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  • Seek the Peace of the City

    Christian Political Criticism as Public, Realist, and Transformative

    by Richard Bourne ...
    Series Book 5 - Theopolitical Visions
    Seek the Peace of the City provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of Christian social and political criticism. Richard Bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of John Howard Yoder. This realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling God. Bourne develops this account and shows how it is ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Garibaldi in South America

    An Exploration

    by Richard Bourne ...
    For over twelve years in the first half of the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Garibaldi, the hero of Italian unification, lived, learned and fought in South America. He was tortured, escaped death on countless occasions, and met his Brazilian wife, Anita, who eloped with him in 1839. From then on, she would share in Garibaldi's personal and political odyssey, first in the breakaway republic of Rio ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Catastrophe

    What Went Wrong in Zimbabwe?

    by Richard Bourne ...
    No one in 1980 could have guessed that Zimbabwe would become a failed state on such a monumental and tragic scale.In this incisive and revealing book, Richard Bourne shows how a country which had every prospect of success when it achieved a delayed independence in 1980 became a brutal police state with hyperinflation, collapsing life expectancy and abandonment by a third of its citizens less than ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Brazil after Bolsonaro

    The Comeback of Lula da Silva

    Edited by Richard Bourne ...
    Brazil after Bolsonaro captures and presents the voices of a wide range of stakeholders including academics and journalists in Brazil and abroad to produce the first systematic engagement with Lula’s latest presidency.Providing fair and balanced perspectives on Lula, the authors examine the legacy of Lula’s previous presidency; what happened in the interim in the eras of Rousseff, Temer, and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Lula of Brazil

    The Story So Far

    by Richard Bourne ...
    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's dramatic life story has captured the imagination of millions, and his progressive politics have brought hope and excitement to Brazil—and the world. This compelling work is the first major English-language biography of the metalworker who became president of Latin America's largest and most powerful country. In a clearly written, vividly detailed narrative, Richard ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Criminology and Public Theology

    On Hope, Mercy and Restoration

    by Eric Stoddart, Joanna Shapland, Andrew Skotnicki, Alistair McFadyen, Lol Burke, Richard Bourne, Christopher Marshall, Aaron Pycroft, Timothy Gorringe, Jonathan Burnside, Anthony Bottoms ...
    At a time when criminal justice systems appear to be in a permanent state of crisis, leading scholars from criminology and theology come together to challenge criminal justice orthodoxy by questioning the dominance of retributive punishment.This timely and unique contribution considers alternatives that draw on Christian ideas of hope, mercy and restoration.Promoting cross-disciplinary learning, ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • Nigeria

    A New History of a Turbulent Century

    by Richard Bourne ...
    'If you want to understand Nigeria's history in one succinct go, this is a very good choice.'Noo Saro-WiwaKnown as the African Giant, Nigeria's story is complex and often contradictory. How, despite the ravages of colonialism, civil war, ongoing economic disappointment and most recently the Boko Haram insurgency, has the country managed to stay together for a hundred years? Why, despite an ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • Lords of Fleet Street

    The Harmsworth Dynasty

    by Richard Bourne ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Journalism
    Originally published in 1990. The Harmsworth family, starting with Lord Northcliffe (1865-1922) is the greatest and most influential press dynasty Britain has known. The dynasty has had by far the greatest impact on the shape of the press today of all the great press families. The Harmsworths were big, bold characters, enormously rich and with a gift for flamboyant use of their wealth. Much more ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • A New Introduction to Theology

    Embodiment, Experience and Encounter

    by Richard Bourne, Dr Imogen Adkins ...
    Encountering theology for the first time is exciting, but it can also be daunting. Some struggle to connect with doctrinal discussion they perceive to be abstract or abstruse. Others may find the scope of theology, and the connections between different theological issues, dizzying. In order to address these difficulties and keep the initial excitement alive, A New Introduction to Theology offers a ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

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    by Michael Reid ...
    The bestselling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America—now fully revised and updated.Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's bestselling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated to reflect the new realities of the "Forgotten Continent." The former Americas editor for the Economist, Reid suggests that ... Read more

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  • Dancing with Dynamite

    Social Movements and States in Latin America

    by Benjamin Dangl ...
    Grassroots social movements played a major role electing left-leaning governments throughout Latin America. Subsequent relations between these states and "the streets" remain troubled. Contextualizing recent developments historically, Dangl untangles the contradictions of state-focused social change, providing lessons for activists everywhere. ... Read more

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  • Being Gay, Being Christian: You can be both

    by Dr Stuart Edser ...
    Is it possible to be both gay and Christian? This book explains, calmly and logically, that the two are not mutually exclusive. With the support of some of the finest scientific and theological minds, Dr Stuart Edser presents a compelling case for tolerance and acceptance, rejecting the traditional Christian view that gay people are either sick or sinful as a result of their sexual orientation. ... Read more

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