America's Rome: Catholic and contemporary Rome
America's Rome: Catholic and contemporary Rome

Author: William L. Vance

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9780300044539

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"This remarkable book examines the impact of Rome on American artists and writers from the earliest days of the new republic to the present. In volume I: Classical Rome Vance shows, for example, how the Forum and the Colosseum inspired American thoughts of ideal republics and how the Pantheon presented a pagan challenge to American ideas of divinity, beauty, and sexuality. In volume II: Catholic and Contemporary Rome, Vance begins by examining the three foremost Roman Catholic symbols: the bambino, the madonna, and the pope. In the section on contemporary Rome, he addresses American attitudes toward Rome's earliest attempts at democratization, toward its aristocratic social structures, and toward the political changes that occurred after World War II"--Publisher's website, viewed August 23, 2018.

The Cross of Christ in African American Christian Religious Experience
The Cross of Christ in African American Christian Religious Experience

Author: Demetrius K. Williams

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2023-10-03

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1793640491

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In The Cross of Christ in African American Christian Religious Experience: Piety, Politics, and Protest Demetrius K. Williams examines and explores the ideational importance and rhetorical function of cross language and terminology in the spirituals, conversion narratives, and Black preaching tradition through an ideological lens.

Numismatic Archaeology of North America
Numismatic Archaeology of North America

Author: Marjorie H. Akin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-05

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1315521326

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Numismatic Archaeology of North America is the first book to provide an archaeological overview of the coins and tokens found in a wide range of North American archaeological sites. It begins with a comprehensive and well-illustrated review of the various coins and tokens that circulated in North America with descriptions of the uses for, and human behavior associated with, each type. The book contains practical sections on standardized nomenclature, photographing, cleaning, and curating coins, and discusses the impacts of looting and of working with collectors. This is an important tool for archaeologists working with coins. For numismatists and collectors, it explains the importance of archaeological context for complete analysis.