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Theological Horizons in Martin Heidegger's Early WorkHeidegger's Eschatology is a ground-breaking account of Heidegger's early engagement with theology, from his beginnings as an anti-Modernist Catholic to his turn towards an undogmatic Protestantism and finally to a resolutely a-theistic philosophical method....

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....

Origins of a Political SocietyDrawing on archaeological and ethnohistorical sources, this book redefines the study of primary states -- "e;cradles of civilization"e; from which all modern nation states ultimately derive -- by arguing for the inclusion of Polynesia, which witnessed the development of primary states in both Hawai'i and...

Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905-1948A study of Palestine in the early twentieth century that takes a step back from the intricacies of the Arab-Zionist conflict, focusing instead on the country's position within the broader history of empire and anti-colonial resistance....

Agriculture and Environment on Russia's Grasslands, 1700-1914This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. David Moon focuses on the settlement of migrants from central Russia, Ukraine, and central Europe, and analyses how naturalists and scientists came to understand the steppe environment, including the origins of the...

A Theory of Ontology, Interaction, and InfrastructureThis books offers a naturalistic and critical theory of signs, minds, and meaning-in-the-world....