Oxford University Press

Theories, Concepts, and FindingsDespite the swift spread of social network concepts and their applications and the rising use of network analysis in social science, there is no book that provides a thorough general introduction for the serious reader. Understanding Social Networks fills that gap by explaining the big ideas that underlie the social...

Between Medieval Men is a radical new study of same-sex relations (both erotic and non-erotic) in the Anglo-Saxon period. David Clark's nuanced approach to gender and sexuality seeks to step outside modern cultural assumptions in order to explore the diversity and complexity that he shows to be characteristic of the period....

Pentecostalism and the Transformation of World ChristianityIn To the Ends of the Earth, Allan Anderson offers a historical and theological examination of the growth of global Pentecostalism. Examining such issues as revivalism, healing, gender, worship, and globalization, Anderson seeks to show how the growth of global Pentecostalism is changing...

The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and        heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea        Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of attitudes towards sex and celebrity        in Georgian Britain, and explores questions about the meaning of marriage...

Jaegwon Kim presents a selection of his essays from the last two decades, on a set of related topics for which he has played a leading role in shaping philosophical debate, such as emergence, explanation, reduction, and mental causation. The volume will be compelling reading for anyone interested in philosophical work on mind, action, and science....

What Everyone Needs to KnowOriginally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the...