Oxford University Press

This book articulates a theory of Catholic tradition that departs from previous understandings. Drawing on the medieval concept of the four-fold sense of scripture, John Thiel proposes four interpretive senses of tradition. He also offers a theory of doctrinal development that reconciles Catholic belief in apostolic authority and continuity of...

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the distinguishing features of Chinese families....

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Jesse Prinz presents a bravura argument for highly controversial claims about        morality, which go to the heart of our understanding of ourselves. He argues that        moral values are based on emotional responses, and that these are inculcated by        culture, not hard-wired through natural selection. These two claims support a...

A keen critic of culture in modern Indonesia, Andrew N. Weintraub shows how a genre of Indonesian music called dangdut evolved from a debased form of urban popular music to a prominent role in Indonesian cultural politics and the commercial music industry.  Dangdut Stories is a social and musical history of dangdut within a range of broader...