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Brian Cummings examines the place of literature in the Reformation, considering how arguments about biblical meaning and literary interpretation influenced the new theology, and how developments in theology in turn influenced literary practices. Bringing together genres and styles of writing which are normally kept apart (poems, sermons, treatises,...

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Engaging Iris MurdochA Philosophy to Live By highlights Murdoch's distinctive conception of philosophy        as a spiritual or existential practice and enlists the resources of her thought to        explore a wide range of thinkers and debates at the intersections of moral        philosophy, religion, art, and politics....

Nationally recognized experts provide an interdisciplinary overview about sex offenders. It covers the problem of identification, risk assessment, treatment and legal solutions. It seeks to ensure public safety while maintaining medical integrity and respect for due process....

How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World WarsNicholas Rankin offers a lively and comprehensive history of how Britain bluffed,        tricked, and spied its way to victory in two world wars. As Rankin shows, a coherent        program of strategic deception emerged in World War I, resting on the pillars of        camouflage, propaganda, secret...

Hensel examines how Yup'ik Eskimos and non-Natives use talk about hunting, fishing, and processing to construct and maintain gender and ethnic identities. The focus is on the enactment of ethnicity through discourse, rather than on ethnicity as an ascriptive category. Although ethnicity is constructed in either/or categories, the discourse of these...