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In this historical reader, Amanda Porterfield has gathered nine essays and over 30 primary documents to present a picture of the history of American religion. The book identifies major developments and important controversies, as well as presenting a wide range of beliefs and practices involved.

David Braddon-Mitchell and Frank Jackson's popular introduction to philosophy of mind and cognition is now available in a fully revised and updated edition. * Ensures that the most recent developments in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science are brought together into a coherent, accessible whole.

A Brief History of Ancient Astrology explores the theory and practice of astrology from Babylon to Ancient Greece and Rome and its cultural and political impact on ancient societies. * Discusses the union between early astrology and astronomy, in contrast to the modern dichotomy between science and superstition.

This introduction provides a concise overview of the central issues and critical responses to Shakespeare's sonnets, looking at the themes, images, and structure of his work, as well as the social and historical circumstances surrounding their creation.

This volume provides a critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analyzing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past. It examines rhetoric, narrative and dialogue as crucial topics for archaeological reflection.

This text confronts the major theoretical issues involved in cross-cultural interpretation. It introduces students to rationality among the ancestors of anthropology before proceeding to a wide-ranging evaluation of the Anglo-American rationality debates.

Offers an overview of American immigration. This book features an analysis of the relationship between America's national solidarity and ethnic diversity. It introduces various migrations of different eras of American history, and examines the ensuing interaction between established citizens and new arrivals, and the formation of ethnic groups.

This text offers a new way of looking at basic economic issues. It teaches economics from a different standpoint, based on specialization and the division of labour.

This innovative book puts modernist literature in its cultural, intellectual, and global context, within the framework of the year 1913.

The debate about what to teach as science in our schools has reached boiling point, both inside and outside the classroom. From Young Earth to Intelligent Design creationism, the intrusion of political and religious ideals is damaging the integrity of our public education system.

This book integrates important milestone cases with new analyses to provide comprehensive coverage of environmental law and economics.

Traces the evolution of development theory from the Physiocrats and the classical School to Solow, Lewis, and Lucas and Roemer. This book develops a general system of growth equations that focus on the central role of technology change. It demonstrates how political economy factors suggest and enhanced endogenization of policy choices.

The Moche civilization was created by the people who lived in the arid coastal regions of Northern Peru from around AD 100 to AD 700. A series of discoveries revealed artistic and technological achievements. This book describes this ancient civilization in the light of the new evidence.

Considers and rejects the claim that moral theory is too utopian to apply properly to worldly pursuits like political office holding and business, and too patriarchal and speciesist to generate a theory of justice applicable to women and the non-human natural world. This book is suitable for those who work in ethics and moral philosophy.

* First book that presents a comprehensive discussion of Hispanic/Latino identity from a philosophical point of view. * Interdisciplinary approach including: philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history and cultural studies. * Introduction to Latino/Hispanic philosophy and thought. .

This text questions the internal consistency of causal physicalism and vindicates a novel approach to mental causation. The volume includes a lucid discussion of recent developments by philosophers such as Block, Davidson, Mellor, Putnam, Shoemaker and Yablo.

This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student--oriented guides to the under--published field of early modern womena s writing.

In this study, Frank Kirkpatrick draws on theology, political philosophy and the social sciences more generally to develop a Christian ethic of community.

Presents debates from researchers on some of the important questions in economics: Do growth rates converge? Does trade liberalization foster economic growth? Do trade agreements help or hinder growth? Does financial liberalization stimulate economic development? Does economic growth make us happier? And is the welfare state bad for growth?

Integrating three major concerns - television as an industry, a technology, and an art - this book is a basic primer on the complex, and often overlooked story of television and its impact on American life. It also includes interview segments with industry insiders, pictures, and sidebars to illustrate important figures, trends, and events.

This volume investigates the impact of thinking with gender on modern ethics, and considers the insights that postmodern gender theory might bring to the ethical project. It concludes with the possibility of another way of self-understanding and of renewal in theological ethics for our time.

Offers an account of Ireland's neglected "national" intellectuals, an extraordinary group, including such figures as Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde, Charles Lever, Samuel Ferguson, Isaac Butt, Sheridan Le Fanu.

This volume addresses the issue of rights in the workplace. Although much of the literature in this field focuses on employee rights, this work considers the issue from the perspective of both employees and employers.

This work offers an analysis of the underlying grammar or "logic" of "culture". Ray argues that the disparate models, ideologies, and ethics that have been advanced in the name of culture derive from a shift in our ways of thinking that occurred before the advent of modernity.

This book presents and analyzes the most important arguments in the history of Western philosophya s skeptical tradition. It demonstrates that, although powerful, these arguments are quite limited and fail to prove their core assertion that knowledge is beyond our reach.

* Challenges the idea that Modernism was conservative and reactionary. * Relates the modernist impulse to broader cultural and historical crises and movements. * Provides a guide to the development of Modernist literature. * Covers women writers, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and openly gay and lesbian writers.

Journalism matters. We live in a much more interconnected world where information is ever-more critical to our lives. Authorities the world over agree that it is a profession under siege. Yet, it is journalism that conveys that information and allows us to debate its significance.

A first-of-its-kind book that seriously and profoundly examines what it means philosophically to be Latino and where Latinos fit in American society.

The transnational resistances to neo-liberal globalization are arguably the most inspiring political movements of our time. Resistance, Space and Political Identities: The Making of Counter-global Networks makes a distinctive contribution through examining globalised practices of resistance in both the past and present.

Genre - or 'type' - is a core concept in both film production and the history of film. Genres play a key role in how moviegoers perceive and rate films, and is likely to determine a film's production values and costs.