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  • Eastern Orthodox Christianity

    The Essential Texts

    Two leading academic scholars offer the first comprehensive source reader on the Eastern Orthodox church for the English-speaking world. Designed specifically for students and accessible to readers with little or no previous knowledge of theology or religious history, this essential, one-of-a-kind work frames, explores, and interprets Eastern Orthodoxy through the use of primary sources and ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Degrees of Academic Librarians

    The Case for Capacious Credentialing

    by Bryn Geffert ...
    Series series Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
    It is difficult to name a question more contentious than the question of credentialing for academic librarians. This Element attempts three things. First, to understand how today's US research libraries approach credentialing and hiring. Which assumptions, practices, and arguments for those practices do they make? The study evaluates those practices and rationale both quantitatively-How many ... Read more

    $15.59 USD

  • Catholics without Rome

    Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and the Reunion Negotiations of the 1870s

    Catholics without Rome examines the dawn of the modern, ecumenical age, when “Old Catholics,” unable to abide Rome’s new doctrine of papal infallibility, sought unity with other “catholics” in the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox churches.In 1870, the First Vatican Council formally embraced and defined the dogma of papal infallibility. A small and vocal minority, comprised in large part of ... Read more

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    Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture

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    Spreadable Media maps fundamental changes taking place in our contemporary media environment, a space where corporations no longer tightly control media distribution and many of us are directly involved in the circulation of content. It contrasts “stickiness”—aggregating attention in centralized places—with “spreadability”—dispersing content widely through both formal and informal networks,some ... Read more

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  • The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media

    A Critical History of Social Media

    Social media penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define daily habits of communication and creative production. This book studies the rise of social media, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Author Jose van Dijck offers an analytical prism ... Read more

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  • The Orthodox Church

    An Introduction to Eastern Christianity

    by Timothy Ware ...
    'Orthodoxy claims to be universal . . .'Since its first publication fifty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among western Christians, and the author believes that an understanding of its standpoint is necessary before the Roman ... Read more

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  • We, the Data

    Human Rights in the Digital Age

    by Wendy H. Wong ...
    A rallying call for extending human rights beyond our physical selves—and why we need to reboot rights in our data-intensive world.Winner of the 2024 Balsillie Prize for Public PolicyShortlisted, 2024 Lionel Gelber PrizeOur data-intensive world is here to stay, but does that come at the cost of our humanity in terms of autonomy, community, dignity, and equality? In We, the Data, Wendy H. Wong ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Reformation

    The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning history of the Reformation—from the New York Times bestselling author of ChristianityAt a time when men and women were prepared to kill—and be killed—for their faith, the Protestant Reformation tore the Western world apart. Acclaimed as the definitive account of these epochal events, Diarmaid MacCulloch's award-winning history brilliantly re-creates ... Read more

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  • Networked

    The New Social Operating System

    How social networks, the personalized Internet, and always-on mobile connectivity are transforming—and expanding—social life.Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and responses, the chimes and beeps of continually arriving text messages, tweets and retweets, Facebook updates, pictures and videos to post and discuss. Our perpetual connectedness gives us endless ... Read more

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  • Ten Popes Who Shook the World

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    "Simply brilliant" essays on the leaders who have most powerfully shaped not just the Church itself, but the course of human history ( Catholic Library World).The Bishops of Rome have been Christianity's most powerful leaders for nearly two millennia, and their influence has extended far beyond the purely spiritual. The popes have played a central role in the history of Europe and the wider world, ... Read more

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  • The New Librarianship Field Guide

    How librarians can be radical positive change agents in their communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference.This book offers a guide for librarians who see their profession as a chance to make a positive difference in their communities—librarians who recognize that it is no longer enough to stand behind a desk waiting to serve. R. David Lankes, author of The Atlas of New Librarianship ... Read more

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  • Fatal Discord

    Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind

    The "riveting" story of Erasmus, Martin Luther, and the rivalry between the reformer and the dissident: "An impressive, powerful intellectual history." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)At a time when Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael were revolutionizing Western art and culture, Erasmus of Rotterdam was helping to transform Europe's intellectual and religious life, developing a new design for ... Read more

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