Publications
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Ethnicity and the Colonial State
(2015)
Ethnicity and the Colonial State compares the choices of community leaders in three different West African groups (Wolof, Temne, and Ewe), with regard to “selling” their identifications to the colonial rulers. The book ...
Buddhism in Central Asia I
(2020)
Buddhism in Central Asia (Part I): Patronage, Legitimation, Sacred Space, and Pilgrimage, 6-14th Centuries deals with the various strategies of legitimation and the establishment of sacred space and pilgrimage among both ...
Jesus and Other Men
(2018)
In Jesus and Other Men, Susanna Asikainen explores the masculinities of Jesus and other male characters and the ideal femininities in the Synoptic Gospels. Readership: Anyone interested in masculinities and gender in the ...
The Ecosystem Approach in Ocean Planning and Governance
(2018)
Applying much needed legal and social sciences perspectives, the book provides in depth analyses of lessons learned and remaining challenges associated with making the Ecosystem Approach fully relevant and operational in ...
Nicholas of Cusa and Islam
(2014)
To explore Christian-Muslim relations at the dawn of the modern age, this book examines Nicholas of Cusa’s seminal works on the Qur’an and world religions. It also considers Muslim responses to Christianity and other ...
The Lifework of a Labor Historian: Essays in Honor of Marcel van der Linden
(2018)
The Life Work of a Labor Historian: Essays in honor of Marcel van der Linden, presents the latest developments in the global history of labor, work and workers, and of capitalism and its critics. Readership: All interested ...
Combining Economic and Political Development
(2017)
Democratic transitions since 2011 in the Middle East and North Africa have mostly failed to consolidate and have been hindered by the difficult economic heritage of previous authoritarian governments. Which short-term ...
Women Judges in the Muslim World
(2017)
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice offers a socio-legal account of public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority ...
The Principal Pauline Epistles: A Collation of Old Latin Witnesses
(2018)
This collation presents the evidence for the earliest Latin versions of Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians and Galatians, enabling scholars to examine the development of the biblical text at an important early stage in its history. ...
Fabricating Modern Societies: Education, Bodies, and Minds in the Age of Steel
(2019)
Fabricating Modern Societies: Education, Bodies, and Minds in the Age of Steel offers new interdisciplinary and transnational perspectives on industrialization and societal transformation in early-twentieth-century Luxembourg ...