Oxford University Press

Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with        advancing and incurable disease. For example, cancer, chronic cardiac and pulmonary        disease, progressive neuromuscular disorders and degenerative disorders all give        rise to varying degrees of respiratory distress which adversely affects...

Augustine's Early Figurative ExegesisIn Christ Meets Me Everywhere, Michael Cameron argues that Augustine wanted to        train readers of Scripture to transpose themselves into the texts in the same way he        did, by the same process of figuration that he found at its core. Tracking        Augustine's developing practice of self-transposition...

Undergraduate economics students begin and end their study of economics with the        simple claim that economics is value free. Only in a policy role will values and        beliefs enter into economic work; there can be little meaningful dialogue by        economists about such personal views and opinions. This view, now well over...

Through contemporary voices,  Documenting American Violence tracks the changes in the nature of American violence. This anthology looks at violence as an integral part of American history and includes excerpts from a wide range of primary sources, including court records. newspaper accounts, and political documents. Topics include violence and the...

In the ongoing clash between scientists and fundamentalists, many people of faith feel that they are forced to choose between evolution and the Bible's story of creation. But as William Brown asks in this stimulating volume, which biblical creation story are we talking about? Indeed, Brown identifies seven different biblical perspectives on...

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