J Landes: 3 books
London Quakers in the Trans-Atlantic World
The Creation of an Early Modern Community
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This book explores the Society of Friend's Atlantic presence through its creation and use of networks, including intellectual and theological exchange, and through the movement of people. It focuses on the establishment of trans-Atlantic Quaker networks and the crucial role London played in the creation of a Quaker community in the North Atlantic.
May God Remember
Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
An engaging and sobering look at memorializing in Judaism and why memory—ours and God's—is so central to people.
Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, over thirty contributors—men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations—examine...
Wenn das Erbe in die Wolke kommt
Digitalisierung und kulturelles Erbe
Language: German
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Der von der Abteilung Volkskunde des LVR-Instituts für Landeskunde (LVR-ILR) verantwortete Sammelband fasst die Ergebnisse der Jahrestagung 2014 der Abteilung und des DFG-Projektes „Digitales Portal Alltagskulturen im Rheinland" zusammen. „Wenn das Erbe in die Wolke kommt" - hinter dem Titel versteckt...