This book presents a combination of Christian faith and scientific knowledge as an answer to human suffering. Addressing individual and collective pain, it offers therapeutic models and deepens understanding of the value of spiritual insight in therapy.
Discover Joseph Wright of Derby in the context of his life and times. This book reveals fresh information—from the flute music he played to the ‘graveyard’ poetry he read—and argues he is the author of ‘The Final Farewell’. For all admirers of this famously retiring artist.
This volume examines how trauma alters women’s identities, from individual experiences to national political abuses. The book shows that language has a transformative power for healing, as women use autobiography and memoir to free themselves and reinvent the form.
Forging the first nation-state, ancient Egypt became a great power at the dawn of international politics. Discover how this civilization functioned and explore its enduring legacy—from the birth of warfare, art, and science to the very foundations of our world.
Access new and exclusive research on Ancient Egypt, the Near East, the Classical World, and the Reception of Antiquity. Spanning fields from archaeology to art, this book offers insights into the most current investigations in modern academia.
The Covid-19 pandemic exposed irrational behaviours like those described as diabolical possessions. This book presents the first edition of the Xiropotamou manuscript 98, an ancient exorcistic prayer, with a biblical study and an overview of the Rite of Exorcism in Byzantium.
Rock Art of the Qsur and ‘Amour Mountains, Algeria
Artists leave some of their bodies in their art. This book studies the embodied intentionality in the works of artists from Algeria’s Qsur and ‘Amour mountains, revealing the sensations and emotions they inscribed into immersive installations and intricate labyrinthine forms.
This book explores presidential inaugurations from Washington to Biden, offering a summary of each ceremony and an analysis of each speech. While many are forgotten, others by Lincoln, JFK, and Reagan are rhetorical masterpieces providing snapshots of American ideals.
America in Crisis
America is in crisis. A changing climate, financial instability, and political turmoil threaten our future. Using the new science of cliodynamics, this book explains how rising inequality causes such crises and reveals how we can build a stronger, more prosperous America.
This book focuses on policies to transform the world into a better place. Drawing from diverse disciplines, it showcases case studies of Jesuit education that provide for a sustainable future through compassion and cooperation in non-technical, accessible chapters.
This book tackles gender injustice in religion. It explores how Buddhist feminists meditate to empty the gender ego—a skill applicable in Christian theology. For women’s spiritual liberation and happiness, inner training and external social action must go together.
Discourses and Practices of Othering
This book investigates how ‘others’ are manufactured and anchored in collective memory. Through analysis of film, news, and social media, it sheds light on the institutional, political, and social forces that form and transform the discourses and practices of othering.
Responsible Reproductive Choice in the 21st Century
With reproductive rights under threat, this vital book examines pregnancy termination from historical, social, and legal angles. It builds a justified and balanced argument for choice, grounded in a compelling ethics of responsibility.
Precision Agriculture and Food Production
The world faces a dilemma of food scarcity and abundance, with massive waste. A cocoa farmer in Africa earns less than $1 a day, yet rich countries have easy access to food. This book studies the food system, from corporate models to the role of science and technology.
This book explores history through a multi-paradigmatic approach, applying four diverse worldviews to key historical concepts and events. It shows how understanding different paradigms leads to a more comprehensive and balanced understanding of our multi-faceted past.
This book rejects the idea of childhood as an unambiguous monolith. It explores the constantly evolving term’s literary, artistic, and cultural representations, offering critical approaches to its treatment with all its complexities in art and literature.
Open Innovation Dynamics
This book expands open innovation from a static strategic idea to a dynamic principle. It explores underexplored aspects of the concept, including culture, collective intelligence, and its connection to the micro- and macro-dynamics of economics.
Italian Canadian Heritage
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and cultural relations between Italy and Canada since the mid-20th century. It focuses on Italian-Canadian migratory flows, integration, work, and the promotion of a unique cultural heritage.
This book explores the relationship between Ruskin and Turner through their mutual fascination with water, focusing on The Harbours of England. It reveals how water became a multifaceted symbol of tradition, progress, and nationalism in the nineteenth century.
How can we live philosophically? Drawing on Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Plato, these essays probe life’s great questions through aesthetics, poetry, and existentialism. This challenging, interdisciplinary guide explores ethics, meaning, and philosophy as a way of life.