Oxford University Press

Many scholars and church leaders believe that music and worship style are        essential in stimulating diversity in congregations. Gerardo Marti draws on        interviews with more than 170 congregational leaders and parishioners, as well as        his experiences participating in worship services in a wide variety of...

An interdisciplinary reassessment of Milton's poetry in light of the literary and conceptual problem posed by the poet's attempt to put into words that which is unsayable and beyond representation. Situates Milton's emerging poetics of ineffability in the context of the intellectual cross-currents of Renaissance humanism and Protestant theology....

Holy War in Judaism is the first book to consider how the concept of ''holy war''        disappeared from Jewish thought for almost 2000 years, only to reemerge with renewed        vigor in modern times. Holy war, sanctioned or even commanded by God, is a common        and recurring theme in the Hebrew Bible, but Rabbinic Judaism largely...

Quarrelsome and quirky, a disheveled recluse who ate little, slept less, and yet had an iron constitution, Isaac Newton rose from a virtually illiterate family to become one of the towering intellects of science. Now, in this fast-paced, colorful biography, Gale E. Christianson paints an engaging portrait of Newton and the times in which he lived....

Helping Emerging Adults Manage Stress and Lead Healthier LivesMindfulness for the Next Generation: Helping Emerging Adults Manage Stress and        Lead Healthier Lives is an instructor's text offering a four-session        mindfulness-based program aimed at helping emerging adults manage their stress and        navigate the developmental tasks of...

Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable CityPhoenix, Arizona is at once one of America's fastest growing cities and its least        sustainable one. A sprawling megalopolis of more than five million souls, it is        parched-the result of minimal rainfall and scorching heat. Yet historically, its        population has been hostile to both...