“…Their collision of worlds helped connect East and West, launching a tempestuous period of globalisation spanning from the Chinese opium trade to the slave trade in the Americas.Drawing on rich, original sources, Lubaaba Al-Azami traces the origins of a relationship between two nations - one outsider and one superpower - whose cultures remain inextricably linked to this day" -- Contracubierta…”

“…"An incisive, authoritative account of the West’s failures in Afghanistan, from 9/11 to the fall of Kabul In 1958, Richard Nixon described Afghanistan as “unconquerable.” …”

“…Following a survey of the biblical and classical background, it offers a detailed exploration of the theme of wisdom in patristic, byzantine, and medieval theology up to and including Gregory Palamas and Thomas Aquinas in Greek East and Latin West, respectively. Three principal levels of Christian wisdom discourse are distinguished: wisdom as human attainment, wisdom as divine gift, and wisdom as an attribute or quality of God. …”

“…Markides continues the exploration of a spiritual tradition and practice little known in the West he began in Riding with the Lion. His earlier book took readers to the isolated peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece and into the group of ancient monasteries. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: on installation and site specificity / Erika Suderburg -- The functional site; or The transformation of site specificity / James Meyer -- One place after another: notes on site specificity / Miwon Kwon -- “Illiterate monuments”: the ruin as dialect or broken classic / Barbara Maria Stafford -- Fountains and grottos: installation and the Neobaroque / Sean Cubitt -- Garden Agon / Susan Stewart -- Written on the west: how the land gained site / Erika Suderburg -- Hidden economies in Los Angeles: an emerging Latino metropolis / Alessandra Moctezuma and Leda Ramos -- Landscape(s) of the mind: psychic space and narrative specificity (notes from a work in progress) / John Coleman -- Ordinary gestures of resistance / Ernest Larsen -- Internal exiles: the interventionist public and performance art of Asco / C. …”

“…Meanwhile, Asia has been able to concentrate on building a better future and seizing the economic initiative from the American-dominated West, creating a new culture of hope. How will these varying emotions influence the political, social, and cultural conflicts that roil our world? …”

“…The 1930s witnessed the first serious attempt to create a genuinely Soviet commercial culture that would rival the West. Government ministers took exploratory trips to America to learn about everything from fast food hamburgers to men’s suits in Macy’s. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.2.9 Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Family affairs - an intergenerational approach to diaspora -- Lamine Camara - Aminata's father -- Going back to Guinea with his family -- Forging a Black political consciousness and a West African identity -- Towards identifying as West African -- Father and daughter: Two practices of diaspora? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Santa Rosa Avenue, Altadena, Buff, Straub & Hensman -- CSH #21: 1958, 9038 Wonderland Park Avenue, West Hollywood, Pierre Koenig -- CSH #22: Stahl House, 1959-60, 1635 Woods Drive, West Hollywood, Pierre Koenig -- The making of an icon, LA Magazine, July 2001 -- CSH #23: Triad, 1959-60, Rue de Anna, La Jolla, Killingsworth, Brady & Smith -- CHS #24: 1961, unbuilt, A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Canonical and extracanonical texts in New Religions Mikael Rothstein and Olav Hammer; Part III. New Religions in the West and Beyond: 8. Scientology: up stat, down stat James Lewis; 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The journey of Tite Tiénou / "Enlarging Christian coasts": Pentecostalism and higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa / Wesleyan camp meeting history and the revitalization of Ghanaian Methodism / African immigrant religions in the diaspora / "Go ye into all the West": models of mission among Ghanaian Methodists in the diaspora / New angles on African Christianity / The multifaceted genesis of the 2007-2008 postelection violence in Kenya / How indigenous traders brought Christianity to northern Nigeria / Sickness and witches in northwestern Tanzania: listening to Pentecostal ministers / Gender roles and recruitment in southern African churches, 1996-2001 / The role of personal friendships in effective cross-cultural Christian mission / Ethiopian Orthodox christology: interacting with an ancient African perspective / Alone and frightened in Uganda: living in the shadow of HIV / African evangelists: the case of Apolo Kivebulaya / The medium and the message / Inculturation and the church's mission: theological and Trinitarian foundations / Pre-Christendom faith in a post-Christendom world / World Christianity and the new ecumenical frontier / Funerary rites and ancestral roles in Japan: reassessing their (non- )religious character / The 2008 financial crisis and the great commission / Researching contextualization in churches influenced by missionaries / "Please be extra vigilant": on being attentive to world Christianity / Global evangelical theology: "Luke theology" and the dialogue of the deaf / The 1860 Liverpool Conference on Missions / Asia and Latin America: taking the gospel to the "ends of the earth"…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Jude Carroll -- Improving teaching and learning practices for international students: -- Implications for curriculum, pedagogy and assessment / Janette Ryan -- Postgraduate supervision / Janette Ryan -- Internationalisation of curriculum: an institutional approach / Graham Webb -- Internationalisation of the curriculum : teaching and learning / Betty Leask -- Postgraduate research : the benefits for institutions, supervisors, and students of working across and between cultures / James Sillitoe, Janis Webb and Christabel Ming Zhang -- East meets West : an unfolding liminal relationship between an international postgraduate and an American faculty member / Anne-Marie Read, Mengying Li -- Collaborating and co-learning : sharing the message on teaching -- International students within institutions / Lee Dunn and Jude Carroll -- The student experience : challenges and rewards / Janette Ryan…”
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