Social groups: religious groups and communities

The twin-engined Mosquito was one of the classic aircraft of the Second World War.

A complete liturgical resource to the richest days of the Christian year, grouping the seasonal liturgies of Holy Week and Easter with Holy Communion Order One.

How can people living in one of the poorest countries in the world be among the most charitable?

She's an iconic Jewish storyteller.

Why do thousands of Mormons devote their summer vacations to following the Mormon Trail?

The first comprehensive resource for spiritual and pastoral caregivers-a vital resource for clergy, seminarians, chaplains, pastoral counselors and caregivers of all faith traditions.

The book explores how Churchill was portrayed in the UK press during the Second World War, comparing his depictions in Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, and provincial English newspapers.

As the Soviet Red Army marches westward, the city of Budapest stands in their way.

Here, Thierry Zarcone and Angela Hobart offer a vigorous and authoritative exploration of the link between Islam and shamanism in contemporary Muslim culture, examining how the old practice of shamanism was combined with elements of Sufism in order to adapt to wider Islamic society.

Closely examining the work of women in the US and British naval services towards Allied naval intelligence during the Second World War, this book focuses on their contributions during the Battle of the Atlantic and Pacific Naval War, in order to shed new light on arenas of war from which women's narratives are almost always absent.

The author writes:"e;The focus of this book is on Judaism as it expresses itself in the Jewish holidays.

Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force.

"e;A marvellous collection of original wartime colour photos.

In this book,  Al-Kohlani examines fifty-five Muslim and non-Muslim countries from 1960 to 2010 in response to "e;religious theory"e; that associates certain religions with gender inequality and "e;modernization theory"e; which downplays the role of religion on gender inequity and associates gender inequality with socioeconomic factors.

Evangelical theology is a burgeoning field.

This book presents the views of leading scholars, academics, and educators on the renewal of Islamic schools in the Western context.

This book tells the story of one of the most amazing PoW Camps of the second World War.

Eva Mozes Kor forges a path of reconciliation and healing as a Holocaust survivor, sharing her life-changing message that forgiveness frees us from the pain of the past.

Nazis, fascists and volkisch conservatives in different European countries not only cooperated internationally in the fields of culture, science, economy, and persecution of Jews, but also developed ideas for a racist and ethno-nationalist Europe under Hitler.

Since its completion in 1955, Alain Resnais s Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard) has been considered one of the most important films to confront the catastrophe and atrocities of the Nazi era.

At a time when fundamentalism is on the rise, traditional religions are in decline and postmodernity has challenged any system that claims to be all-defining, young people have left their traditional places of worship and set up their own, in clubs, at festivals and within music culture.

Der Band untersucht den Salafismus als Phänomen einer spezifischen Jugendkultur - die nicht nur auf Jugendliche mit Migrationshintergrund zielt und befasst sich mit ihrer Attraktivität sowie ihrer medialen und subkulturellen Mustern.

In the critical period when Islamic law first developed, a new breed of jurists developed a genre of legal theory treatises to explore how the fundamental moral teachings of Islam might operate as a legal system.

This detailed chronological analysis of British World War II movies from 1939 until the present explores how films projected recognizable stereotypes of British national character and how the times in which a film was made shaped its perspectives.

Diaries and letters from service personnel who were held captive throughout the Second World War survive in quite large numbers, but rarely are they so detailed as those of John Blomfield Dixon, whose home was in the Hertfordshire town of Ware.

The highly successful 'stop-gap' M3 medium tank was designed in 1941, and as adequate turret casting facilities were not yet ready, the M3 used an unusual armament configuration patterned after a French tank.

A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition.

Since the end of World War II, historians and psychologists have investigated the factors that motivated Germans to become Nazis before and during the war.

What is it about the history, geographical position and cultures of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia that has made music such a potent and powerful agent?

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This interdisciplinary text brings together perspectives from leading psychoanalysts and modern Jewish philosophers to offer a unique investigation into the dynamic between the fundamental trust in the self, other persons, and the world, and the devastating force of emotional trauma.

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This book discusses the archaeology and heritage of the German military presence in Finnish Lapland during the Second World War, framing this northern, overlooked WWII material legacy from the nearly forgotten Arctic front as 'dark heritage' - a concrete reminder of Finns siding with the Nazis, often seen as polluting 'war junk' that ruins the 'pristine natural beauty' of Lapland's wilderness.

With this book, Yaakov Ariel offers the first comprehensive history of Protestant evangelization of Jews in America to the present day.

Religious and ethnic diversity have become crucial and pressing concerns in Europe: in particular, the presence of Muslims, their integration, citizenship, and how to deal with the influx of refugees.

This book reevaluates the art of Gerhard Richter (b.

This work offers a "e;symposium"e; on the nature of human sexual difference drawing on Plato's masterpiece: having explored the observed phenomena of sexual difference, four stories are told of the origins, essence, and ends of the human male and female.

A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the largest Australian military operation of World War II.

With a particular focus on social media, G bor L.

Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy -- a wide-ranging, astonishingly fresh perspective on the political and social landscape that gave rise to World War II.

Kenneth Cragg (19132012) was one of the West's most gifted interpreters of Islam.

This book is a unique collection of interdisciplinary articles that argue for religious education to be directed primarily towards the spiritual insofar as it is part of a flourishing human life.