Oxford University Press

Was Plato a Pythagorean? Plato's students and earliest critics thought so, but later scholars have been more skeptical. Plato and Pythagoreanism reconsiders this question by arguing that a specific type of Pythagorean philosophy, called "e;mathematical"e; Pythagoreanism, played a profound role in Plato's philosophy....

This book is an analysis of Karl Barth's understanding of the relationship between theology and philosophy. Kenneth Oakes shows the complexity and variability of Barth's thoughts on theology and philosophy and challenges the typical views that Barth was either too hostile towards philosophy or too indebted to it....

The Making of Turkish Alevi IslamMarkus Dressler tells the story of how a number of marginalized socioreligious communities, traditionally and derogatorily referred to as Kizilbas (''Redhead''), captured the attention of the late Ottoman and early Republican Turkish nationalists and were gradually integrated into the newly...

Wagner, the Arts, and Utopian Visions in Fin-de-Siecle ViennaA Kingdom Not of This World uncovers a forgotten utopian discourse--largely inspired by and critically responding to the works of Richard Wagner--that had significant influence upon the visual arts and music of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Author Kevin Karnes considers music by Mahler,...

In A Tale of Seven Elements, Eric Scerri presents the fascinating history of those seven elements discovered to be mysteriously "e;missing"e; from the periodic table in 1913....

The Religious World of the Latter-Day SaintsWhat is it like to be a Mormon in America today? Melvyn Hammarberg attempts to answer this question in The Mormon Quest for Glory by offering an ethnography of contemporary Mormons....