“…Implícita o explícitamente aparece también entonces la voluntad, a veces abrupta, de transformar el heterogéneo público del Antiguo Régimen -católico, corporativo y monárquico- en un pueblo liberal, individualista y republicano. Transformaciones tan radicales no podían imponerse de golpe y enteramente; por eso las permanencias, las resistencias y las adaptaciones son en este campo tan importantes como las novedades y las rupturas. …”

“…In the fall of 2015, a collection of faculty at liberal arts colleges began a conversation about the challenges we faced as instructors: Why were there so few course materials accessible to undergraduates and lay readers that reflected current scholarly debate? …”

“…In constructing an ideology of ability that imposed moral self-determination, Baxter encountered a germinal form of the 'problem' of disability in liberal theory. While a strategy of 'inclusionism' served to assimilate most manifestations of alterity, melancholy presented an intractability that frustrated the logic of rehabilitation in fatal ways. …”

“…Sa considération pour les thèses rationalistes des mu‘tazilites, inspirées par la philosophie grecque, son esprit libéral et moderniste, son admiration pour le grand mystique al-Ḥallāǧ et sa curiosité intellectuelle sont autant de qualités qui font en effet de lui un ḥanbalite bien atypique au milieu de congénères conservateurs dont il ne s’est pourtant jamais séparé. …”

“…Will Putin continue to question the Western-championed liberal order or seek reconciliation with the West? …”

“…To advance her argument, Kane demonstrates how each author, initially received as cosmopolitan, took pains to establish his public image by establishing his affiliation with an Irish Catholic or and Indian muslim identity. at the same time, the authors' fiction increasingly exploited spiritual techniques, manipulating their insider-outsider positions through liberal Christian protocols from which the anthropological category 'religion' itself emerged"-- "In Conspicuous Bodies: Provincial Belief and the Making of Joyce and Rushdie, Jean Kane re-examines the literature of James Joyce and Salman Rushdie from a post-secularist perspective, arguing that their respective religions hold critical importance in their works. …”

“…This diverse collection is at the cutting-edge of rhetoric, feminism and motherhood studies, and the chapters challenge the confines of biological parenting as heteronormative within the neo-liberal nuclear family. The contributors examine, how despite the diversity of parental relationships, many are excluded by the understanding of mothers biologically tied to their children. …”

“…Salvemos Venezuela, a través de 18 ensayos de intelectuales venezolanos y españoles, analiza las causas y los mecanismos que han llevado a Venezuela a ser secuestrada por una oligarquía de miserables, desenmascara su dictadura y la influencia cubana, y propone soluciones para su derrocamiento y para la restauración de la democracia liberal que toda sociedad se merece. El propósito de los autores es apoyar al pueblo venezolano para que persista en su lucha y concienciar al resto del mundo para que les ayude. …”

“…"In the summer of 1937, Jonathan Daniels, the young, white, liberal-minded editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, took a ten-state driving tour to 'discover' his native land. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South: An Introduction -- Law, Patronage, and Communication as Pillars of Urban Governance -- I Theory and Interdisciplinary Approaches -- The State and the Good Society: Elements of the Liberal Communitarianism's Political Conception -- Claiming Legitimization: Non-State Violent Local Stakeholders and Power Legitimization of the Maccabees in Judea in the Second Century BCE and the Koglwéogo in Today's Burkina Faso Water for the People: Provision and Maintenance of Water Infrastructure in the Context of Weak Statehood in Antiquity and the Modern Era -- Syria and Judea -- Ptolemaic Royal Decrees between Strong and Weak Statehood: Two Ordinances of Ptolemy II on Livestock and Slaves in the Southern Levant -- Honor the King, and His Friends: The Extent of Early Hasmonean Statehood -- Fundamentals of Self-Government in Ancient Jewish Writing 4 Maccabees -- Christian Monasticism as a Facilitator of Local Self-Governance: The Case of sixth-century Gaza -- Italy and North Africa Whose Monuments? …”

“…The responses of some populist leaders have received much public attention, as they denied the severity of the public health crisis, denigrated experts and data, looked for scapegoats, encouraged protests, questioned the legitimacy of liberal institutions, spread false information, and fueled conspiracies. …”

“…Intimate Strangers discusses these issues against the backdrop of ultra-conservatism and moral governance in Russia, the rising international popularity of the Ukrainian surrogacy market, and the pervasiveness of neo-liberal ideologies and individualized notions of reproductive freedom…”

“…The authors also highlight the important ways in which Buddhist actors have (re)conceived Western liberal ideals such as constitutionalism, rule of law, and secularism. …”

“…While much attention and scholarship has focused on broad-based, undergraduate education, there has been less work on information literacy for specific disciplines, such as theological and religious studies, or in library settings with unique curricular and professional needs. nformation Literacy and Theological Librarianship: Theory & Praxis gathers together reflective practices and theoretical explorations from librarians across a range of theological libraries, including research universities with divinity schools, seminaries, religious universities, and small liberal arts colleges. This volume engages key concepts and concerns in information literacy pedagogy for theological libraries, and furnishes applied examples drawn from instructional experience. …”

“…Resuena aquí el Jesús de la teología liberal, y el Jesús de la Ilustración. Por eso, se resisten a aceptar que Jesús de Nazaret sea propiedad de los creyentes, que quede atrapado en los dogmas del credo cristiano. …”

“…Maximus of Tyre, active probably in the latter half of the second century AD, was a devoted Platonist whose only surviving work consists of forty-one brief addresses on various topics of ethical, philosophical, and theological import including the nature of divinity, the immortality of the soul, the sources of good and evil, the injustice of vengeance, the tyranny of pleasures and desires, the contribution of the liberal arts, and the pursuit of happiness, among many others. …”

“…Redactados entre 1936 y 1937 y publicados inicialmente en varias revistas internacionales, retratan distintos sucesos de la guerra que Chaves Nogales conoció directamente: «Cada uno de sus episodios ha sido extraído fielmente de un hecho verídico; cada uno de sus héroes tiene una existencia real y una personalidad auténtica», dirá en el prólogo. «Pequeño burgués liberal, ciudadano de una república democrática y parlamentaria», Chaves fue uno de los más importantes escritores y periodistas españoles de la primera mitad del siglo XX. …”

“…La Iglesia se convirtió en pieza fundamental de ese engranaje bajo el poderoso obispo Díaz de Espada. Acusado de liberal, in dependentista y masón por personalidades de la época, Espada fue, sin embargo, sello de fidelidad a la metrópoli y representante del reformismo borbónico en la isla. …”

“…“Monárquico de convicción, democratacristiano de formación y liberal de talante”, según él mismo se definía, fueron estos tres principios los que rigieron su vida pública, primero desde las filas reformistas en tiempos de la dictadura, posteriormente desde aquello que vino a conocerse como la “derecha civilizada”. …”

“…, ¿fracasó la revolución liberal en España, dejando un país invertebrado?, ¿naufragó la Segunda República y triunfó el 18 de julio un golpe fascista? …”