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  • The Christian Intellectual Tradition from the Reformation to the Modern Era

    A Reader and Companion

    de Josh Reeves, Kirstin Birkhaug, Annalise DeVries, Gabrielle Ray, Jennifer Woodruff Tait ...
    This reader with commentary helps Christians understand and critically examine major arguments that have been made in the Western intellectual tradition through an examination of great texts. The book explores themes related to the natural world, human nature, politics, and God.The core of a liberal arts education lies in the debates made possible by a shared set of texts and questions. Combining ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Maadi

    The Making and Unmaking of a Cairo Suburb, 1878–1962

    de Annalise J.K. DeVries ...
    A fresh perspective on the global economic influences that shaped modern Egypt through the history of an affluent Cairo suburb, MaadiIn the early years of the twentieth century, a group of Egypt’s real-estate and transportation moguls embarked on the creation of a new residential establishment south of Cairo. The development was to epitomize the latest in community planning, merging attributes of ... Leer más

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  • The Death of Adam

    Essays on Modern Thought

    de Marilynne Robinson ...
    In this award-winning collection, the bestselling author of Gilead offers us other ways of thinking about history, religion, and society. Whether rescuing "Calvinism" and its creator Jean Cauvin from the repressive "puritan" stereotype, or considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by Midwestern abolitionists, or the divide between the Bible and Darwinism, Marilynne Robinson repeatedly ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • A History of Modern Oman

    de Jeremy Jones, Nicholas Ridout ...
    The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout offer a distinctive new approach to Omani history, building on postcolonial thought and ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Seekers

    The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World

    de Daniel J. Boorstin ...
    Series Libro 3 - Knowledge Series
    Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here?In his previous national bestsellers, The Discoverers and The Creators , Daniel J. Boorstin first told brilliantly how e discovered the reality of our world, and then he celebrated man's achievements in the arts. He now turns to ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • South Sudan

    A New History for a New Nation

    de Douglas H. Johnson ...
    Series series Ohio Short Histories of Africa
    Africa’s newest nation has a long history. Often considered remote and isolated from the rest of Africa, and usually associated with the violence of slavery and civil war, South Sudan has been an arena for a complex mixing of peoples, languages, and beliefs. The nation’s diversity is both its strength and a challenge as its people attempt to overcome the legacy of decades of war to build a new ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Treasured

    How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century

    de Christina Riggs ...
    A bold new history of the discovery of King Tut and the seismic impact it left on modern society.When it was discovered in 1922, in an Egypt newly independent of the British Empire, the 3,300-year-old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world. The boy-king became a household name overnight and kickstarted an international obsession that continues to this day. From pop culture and ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Why I am not a Christian

    and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

    de Bertrand Russell ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    While its tone is playful and frivolous, this book poses tough questions over the nature of religion and belief.Religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always beset humankind - why are we here, what is the point of being alive, how ought we to behave? Russell snatches that comfort away, leaving us instead with other, more troublesome alternatives: responsibility, ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Popular Culture and Political Identity in the Arab Gulf States

    Edición de Robert Springborg, Alsharekh Alanoud ...
    Series Libro 6 - SOAS Middle East Issues S.
    As the Gulf assumes an ever more important identity in the global political economy, we see the emergence of a new popular and political culture underpinning its increasingly self-confident national identities. This volume explores the new dynamism of the Gulf, reflected not just in high-rise buildings and booming stock markets, but also manifested in the realms of art, ideas and expression, and ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

    de Max Weber ...
    The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a seminal exploration of the relationship between religious beliefs and economic behavior within the framework of Western society. Max Weber examines how Protestant, particularly Calvinist, values contributed to the development of modern capitalism by fostering a spirit of disciplined labor, frugality, and rational organization. Through his ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD

  • The Making of Modern Turkey

    Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950

    de Ugur Ümit Üngör ...
    The eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire used to be a multi-ethnic region where Armenians, Kurds, Syriacs, Turks, and Arabs lived together in the same villages and cities. The disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and rise of the nation state violently altered this situation. Nationalist elites intervened in heterogeneous populations they identified as objects of knowledge, management, and ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • When I Was a Child I Read Books

    Essays

    de Marilynne Robinson ...
    A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA New York Times BestsellerA New York Magazine Best Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the YearPulitzer Prize–Winning Author of GileadMarilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist.... ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD