Publications
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Casuistry and Early Modern Spanish Literature
(2022)
Investigating the importance of casuistry in a variety of genres in early modern Spain, this volume fills a significant gap in the scholarship, and calls for a re-thinking of the development of early modern Spanish literature ...
'Incidental' Ethnographers
(2007)
This book introduces, from an anthropological standpoint, French Catholic missionary colonial ethnographic writing from the highlands of north Vietnam and Yunnan at the turn of the 20th century, and searches for the ...
Lost Books
(2016)
Questions of survival and loss bedevil the study of early printed books. Many early publications are not particularly rare, but many have disappeared altogether. Here leading specialists in the field explore different ...
The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam
(2022)
This second volume of the series The Presence of the Prophet, explores the growing importance of the figure of the Prophet Muhammad for questions of authority and power in many regions in early modern and modern times.; ...
Philo of Alexandria
(1988)
The first author in which the traditions of Judaic thought and Greek philosophy flow together in a significant way is Philo of Alexandria.This study presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of Philo's knowledge ...
Latin American Liberation Theology
(2002)
David Tombs offers an accessible introduction to the theological challenges raised by Latin American Liberation from its emergence in the 1960s to its ‘decade of crisis’ in the 1990s. This work traces the distinct developments ...
From Capture to Sale
(2007)
Based on exceptionally rich private papers of Portuguese slave traders, this study provides unique insight into the diet, health and medical care of slaves during their journey from Africa to Peru in the early seventeenth ...
The Paradox of Openness
(2015)
Openness implies bottom-up empowerment and top-down transparency. The Paradox of Openness analyses the tensions encountered when openness is applied to the quest for democracy and markets, freedom and truth, compliance and ...
Reformation, Revolution, Renovation
(2022)
An account of the Rosicrucian manifestos, and in particular their call for a general reformation, in relation to medieval and early modern traditions and reform programs.; Readership: All interested in early modern ...
Bridging between Research and Practice
(2014)
This book presents a fresh approach to bridging the perceived gap between academic and classroom cultures. It describes a unique form of research partnership whereby Cambridge University academics and school teachers ...
Printing and Publishing Chinese Religion and Philosophy in the Dutch Republic, 1595–1700
(2022)
This book sheds new light on the cultural encounter between China and Europe, by discussing how Chinese religion and philosophy were represented in Dutch printed works between 1595-1700.; Readership: All interested in early ...
Relationality and Learning in Oceania
(2020)
Relationality and Learning in Oceania: Contextualizing Education for Development critically engages debates in comparative education and international development relating to context, culture, language and indigenous ...
Atlas of Religion in China
(2018)
This atlas maps religious sites and describes social and demographic characteristics of religious believers in contemporary China.; Readership: All people interested in religion in China; academic libraries; research ...
Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 3
(2022)
This volume gathers contributions on key concepts elaborated in the Platonic tradition (Proclus, Plotinus, Porphyry or Sallustius) and reconsidered by Arabic (e.g. Avicenna, the Book of Causes), Byzantine (e.g. Maximus the ...
The Sa'dan-Toraja
(1979)
The present volume consists of two parts, Part I dealing with the natural surroundings and the social and territorial organization of the Sa'dan-Toraja, Part 11 with religious notions, natural and material symbols, and ...
Discourses of Decline
(2021)
This volume explores the relevance of decline within the republican tradition. The essays in this volume focus on the Dutch Republic during the revolutionary era, as well as early modern Spain and Venice, the German ...
A King and a Fool?
(2019)
In A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire Virginia Miller argues that the genre of the Succession Narrative is a satire. Accordingly, this narrative is pejoratively critical of King David. ; Readership: ...
From Exception to Promotion
(2021)
From Exception to Promotion: Re-Thinking the Relationship between International Trade and Environmental Law tells a new, unconventional story of the relationship between international trade and environmental law, where the ...