Oxford University Press

The first major study in English of the Jovinianist controversy. David G. Hunter examines early Christian views on marriage and celibacy and the development of an anti-heretical tradition. Hunter sheds new light on the origins of Christian asceticism, and the formation of 'orthodoxy' and 'heresy' in early Christianity....

Confederate Emancipation offers an engaging and illuminating account of a fascinating and politically charged idea, setting it firmly and vividly in the context of the Civil War and the part played in it by the issue of slavery and the actions of the slaves themselves....

A Very Short IntroductionThis Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the very latest fossil finds. Bernard Wood shows how evidence from both fossils and the Human Genome Project can explain where modern-day humans fit into the Tree of Life....

Rise of HeroesSurfing the net during a lightning storm has amazing consequences for a group of teenage friends....

Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War SouthWhether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish        families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, or wives and mothers left behind to        care for slaves and children, the Civil War took a terrible toll. From the bustling        sidewalks of Richmond to the parched...

Bloomfield presents a clear and accessible argument in favour of moral realism- the theory that moral values exist independently. Bloomfield develops an ontology for morality that models the property of being morally good on the property of being physically healthy....