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Author: Jennifer L. Durham
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2000-08-03
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfiles the lives and accomplishments of over 400 individuals whose contributions to literature, art, film, dance, music, and theater helped shape international twentieth-century culture.
Author: James P. Wind
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998-09
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780226901893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContinuing this two-part series on American religion, Volume 2 addresses three questions: Where is the congregation located on the broader map of American cultural and religious life? What are congregations' distinctive roles in American culture? And, what patterns of leadership characterize congregations in America?
Author: Dave Tell
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2012-09-25
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 0271060255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConfessional Crises and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America revolutionizes how we think about confession and its ubiquitous place in American culture. It argues that the sheer act of labeling a text a confession has become one of the most powerful, and most overlooked, forms of intervening in American cultural politics. In the twentieth century alone, the genre of confession has profoundly shaped (and been shaped by) six of America’s most intractable cultural issues: sexuality, class, race, violence, religion, and democracy.
Author: John P. McKay
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011-10-05
Total Pages: 730
ISBN-13: 0312666934
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA History of World Societies introduces students to the global past through social history and the stories and voices of the people who lived it. Now published by Bedford/St. Martin's, and informed by the latest scholarship, the book has been thoroughly revised with students in mind to meet the needs of the evolving course. Proven to work in the classroom, the book’s regional and comparative approach helps students understand the connections of global history while providing a manageable organization. With more global connections and comparisons, more documents, special features and activities that teach historical analysis, and an entirely new look, the ninth edition is the most teachable and accessible edition yet. Test drive a chapter today. Find out how.
Author: Raymond W. Barber
Publisher: H. W. Wilson
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 1496
ISBN-13: 9780824210861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeatures annotations for more than 6,200 works in the main volume (2007), and more than 2,400 new titles in three annual supplements published 2008 through 2010. New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam, the Middle East, cultural diversity, and other contemporary topics keeps your library's collection as current as today's headlines.
Author: Aran MacKinnon
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-03-09
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0429972946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2018. Using a place-based approach by focusing on specific locations at critical historical moments of historical transformation, "Places of Encounter" provides a unique alternative to world history anthologies or survey texts.Students will experience the narrative of historic individuals as well as modern scholars looking back over documentation to offer their own views of the past, providing students with the perfect opportunity to see how scholars form their own views about history.This text can be purchased as two volumes, providing a breadth of information for survey courses in world history.
Author: Martin Gilbert
Publisher: Rosetta Books
Published: 2014-06-05
Total Pages: 723
ISBN-13: 0795337329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA chronological compilation of twentieth-century world events in one volume—from the acclaimed historian and biographer of Winston S. Churchill. The twentieth century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity’s most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert’s masterful examination of the century’s history, offering the highlights of a three-volume work that covers more than three thousand pages. From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal across the globe, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.
Author: Michael Jerryson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2020-07-15
Total Pages: 630
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough sections containing overview essays and reference entries related to particular religions, this resource explores the rise of religious violence, hate crime, and persecution around the world. Religious violence and persecution have been growing steadily both within the United States and around the world. Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of scholars, this current and comprehensive reference helps readers understand the persecution of members of particular faiths as well as violence committed by members of those faiths. In doing so, it promotes a greater understanding of the role of religion in global politics, domestic and international terrorism, and religious bigotry. The book contains sections on particular religious traditions from around the world. Each section begins with an overview essay surveying violence related to that particular religion, whether committed by or against members of that faith. Reference entries in each section then provide objective, fundamental information about particular topics related to violence and the religion discussed. The entries provide cross-references and suggestions for further reading, and the work closes with a bibliography of resources for further study.
Author: Anthony B. Pinn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-09-10
Total Pages: 785
ISBN-13: 1576075125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis encyclopedia offers the most comprehensive presentation available on the diversity and richness of religious practices among African Americans, from traditions predating the era of the transatlantic slave trade to contemporary religious movements. Like no previous reference, African American Religious Cultures captures the full scope of African American religious identity, tracing the long history of African American engagement with spiritual practice while exploring the origins and complexities of current religious traditions. This breakthrough encyclopedia offers alphabetically organized entries on every major spiritual belief system as it has evolved among African American communities, covering its beginnings, development, major doctrinal points, rituals, important figures, and defining moments. In addition, the work illustrates how the social and economic realities of life for African Americans have shaped beliefs across the spectrum of religious cultures.
Author: Robert M. Buffington
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-24
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0429973209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe tenth edition of Keen's Latin American Civilization inaugurates a new era in the history of this classic anthology by dividing it into two volumes. This second volume retains most of the modern period sources from the ninth edition but with some significant additions including a new set of images and a wide range of new sources that reflect the latest events and trends in contemporary Latin America. The 75 excerpts in volume two provide foundational and often riveting first-hand accounts of life in modern Latin America. Concise introductions for chapters and excerpts provide essential context for understanding the primary sources.
