“…In essays that show how her groundbreaking work in queer theory has developed into a deep interest in affect, Sedgwick offers what she calls "tools and techniques for nondualistic thought", in the process touching and transforming such theoretical discourses as psychoanalysis, speech-act theory, Western Buddhism, and the Foucauldian "hermeneutics of suspicion." …”

“…Categorized as "strange" or "romantically exotic," Eastern Orthodoxy is often misunderstood in the minds of Westerners. In truth, Orthodoxy is indeed an ancient theological tradition. …”

“…This collection of essays, illustrated with manuscripts, archival material, postcards and family photographs, not only sets Kafka in the context of his life and times but also shows how his own experiences nourished his imagination. Literal travel in Western Europe enabled him, as his notebooks reveal, to practise descriptive writing. …”

“…The fruit of lifelong reflection and study in the wake of liturgical reform in the early ninth century, Amalar's commentary inaugurated the Western medieval tradition of allegorical liturgical exegesis and has bequeathed a wealth of information about the contents and conduct of the early medieval mass and office. …”

“…Until the late 1980s, the question of Palestine was approached through Western social theories that had appeared after World War 2. …”

“…Since the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice, contract theory has once again become central to the Western political tradition. But gender justice is neglected and racial justice almost completely ignored. …”

“…Taking economic, military and cultural vantage points into account, The Fear of Chinese Power explains why a powerful China has been a mainstay of the western imagination since the 19th century, and reveals a history which has shaped international perceptions of China to the present day" -- Editor…”

“…Ahora, solo quiere un trago para acallar las aterradoras sombras que acompañan a su indeseada sobriedad.A medio camino entre un cuento de piratas y un western, la primera novela que escribió Ottessa Moshfegh huele a vómito, sangre, pólvora, whisky, sal, sudor y madera vieja, y demuestra que desde el principio supo ser nihilista y superlativa --…”

“…Exploring these values of different types and the way they are constructed in Eastern and Western contexts, the contributors delve into the diversity of religious, moral, social education to promote greater understanding across cultures. …”

“…The emergence of religious toleration was one of the most important features of the development of Western society after the Reformation. While previous research has concentrated largely on ideas of toleration, this study of the Lutheran Imperial City of Hamburg is the first major analysis of the way in which those ideas were received and gradually implemented. …”
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“…This book offers a powerful narrative account which will be of particular interest to philosophers, literary theorists, intellectual historians, and scholars of religious studies as well as any non-specialist looking for an authoritative guide to the life and work of one of the most original and fascinating figures in Western philosophy."…”
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“…Case studies look at how women in different personal and professional settings construct, enact, and navigate their personas against a backdrop of shifting discourses on gender relations, continued patriarchal dominance, and western neoliberal capitalism. Chapters also delve into how women’s personas are constructed online through activism and community building. …”

“…Illuminated manuscripts are among the richest and most revealing relics of the pre-print Western world, and are central to our understanding of medieval social and cultural history. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Medinet Habu, Western Thebes. Photograph by the author. -- Exegeses -- The Dt-nHH duality in textual analysis -- Two Coffin Texts -- Speos Artemidos -- Figure 37: ontological duality as expressed for Seti I in the Speos Artemidos -- after Fairman and Grdseloff 1947: pl. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""General Baptists, Cumberland Presbyterians And Denominational Identity In Frontier Indiana In The Early Nineteenth Century """"Baptist Reactions To Catholics In The United States, 1830-60 ""; ""Part Three ""; ""Baptists And Church Unity In Wales In The Twentieth Century ""; ""Western Canadian Baptists And Ecumenical Initiatives In The Early Twentieth Century ""; ""Baptists And Other Christian Churches In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century ""; ""Baptists And The World, 1900-1940: A â€?…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Joyce: "An Analysis of the Mind of James Joyce" in Time and Western Man by Wyndham Lewis; Managing Culture in Ireland: Literary Tourism and James Joyce as a case study; Part five; "Allude to me as a Jesuit": James Joyce and his Educators; Ulises: libro de prodigios y monstruos; Conclusión; Making Joyce accessible to the wider public. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Theological language and ecumenical methodology / The unitive power of holiness : a dialogue between holiness and Roman Catholic traditions -- Holiness as understood by the Wesleyan/holiness tradition / Holiness as understood in the Roman Catholic tradition / The hermeneutics of reconciliation in worship : a dialogue between holiness and Eastern Orthodox traditions -- The holiness perspective on reconciling love in worship / The hermeneutics of reconciliation : perspectives from the Orthodox liturgical experience / Apostolicity : a dialogue between the Roman Catholic tradition and the Stone-Campbell restoration tradition -- The nature of the apostolicity of the church : perspectives from Churches of Christ / Irenaeus on apostolicity / The role of creeds and confessions : a dialogue among Reformed, Methodist, and Quaker traditions -- Confessing the faith in the reformed tradition / The role of doctrine and confessions in the United Methodist Church / The place of creeds and confessions among friends (Quakers) / Christian initiation : a dialogue between Baptist and Roman Catholic traditions -- Initiation into the church and the Baptist tradition / Initiation into Christ in the western Catholic tradition / The teaching authority of the church : a dialogue between the Stone-Campbell restoration and the Lutheran tradition -- The place of an authoritative teaching office in the Christian church (Disciples of Christ) / The place of an authoritative teaching office in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America / The authority and function of scripture : a dialogue among Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed traditions -- The authority and function of scripture in Catholic tradition / The authority and function of scripture in the understanding of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod / The authority and function of scripture in the United Church of Christ / Eschatology and mission : a dialogue between Anglican and Adventist traditions -- Eschatology and mission in the Anglican tradition / Seventh-day Adventist perspective on eschatology and mission…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Beating the Commercial Banks Gao Jian: Creating a Market for ""Risk-Free"" Bonds; The West Self-Destructs: The Financial Crisis; Moving Beyond Wall Street; Chapter 3: Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: China Development Bank in Africa; Made in Ethiopia; Ethiopia's Zone: Exporting to the West; China-Africa Development Fund: The State's Private Equity Arm; Rising Role of China in Africa; Fixed Capital: Western-Style Lending; African Tiger: Can Ghana Escape the Resource Curse?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Four hundred years of niche construction in the western Solomon Islands / Peter Sheppard -- 9. Sustenance and sustainability: Food remains and contact sites in Vanuatu / James Flexner, Edson Willie and Mark Horrocks -- 10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Documentation of plant diversity of Southeast Asia: the new role of Belt and Road Initiative -- Three new fossil records of Equisetum (Equisetaceae) from the Neogene of south-western China and northern Vietnam -- A new species and two new records of Goniothalamus (Annonaceae) from Lao PDR -- Two new species of Alseodaphnopsis (Lauraceae) from southwestern China and northern Myanmar: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses -- Colocasia kachinensis, a new species of Araceae from Myanmar -- An annotated checklist of Myanmar orchid flora -- Notes on the genus Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae) in Myanmar -- Bulbophyllum papuaense (Orchidaceae), a new species from Indonesia -- A new species of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) from Natma Taung -- Taxonomic studies on Amomum Roxburgh s.l. …”