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Scottish Puritanism, 1590-1638, is a portrait of Protestantism in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Puritanism produced a community of like-minded ministers and lay people, bound together in a similar experience of conversion and Christian pilgrimage. The book also addresses the relationship between this religion and the political...

What is the role of government in protecting animal welfare? What principles        should policy makers draw on as they try to balance animal welfare against human        liberty?Much has been written in recent years on our moral duties towards animals,        but scholars and activists alike have neglected the important question of how...

This is a collection of essays drawn from Schwartz's previously published work in which he explores how each successive phase of Jewish literature has drawn upon and reimagined the previous ones. Arguing that there is a continuity in Jewish literature which extends from the biblical era to our own times, this collection serves as a useful guide to...

In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men....

This systematic and comprehensive analysis of the interpretation of treaties in investment arbitration presents a wealth of material and a thorough assessment of the practice of foreign investment arbitral tribunals....

Self-Consciousness and Personal Identity from Descartes to HumeUdo Thiel presents a critical evaluation of the understanding of        self-consciousness and personal identity in early modern philosophy. He explores        over a century of European philosophical debate from Descartes to Hume, and argues        that our interest in human...