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Hermann Cohen and the Indirect Communication of ReligionWeiss examines the style and method of Hermann Cohen's magnum opus, Religion of        Reason out of the Sources of Judaism. Through philosophical and scriptural analyses,        Weiss argues for a new reading of this long-misunderstood book, demonstrating        Cohen's continuing...

Accurate monitoring and prediction of agricultural droughts helps manage them, minimize losses attributed to them, and mitigate their extreme forms, which some countries face even today. This book presents the basic concepts of agricultual drought, various remote sensing techniques used to monitor them, and efforts by international organizations to...

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The essays collected here provide brief and accessible introductions to the major world religions in their global contexts. The volume begins with an introduction to the globalisation of religion by Mark Juergensmeyer, and is followed by individual essays on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and local religious societies. The book...

Gender and Modernism in Classic Hollywood Film ScoresSeeing Through Music levels the critical playing-field between film-music and        "e;serious music,"e; reflecting upon gender-related ideas about music and modernism as        much as about film. It proposes a history of twentieth-century music that would        include the scores of a...

Deans, directors, faculty, research administrators, and doctoral students will find this book a valuable step-by-step guide for fostering a research climate and increasing the likelihood of developing successful research initiatives....