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  • 15 Minutes of Power

    The Uncertain Life of British Ministers

    by Peter Riddell ...
    Aside for the secretaries of state, those lofty roles at the Home Office, MOD, Exchequer, and Foreign office, the ministers of the UK are a cast of roles that expand, and contract based on the whims and political needs of the Prime Minister. Within their portfolios those MPs and Lords are immensely powerful - able to reshape whole sectors of British society, grant or refuse government contracts ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • In Defence of Politicians

    In Spite of Themselves

    by Peter Riddell ...
    In a lively and gripping essay on contemporary politics, Peter Riddell remakes the case for representative democracy but concludes that it desperately needs to be strengthened. The effect of the expenses scandal has been to turn off both existing and potential representatives and voters. Naive reformers believe the answer is wholesale constitutional reform, but the result of that is likely to be ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Power of Judges

    by David Neuberger, Peter Riddell ...
    Series series Haus Curiosities
    To the vast majority of the English public, the role of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has often been distant and incomprehensible, its judges a caste apart from society. The Power of Judges ends this mystery, exploring the fundamental concept of justice and explaining the main functions of the courts, the challenges they face, and the complexity of the judicial system.In this lucid account of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Berhane, the Peace Messenger

    by Ali Hindi, Amanda Woolley, Amanuel Yemane, Peter Riddell ...
    The extraordinary life of Berhane Woldegabriel, Eritrean teacher, journalist and bridge-builder.Berhane Woldegabriel was an Eritrean refugee who settled in the UK for the last thirty years of his life. He became a dedicated peacemaker, using his great political understanding and interpersonal skills to build bridges both amongst his own Eritrean people, and within wider communities.Berhane was a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Islam in Context

    Past, Present, and Future

    by Peter Cotterell, Peter Riddell ...
    In recent months, much attention has been paid to Islam and the greater Muslim world. Some analysis has been openly hostile, while even more has been overly simplistic. Islam in Context goes behind the recent crisis to discuss the history of Islam, describe its basic structure and beliefs, explore the current division between Muslim moderates and extremists, and suggest a way forward.Authors Peter ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Radical Islam's Rules

    The Worldwide Spread of Extreme Shari'a Law

    by Maarten G. Barends, Hamouda Bella, Mehrangiz Kar, Kavian Milani, the Rand Corporation, Stephen Schwartz, Peter G. Riddell, Nina Shea ...
    A major feature of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of the West is the rapid growth of a starkly repressive version of Islamic shari'a law, often fueled by funds and support from Saudi Arabia. The central purpose of Islamists, including terrorists, is to impose such law in all Muslim lands, and then throughout the world in a new Caliphate. Despite its importance, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Contextualization of Sufi Spirituality in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century China

    The Role of Liu Zhi (c.1662–c.1730)

    by Dr. David Lee ...
    Liu Zhi (c.1662-c.1730), a well-known Muslim scholar in China, published in Chinese outstanding theological works, short treatises, and easy-to-memorize short poems on Islam. He encountered various challenges in his interpretation and transmission of Islamic texts. First, traditional Arabic and Persian Islamic texts used Arabic and Persian concepts to explain Islam. This book answers the question, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Contextualized Psalms (Punjabi Zabur)

    A Precious Heritage of the Global Punjabi Christian Community

    by Yousaf Sadiq ...
    The metrical translation of the Psalms into the Punjabi language, set to indigenous music in the late nineteenth century in India, plays a vital role in the personal and communal worship of the global Punjabi Christian community. This book is a pioneer work that comprehensively encompasses the cultural, socio-historical, missional, and sociolinguistic aspects of the Punjabi Psalter. It ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Qur'an in the Malay-Indonesian World

    Context and Interpretation

    Edited by Majid Daneshgar, Peter G. Riddell, Andrew Rippin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Qur'an
    The largely Arabo-centric approach to the academic study of tafsir has resulted in a lack of literature exploring the diversity of Qur'anic interpretation in other areas of the Muslim-majority world.The essays in The Qur'an in the Malay-Indonesian World resolve this, aiming to expand our knowledge of tafsir and its history in the Malay-Indonesian world. Highlighting the scope of Qur'anic ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Proclaiming the Gospel, Engaging the World

    Celebrating One Hundred Years of Melbourne School of Theology

    Edited by Michael Bräutigam, Peter G. Riddell, Justin T. T. Tan ...
    In 2020 Melbourne School of Theology celebrates its one hundredth anniversary. Proclaiming the Gospel, Engaging the World is a collection of essays that showcases the rich history of the Melbourne Bible Institute, the Bible College of Victoria, and the Melbourne School of Theology--three names but a single proud tradition of serving Christ. This volume contains papers by present and past members ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shifting Allegiances: Networks of Kinship and of Faith

    The Women’s Program in a Syrian Mosque

    by Isabel Moyra Dale ...
    Series series Australian College of Theology Monograph Series
    What happens when Muslim women gather together at the mosque to read the Qur'an, learn, and pray? How does family loyalty interact with mosque attendance for women? This book explores the growing Muslim women's piety movement through looking at one women's program in a Syrian suburban mosque. Community models shape individual behavior. The place and power of blessing help define the boundaries ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Best Interests

    A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

    by Sasha Hails ...
    Narrated by Alex Tregear, Elaine Caxton, Gerard McDermott, James Lailey, Jonathan Forbes, Peter Polycarpou, Susie Riddell ...

    Unabridged

    43 min

    Two new dramas which get inside the emotional realities of dealing with ethical dilemmas. When a confused young man with no I.D. and a Doctor Who fixation is brought into hospital, the staff have clear rules about how decisions can be made on his behalf. But when he starts to make his own wishes clear, are they right to listen? Starring Gunnar Cauthery, Clare Perkins, Simon Bubb, and Carl Prekopp. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD