Georgetown University Press: 313 books
Burma
The State of Myanmar
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2001
Long isolated by rigid military rule, Burma, or Myanmar, is one of the least known, significantly sized states in the world. Possessed of a rich cultural history yet facing a range of challenges to stability and growth, it has struck the imaginations of those concerned not only with geopolitical or trade...
Transnational Actors in War and Peace
Militants, Activists, and Corporations in World Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Transnational Actors in War and Peace provides a comparative examination of a range of transnational actors who have been key to the conduct of war and peace promotion, and of how they interact with states and each other. It explores the identities, organization, strategies and influence of transnational...
Where Is Knowing Going?
The Horizons of the Knowing Subject
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
Catholic institutions of higher learning are at a crossroads: How can they remain true to their roots while recognizing that many of their administrations, faculties, and student bodies have little connection with the tradition? How can these institutions remain competitive while maintaining a relationship...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, is spoken by more than half a billion people around the world and is of increasing importance in today’s political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from...
Teaching and Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language
A Guide for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
This guide clearly and succinctly presents the basic tenets of teaching foreign languages specifically for Arabic teachers. Consolidating findings from second language acquisition (SLA) research and applied linguistics, it covers designing curricula, theory and methods, goals, testing, and research,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
As the NATO Alliance enters its seventh decade, it finds itself involved in an array of military missions ranging from Afghanistan to Kosovo to Sudan. It also stands at the center of a host of regional and global partnerships. Yet, NATO has still to articulate a grand strategic vision designed to determine...
Meeting China Halfway
How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Though a US China conflict is far from inevitable, major tensions are building in the Asia-Pacific region. These strains are the result of historical enmity, cultural divergence, and deep ideological estrangement, not to mention apprehensions fueled by geopolitical competition and the closely related...
The Future of Ethics
Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
The Future of Ethics interprets the big questions of sustainability and social justice through the practical problems arising from humanity’s increasing power over basic systems of life. What does climate change mean for our obligations to future generations? How can the sciences work with pluralist...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2002
In this comprehensive anthology, twenty-seven outstanding scholars from North America and Europe address every major aspect of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of morality and comment on his remarkable legacy. While there has been a revival of interest in recent years in the ethics of St. Thomas, no single...
by James T. Bretzke
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
The Handbook of Roman Catholic Moral Terms contains more than 800 moral terms, offering concise definitions, historical context, and illustrations of how these terms are used in the Catholic tradition, including Church teaching and documents.James T. Bretzke, SJ, places Catholic tradition in a contemporary...
Aquinas on the Emotions
A Religious-Ethical Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
All of us want to be happy and live well. Sometimes intense emotions affect our happiness—and, in turn, our moral lives. Our emotions can have a significant impact on our perceptions of reality, the choices we make, and the ways in which we interact with others. Can we, as moral agents, have an effect...
Theological Bioethics
Participation, Justice, and Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2005
The field of bioethics was deeply influenced by religious thinkers as it emerged in the 1960s and early 1970s. Since that time, however, a seemingly neutral political liberalism has pervaded the public sphere, resulting in a deep suspicion of those bringing religious values to bear on questions of bioethics...
The Vice of Luxury
Economic Excess in a Consumer Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Luxury. The word alone conjures up visions of attractive, desirable lifestyle choices, yet luxury also faces criticism as a moral vice harmful to both the self and society. Engaging ideas from business, marketing, and economics, The Vice of Luxury takes on the challenging task of naming how much is too...
by Grace Y. Kao
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
In 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which declared that every human being, without “distinction of any kind,” possesses a set of morally authoritative rights and fundamental freedoms that ought to be socially guaranteed. Since that...