Oxford University Press

Human beings are both supremely rational and deeply superstitious, capable of believing just about anything and of questioning just about everything. Indeed, just as our reason demands that we know the truth, our skepticism leads to doubts we can ever really do so. Reflecting upon the ancient Greek skeptics as well as such thinkers as Hume, Kant,...

Buddhism is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition which is now followed by around 115 million people. In this introduction, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism existing in the world today. From the narrative of the story of the Buddha,...

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This fully updated second edition of the work previously know as The Handbook of        Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts sets out an international 'manual' of        humanitarian law in armed conflicts accompanied by case analysis and extensive        explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned        experts....

This program deals with behavioural problems in pre-adolescent children, concentrating on children who are beginning to show signs of severe aggression amd social dysfunction at school....

This book is a major intellectual biography of perhaps the most influential theologian of the twentieth century, Karl Barth. The author focuses on the formative years of Barth's theological activity, discussing the social, political, philosophical, and theological influences which helped shape his theology, and offering a new paradigm for...