Oxford University Press

Does God want us to be wealthy? Many people believe that God offers not only eternal joy in the hereafter but also material blessings in the here and now. Other Christians see this "e;prosperity theology,"e; as nothing more than vulgar materialism, incompatible with orthodox Christianity. In  Righteous Riches, Milmon F. Harrison examines...

'The Backwards is my special thing . . . sometimes there are things there that I don't want to see. My head is going woozy. It's about to start . . .' Mikey is not allowed to talk about the Backwards but that doesn't make it go away. It is everywhere he goes. Places tell him their stories, their secrets. But at the bottom...

How do material objects persist through time and survive change? Are they three-dimensional entities extended in space, but not in time, or are they four-dimensional spacetime "e;worms"e;? Yuri Balashov shows how Einstein's theory of relativity supports four-dimensionalism, and in so doing illuminates a wide range of metaphysical issues....

Kevin Passmore looks at the paradoxes of fascism from its origins in the political and social crisis of the late-nineteenth century, through the history of fascist movements and regimes in Italy and Germany, and the fortunes of 'failed' fascist movements in Romania, Hungary, and Spain. He examines how it used and uses propaganda and popular culture...

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For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the world. In the last three decades it has been a leader in innovation and its governing system has been in constant turmoil. This book, by one of Britain's leading political scientists, explains this transformation and traces its consequences....