Oxford University Press Usa: 518 books
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture:The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament
The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1993
Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian "heresy" and "orthodoxy" affected the...
To the Ends of the Earth: Pentecostalism and the Transformation of World Christianity
Pentecostalism and the Transformation of World Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
No branch of Christianity has grown more rapidly than Pentecostalism, especially in the southern hemisphere. There are over 100 million Pentecostals in Africa. In Latin America, Pentecostalism now vies with Catholicism for the soul of the continent, and some of the largest pentecostal congregations...
Hanuman's Tale:The Messages of a Divine Monkey
The Messages of a Divine Monkey
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2006
Hanuman, the devoted monkey helper of Rama and Sita, has long been recognized as a popular character in India's ancient Ramayana epic. But more recently he has also become one of the most beloved and worshiped gods in the Hindu pantheon - enshrined in majestic new temples, but equally present in poster...
by Tariq Ramadan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
One of the most important developments in the modern history of the Middle East, the so-called Arab Spring began in Tunisia in December 2010, bringing down dictators, sparking a civil war in Libya, and igniting a bloody uprising in Syria. Its long-term repercussions in Egypt and elsewhere remain unclear....
Hidden Children of the Holocaust:Belgian Nuns and their Daring Rescue of Young Jews from the Nazis
Belgian Nuns and their Daring Rescue of Young Jews from the Nazis
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
In the terrifying summer of 1942 in Belgium, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe haven for their children. As Suzanne Vromen reveals in Hidden Children of the Holocaust, these children found sanctuary with other families and schools--but...
Cleopatra:A Biography
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous--yet more poorly understood--than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the preservation of her dynasty and...
Sudan, South Sudan, and Darfur:What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
For thirty years Sudan has been a country in crisis, wracked by near-constant warfare between the north and the south. But on July 9, 2011, South Sudan became an independent nation. As Sudan once again finds itself the focus of international attention, former special envoy to Sudan and director of...
Flawed Advice and the Management Trap:How Managers Can Know When They're Getting Good Advice and When They're Not
How Managers Can Know When They're Getting Good Advice and When They're Not
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 1999
Flawed Advice and the Management Trap: How Managers Can Know When They're Getting Good Advice and When They're Not is the first book to show how and why so much of today's business advice is flawed, and how managers and executives can better evaluate advice given to their firms Practitioners and scholars...
China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The need to understand China has never been more pressing. Within one generation, the global giant has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse; yet conflicting impressions of the country and its leaders abound. In the fully revised and updated second...
The Third Globalization: Can Wealthy Nations Stay Rich in the Twenty-First Century?
Can Wealthy Nations Stay Rich in the Twenty-First Century?
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Given the powerfully negative and ongoing impact of the Great Recession on western economies, the question of whether historically wealthy nations--the US, Western European countries, Japan--can stay wealthy has become an overriding concern for virtually every interested observer. Can their middle...
by Stanley Fish
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2008
What should be the role of our institutions of higher education? To promote good moral character? To bring an end to racism, sexism, economic oppression, and other social ills? To foster diversity and democracy and produce responsible citizens? In Save the World On Your Own Time, Stanley Fish argues...
Crisis of Conservatism?:The Republican Party, the Conservative Movement, and American Politics After Bush
The Republican Party, the Conservative Movement, and American Politics After Bush
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Crisis of Conservatism? assesses the status of American conservatism--its politics, its allies in the Republican Party, and the struggle for the soul of the conservative movement. This struggle became especially acute with the controversial policies of the Bush administration and Republican losses...
The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle:A History and Analysis of Con Artists and Victims
A History and Analysis of Con Artists and Victims
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Charles Ponzi perpetrated his infamous scheme almost a hundred years ago. But his method of using new investments to pay existing investors and finance a highflying lifestyle is alive and well: just as much money is lost in the United States today from Ponzi schemes as from shoplifting. Somehow, con...
Planet Taco:A Global History of Mexican Food
A Global History of Mexican Food
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco shells everywhere from Alaska to Australia, Morocco to Mongolia. But how did this tasty hand-held food--and Mexican food more broadly--become so ubiquitous?In...