Social groups: religious groups and communities

One of Latin Americans most important poets of the twentieth century, Juan Gelman (19302014) spent much of his life in exile from his native Argentina during the Dirty War.

British Muslim activism has evolved constantly in recent decades.

From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this is the engrossing story of the often-overlooked German counteroffensive post-Stalingrad, and how it prevented the whole Axis front line from collapsing.

The premier historical Jesus scholar joins a brilliant archaeologist to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world.

The Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA, was founded in 1942 by William 'Wild Bill' Donovan under the direction of President Roosevelt.

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This history, based on an exhaustive study of German records, explores The Battle of Britain through the eyes of the Luftwaffe.

The United States has long thought of itself as exceptional--a nation destined to lead the world into a bright and glorious future.

This book examines the significance of alliances in the international system, focusing on the dynamics between great and regional powers, and on the alliances Nazi Germany made during World War II, and their implications for Germany.

An explanation of the frequency of war and its specific causes and consequences, first published in 2010.

Von Jurek Beckers »Jakob der Lügner« bis zu Art Spiegelmans »Maus«: Wichtige Texte der Holocaustliteratur neu gelesen.

Ursula Rosenfeld was born in 1925 in Quakenbruck, Germany to a Liberal Jewish family.

A history of global secularism and political feeling through colonial blasphemy law.

This collection of thirteen essays examines reactions in Eastern Europe to the Prague Spring and Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

This firsthand account, never before published in English, details a secret World War II mission in 1944 called Operation Salamander, in which Tadeusz Chciuk (writing as Marek Celt) parachuted into German-occupied Poland with the enigmatic political adviser Dr.

As the fate of the world is decided, so too is that of the British, Dutch and French empires.

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, there appeared in Central Europe a generation of Jewish intellectuals whose work was to transform modern culture.

This firsthand account, never before published in English, details a secret World War II mission in 1944 called Operation Salamander, in which Tadeusz Chciuk (writing as Marek Celt) parachuted into German-occupied Poland with the enigmatic political adviser Dr.

This new cultural history of Jewish life and identity in the United States after World War II focuses on the process of upward mobility.

Islam has revolution the world and sons of Islam have changed the world scenario, to a great extent: Followers of Islam or Muslims have scaled new and newer heights in all fields, e.

Three Faces of Antisemitism examines the three primary forms of antisemitism as they emerged in modern and contemporary Germany, and then in other countries.

Over the last several decades, video testimony with aging Holocaust survivors has brought these witnesses into the limelight.

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore.

When the Nazis came to power, they used various strategies to expel German Jews from social, cultural, and economic life.

Pilgrimage inspired and shaped the distinct experiences of commoners and nobles, men and women, clergy and laity for over a thousand years.

This book explores the activities of the Nazi regime's vast leisure programme.

This is a book about a book: it is an in-depth yet reader friendly analysis of the Book of Judges, one of the most dramatic books of the Bible.

Jewish American writing is an exciting and controversial genre within post-war literature.

The First World War continues to fascinate.

A privileged, hell-raising youth who had greatly embarrassed his familyand especially his war-hero fatherby being dismissed from West Point, Michael J.

A challenging examination of Japanese war crimes during World War II offers a fresh perspective on the Pacific War-and a better understanding of reasons for the wartime use of extreme mass violence.

This groundbreaking reference offers mental health professionals a rigorous, nuanced guide to working with abuse survivors with disabilities in religious communities.

The fourth volume in a new translation of Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic collection of Prophetic traditions, with Imam Nawawi's commentary.

Why fears about Muslim integration into Western society—propagated opportunistically by some on the right—misread history and misunderstand multiculturalism.

British Christian leader John Stott was one of the most influential figures of the evangelical movement during the second half of the twentieth century.

This book discusses youth unemployment in post-revolutionary Tunisia, paying particular attention to the so-called skill mismatch.

This fascinating title from renowned World War II historian Robert Forczyk tells the story of Case White.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the Jewish legal tradition, or halakhah, through the lens of modern legal philosophy.

"e;The Battle of Moscow, 1941-1942: The Red Army's Defensive Operations and Counteroffensive Along the Moscow Strategic Direction"e; is a detailed examination of one of the major turning points of World War II, as seen from the Soviet side.

Christian and Islamic sermons from past and present, and their preachers, are analyzed to reveal the socio-cultural dynamics of religious speeches.

To disentangle the National Socialists' path to power in Germany, one must attend to the discursive strategies and liturgical practices employed by its emocrats, or manipulators of emotions.

What kind of animals are human beings?

This book makes a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, by reflecting on their output.

Winner of a honorable mention award in the family life category from the Catholic Media Association.

The Berlin Jewish community was both the pioneer in intellectual modernization and the first to experience a crisis of modernity.