“…El objetivo principal de este libro ha sido mostrar la variedad interna y la vastedad inabarcable de esa parte del mundo que en ocasiones se contempla como si toda ella fuera igual, arrancando del hecho profético fundador para llegar hasta la "primavera árabe" que replantea las relaciones entre religión y política…”

“…En casi todas las religiones de la humanidad aparece la llamada regla de oro: «No hagas a otro lo que no quieras que te hagan a ti». …”

“…This is a fascinating work on the Malleus and will be essential to students and academics of late medieval and early modern history, religion and witchcraft studies…”

“…Part II analyses the role of Thatcher's specific contribution to political interpretation of the Bible and assumptions about 'religion'. Part III highlights the importance of (often unintended) ideological changes towards forms of Thatcherite interpretation in popular culture and with particular reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian and the Manchester music scene between 1976 and 1994. …”

“…Sin embargo, la cuestión es mucho más compleja y supera ampliamente el contexto norteamericano, no solo porque se descubrió que el alemán Fritz Jahr ya había acuñado el término en los años veinte, sino porque la ética clínica tiene siglos de historia, y en todas las culturas y religiones se ha reflexionado sobre los problemas referentes a la salud, la vida y su ocaso. …”

“…Mort trop jeune, Henri Hubert est l'un des derniers savants à avoir exploré plusieurs disciplines à la fois. Historien des religions, il a été également sociologue, au sein de l'équipe d'Émile Durkheim, mais aussi archéologue et muséographe, auprès de Salomon Reinach au musée des Antiquités nationales de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. …”

“…The Oldest Vocation concludes where most histories of motherhood begin-in early modern Europe, when the family was institutionalized as a center of religious and social organization.Anyone interested in the status of motherhood, or in women's history, the cultural history of the Middle Ages, or the history of religion will want to read this book…”

“…This short and accessible book will be of interest to students seeking grounding in Islam and Muslim communities in diaspora, and scholars from an array of social science and humanities backgrounds including Anthropology, Sociology of Religion, Political Science, Urban Studies and Cultural Studies…”

“…Glissant) entretiennent, malgré des mutations incontestables lors de ces dernières décennies, avec ce qu’il désigne comme la « présence-histoire » noire : cultures, langues, religions, sexualités, identités chromatiques, combats pour un accès véritable la citoyenneté politique, auto-représentation politique, poétiques, pratiques contre hégémoniques, mémoires de l’esclavisation transatlantique, etc…”

“…Indagare ‘Ippocrate’, la sua gestazione, la sua vitalità, significa allargare lo sguardo su ciò che lo ha preceduto e accompagnato, in Grecia e nelle culture circonvicine, su un mondo mediterraneo che è luogo di scambio di idee in forma di opere letterarie o di ‘scienza’, di filosofia, religione e magia, di antropologia e politica, diritto ed economia, secondo precisi meccanismi di diffusione dei testi, la loro geografia, il consolidarsi in corpora e canoni. …”

“…Le troisième, enfin, s'interroge sur les religions monthéistes, s'efforçant de comprendre si celles-ci favorisent les intégrismes ou, tout au contraire, présentent un rempart envers eux. …”

“…Un elemento no desdeñable de las religiones políticas contemporáneas, desde el jacobinismo al nazismo, fue la emulación del pasado clásico. …”

“…Des chrétiens et des croyants d'autres religions ont relevé les défis de la modernité. Ils ont cherché à rendre la société plus juste, plus solidaire, plus fraternelle. …”

“…Through this process of translation, Jewish translators created a new library of works that closely corresponded with the surrounding majority cultures yet was uniquely Jewish in character.As a site of intense negotiation between different cultures, communities, religions, readers, genres, and languages, these translations become an ideal entry point into the complex relationships between early modern Christians and Jews. …”

“…En los territorios de la España andalusí que fueron conquistados por los cristianos, hasta la expulsión de judíos y moriscos, continuaron forjándose en el roce diario de las tres grandes religiones pero sus sabios, mientras tanto, comulgaban secretamente con Hermes. …”

“…Here, for the first time, readers will discover a detailed account of collective effervescence in contemporary society that includes: an explanation of what collective effervescence is; a description of the conditions that generate collective effervescence; a typology of the varieties of collective effervescence; a discussion of how collective effervescence manifests in the realm of nightlife, politics, sports, and religion; and an analysis of how commercial forces amplify and capitalize on the universal human need for intoxication"--…”

“…But he also goes to farmers' markets and a conference on world religions. He dives deep into the catacombs of the human brain to find the biological sources of empathy. …”

“…Kupchan demonstrates that similar social orders and similar ethnicities, races, or religions help nations achieve stable peace. He considers many historical successes and failures, including the onset of friendship between the United States and Great Britain in the early twentieth century, the Concert of Europe, which preserved peace after 1815 but collapsed following revolutions in 1848, and the remarkably close partnership of the Soviet Union and China in the 1950's, which descended into open rivalry by the 1960's. …”

“…The first half of the book will cover the following topics: The collision: why and how technology, media, and creativity are converging and how this has revolutionized marketing and business strategy The consumer voice: why and how media has changed what to expect in the future (client examples) Next generation storytelling: why and how creativity has changed, and what to expect in the future (client examples) The second half of the book will be focused on explaining answers to the problems our customers are dying to have solved: Part 1 - How to create religion around merging technology and marketing within your organization (how to tell the story, who to tell it to, why should they believe, etc.) …”

“…This framework has significant implications for sociology, economics, political theory, business, and knowledge management, as well as psychology, religion, and theology. It points to a more expansive and synthetic philosophy about who we are and about the coherence of living and nonliving things alike…”