“…This book offers an accessible and engaging review of the history of Christianity in Latin America with a widely ecumenical focus to foster understanding of the various forces shaping both Christianity and the region…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Soloveitchik's Perspective on Gender / The Tendency of Stories and the Ethics of Life's Endings / Thoughts on Forgiveness in Psychoanalysis and Judaism / CULTURE -- Ethnicity, Religion, and Spirituality in Postwar Jewish America / Complicating a Jewish Modernity: The Jewish Theological Seminary, Columbia University, and the Rise of a Jewish Counterculture in 1968 / Reform Rabbis, Betty Friedan, and the Uses of "Tradition" / On Memento: Remaking Memory from the Outside In / At the Centenary of Agnon's "Ve-hayah he'akov le-mishor": A New Reading…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…HISTORIA DE LA IGLESIA EN AMÉRICA LATINA -- A) HISTORIA MUNDIAL E HISTORIA DE LA SALVACIÓN -- B) HISTORIA DE LAS RELIGIONES -- C) HISTORIA DE LA IGLESIA EUROPEA -- D) HISTORIA DE LA IGLESIA EN AMÉRICA LATINA -- 1) RELATOS DE HISTORIA DE LA IGLESIA -- 2) LOS «FUNDADORES» DE LA HISTORIA DE LA IGLESIA POR PAÍSES -- 3) LA HISTORIA DE LA IGLESIA EN AMÉRICA LATINA -- II. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 18 Public Adventures of a Private State within the State -- 19 The Opium Regime of the Dutch (Colonial State), 1850-1950 -- 20 Profits -- 21 Reflections -- 22 Opium in and for La Douce France -- 23 The French Colonial Scene in Southeast Asia -- 24 The Southeast Asian Context -- 25 The Role of the Chinese in Southeast Asia -- 26 Reflections -- 27 Japan -- 28 United States of America -- 29 A Reflection -- 30 Blaming the Chinese Victims -- 31 The West and its Opium Import in China -- 32 Opium Production and Consumption in China -- 33 A Reflection -- PART SEVEN. …”

“…The volume takes a comparative approach, with individual essays examining governance in British, Portuguese, French, Dutch and Native America. As a whole, these essays present the argument that coercive imperial authority has been vastly overrated in previous scholarship due to factors like distance, the primacy of trade over politics, and the refusal of "colonized" peoples to recognize European authority.While some of the essays look at the relationships between imperial centers and colonial peripheries, others examine interactions and experiences of people at the peripheries of their respective empires, including Native Americans, African Americans and Euroamericans. …”
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“…'Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean' introduces new methods for measuring inequality of opportunities and makes an assessment of its evolution in Latin America over a decade. An innovative Human Opportunity Index and other parametric and non-parametric techniques are presented for quantifying inequality based on circumstances exogenous to individual efforts. …”

“…Brands, a sweeping chronicle of how a few wealthy businessmen reshaped America from a land of small farmers and small businessmen into an industrial giant…”

“…Provincialising Nature: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Politics of the Environment in Latin America offers a timely analysis of some of the crucial challenges, contradictions and promises within current environmental discourses and practices in the region. …”

“…Under the baseline, the global PoU is projected to fall from 11% to 8% over ten years, with Latin America as a whole dipping under the 5% threshold at which the FAO considers hunger to be effectively eradicated. …”

“…This collection brings together newly commissioned and cutting-edge essays on oral text and tradition ranging from the ancient and medieval world to the present day by an international group of leading oral theorists drawn from Europe and North America. Using a range of materials including the Bible, Greek epic, Beowulf, Old Norse, and Old English riddles, and medieval music, the contributors collectively work to refine, challenge, and further advance contemporary Oral Theory, an interdisciplinary school of thought heavily influenced by John Miles Foley, whose work provides the jumping-off point for this volume. …”

“…The solution is vigorous anti-trust enforcement to return America to a period where competition created higher economic growth, more jobs, higher wages and a level playing field for all. …”

“…"El propósito de esta obra es dar a conocer a un público amplio uno de los fenómenos de mayor trascendencia y vergüenza para la humanidad como fue la esclavización de más de doce millones y medio de africanos que fueron trasladados a América, obligados a trabajar y vivir como esclavos. Muchos países participaron en la trata de esclavos en distintos momentos y con diferente intensidad (Gran Bretaña, Portugal, Francia, España, Dinamarca, Países Bajos, Alemania, Estados Unidos...)." …”

“…Included are columns arguing that campaign contributions have not corrupted politics, that the 'service economy' is not turning America into a nation of hamburger flippers, and that the Internet isn't the most important invention since the printing press" -- back cover…”

“…El niño protagonista, invitado por el Viento, en un mágico vuelo por América, llega a diez comunidades de su pasado indígena en busca del Niño Nuevo…”

“…Understanding the dynamics through which social cohesion is built in Latin America supposes a reversal of perspective in the face of the dominant trend that emphasizes the social problems afflicting the continent. …”

“…There was great excitement in bringing ICPE back to North America after a while and great anticipation for productive interactions between the participants of ICPE and members of the various SPEC working groups. …”

“…Desde esta perspectiva se observa una nueva etapa en la historia de la vida consagrada en la Iglesia, con reflejos muy concretos en las comunidades cristianas de América Latina. A los cristianos no particularmente activos o motivados las nuevas comunidades les recuerdan «la alegría del Evangelio», que es «una alegría misionera». …”

“…The most valuable product these celebrities sell, according to Cashmore, is a particular conception of America: as a nation where racism has been - if not banished - rendered insignificant. …”

“…Linked to the individual drivers, ten short empirical case studies from across Europe and North America provide a systematic analysis of research, policy and practice conducted under urban sustainability agendas in cities such as Barcelona, Glasgow, Athens, Boston and Montréal, and show how social and environmental justice is, or is not, being taken into account. …”