"e;This is the story of my experiences with the medium bomber designated by the Army as a B-26 and named by the British the Marauder.

 This volume explores how different forms of Christianity shape people's visions of pasts and futures, and how the transcendent is brought into human time.

One of the bloodiest battles of the war in the Pacific.

The Second World War saw huge advancements in military tactics and technology occurring at an unprecedented pace.

A charismatic yet notorious character, Sepp Dietrich the man is impossible to separate from Sepp Dietrich the General, who was awarded twenty-four different honors during his service to the Nazi party and was known for his devotion to his men as he led them through some of the fiercest fighting in the war.

The urban origins of American Judaism began with daily experiences of Jews, their responses to opportunities for social and physical mobility as well as constraints of discrimination and prejudice.

Muslim intellectuals who sought to establish the boundaries of modern Muslim identityMuslim modernism was a political and intellectual movement that sought to redefine the relationship between Islam and the colonial West in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur'an must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad, arguing instead that the text is best read in light of Christian and Jewish scripture.

Horst Schreiber analysiert in vier Geschichten von Opfern und Tätern die terroristische Seite des Nationalsozialismus und ihre Aufarbeitung nach 1945.

Philosophy and thought are the basis of Islam, which is an ideological faith.

The book offers the first systematic account of Iran's foreign policy following the nuclear agreement (JCPOA) of July 14, 2015.

"e;A manual for living with defeat"e; -TabletIt is no more possible to think about religion without sin than it is to think about a garden without dirt.

Examines an alternative ideology to Zionism that attempted to build a Jewish State outside of Palestine.

Bis heute überschattet Entsetzen über Völkermord und Vernichtungskrieg die Frage nach der Anziehungskraft der NSDAP, die ab 1930 massenhafte Zustimmung bei Wahlen fand.

A World War II pictorial history with over 250 rare photos showing the contribution of U.

Dharma is central to all the major religious traditions which originated on the Indian subcontinent.

While scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been written about the personal lives and relationship of the three men that led the raids.

This book explores the diverse range of practical and theoretical challenges and possibilities that digital technologies and platforms pose for Holocaust memory, education and research.

With clarity and verve, Mark Allen Powell introduces the beginning student to the contents and structure of the Gospels, their distinctive characteristics, and their major themes.

Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature is a new series in English dealing with early Jewish literature between the third century BC and the middle of the second century AD; it is scheduled to encompass a total of 58 volumes.

A fascinating look at the anxious pleasures of Japanese visual culture during World War II.

This WWII pictorial history covers a little-known but hard-fought Pacific War campaign with striking combat images and expertly researched text.

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A detailed account of the first step in General MacArthur's 1944-45 campaign to retake the Philippines.

Reporting Islam examines the coverage of Muslim women in the New York Times from 1979-2011.

During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, US Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never been told until now.

A richly illustrated examination of the British raid on the port of St Nazaire: one of the most daring actions of World War II.

The Middle East seems to be in perpetual crisis.

A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheismContrary to popular belief, Judaism was not always strictly monotheistic.

The majority of Americans have looked on in some combination of horror and befuddlement as many white Christians, particularly evangelicals, have revealed beliefs and opinions seemingly antithetical to the Christian faith, whether holding racist attitudes, supporting conspiracy theories, aligning with nationalistic and authoritarian movements, or becoming hostile toward the different and marginalized.

In Christmas as Religion, Christopher Deacy explores the premise that religion plays an elementary role in our understanding of the Christmas festival, but takes issue with much of the existing literature which is inclined to limit the contours and parameters of 'religion' to particular representations and manifestations of institutional forms of Christianity.

Examining the controversies that have accompanied the publication of novels representing the Holocaust, this compelling book explores such literature to analyze their violently mixed receptions and what this says about the ethics and practice of millennial Holocaust literature.

A riveting tour de force by Canadas leading military historian about the heroic Black Watchs fight for survival at Verrires Ridge Centred around one of Canadas most storied regiments,Seven Days in Helltells the epic tale of the bloody battle for Verrires Ridge, a dramatic saga that unfolded just weeks after one of Canadas greatest military triumphs of the Second World War.

World War II historian Andrew Nagorski recounts Adolf Hitler's rise to and consolidation of power, drawing on countless firsthand reports, letters, and diaries that narrate the creation of the Third Reich.

This book explores the ways in which religion is observed, performed, and organised in skateboard culture.