Oxford University Press

The Coming of Global ChristianityIn this new and substantially expanded Third Edition, Philip Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing upon the extensive new scholarship that has appeared on this topic in recent years, he asks how the new Christianity...

A Very Short IntroductionThe complex world of Egyptian myth is clearly illuminated in this fascinating new approach to ancient Egypt. Geraldine Pinch explores the cultural and historical background behind a wide variety of sources and objects, from Cleopatra's Needle and Tutankhamun's golden statue, to a story on papyrus of the gods misbehaving....

On October 24, 1929, America met the greatest economic devastation it had ever        known. In this first installment of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear,        Kennedy tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of that        unprecedented calamity.Kennedy vividly demonstrates that the economic crisis of...

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Statues were everywhere in the Roman world. They served as objects of cult, honours to emperors and noblemen, and memorials to the dead. Taking an unprecedentedly broad overview of this remarkable phenomenon,    Statues in Roman Society explains the impact which all kinds of statuary had on the ancient population....

Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with        a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural        resources. But Russia's territory has a harsh climate, is cut off from most maritime        contact with the outside world, and has open and vulnerable land frontiers. It...