Compares Rabbinic midrash and Patristic exegesis in late antiquity and provides an introduction to the various forms of Patristic literature.

Examines gender roles in contemporary foreign and Hollywood films amid changing social, political, cultural, and economic conditions.

Many Chinese philosophic concepts derive from an ancient cosmology. This work is the first reconstructions of the mythic thought of the Shang Dynasty ...

This is the first scholarly examination of the use of dialogic theory and pedagogy by scholars and teachers of writing. Dialogic methods have become extremely ...

Translations and analyses of three Persian Sufi texts, offering a perspective on Islam that is rarely met in modern works.

Examines how Black women elders have managed stress, emphasizing how self-care practices have been present since at least the mid-nineteenth century, ...

A bold and unflinching portrayal of contemporary Maya life in Chiapas, Mexico.

Presents the contemporary religious crisis in India, providing historical perspective and focusing on the crises in Punjab, Kashmir, and Ayodhya.

Develops a new kind of epistemological position that highlights virtue over more standard epistemological theories.

The importance of this collection of writings of William James lies in the fact that it has been arranged to provide a systematic introduction to his major ...