Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ James McBride Dabbs -- Hidden persuaders in human relations / Heslip "Happy" Lee -- Call for reason / Fred L. Shuttlesworth -- Not race but grace / Robert H. …”
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“…Hallaq boldly argues that the "Islamic state," judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. …”

“…How should the Western world today respond to the challenges of political Islam? Taking an original approach to answer this question, Confronting Political Islam compares Islamism's struggle with secularism to other prolonged ideological clashes in Western history. …”

“…The book is recommended to not only demographers, social scientists, and gender specialists, but also to policy makers and those who are interested in social and demographic changes in Iran and other Islamic countries in the Middle East. It is also a useful reference for demography students and researchers who are interested in applying fertility theories in designing surveys and analysing data…”

“…Parra concludes that more and far greater conflicts loom in the future, all driven by the dependence of the industrial world on the Middle East for oil, OPEC's volatile control over price, uncertainties in Russia and Central Asia and the growing hostility between "Islam and the West"."…”

“…And this, for questions as central as the practices of Islam, the capacities of engagement, and conversely the perpetuation of the logics of obedience. …”

“…Is collection offers unprecedented insights into the intellectual crossroads between Muslims and Jews of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. It will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars engaged with this period of history."…”

“…"The Realms of Gold" asks what lessons can be drawn from Byzantine visual art, and "The Very Model of Orthodoxy" challenges existing views of Byzantine Christianity.Throughout, the book addresses misconceptions about Byzantium, suggests why it is so important to integrate the civilization into wider histories, and lays out why Byzantium should be central to ongoing debates about the relationships between West and East, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and the ancient and medieval periods. …”

“…He is one of Britain’s foremost historians of Southeast Asia and has also published on Cambodia, Burma and East Timor…”

“…It was not until the 18th-20th centuries AD that the site experienced an intensive revival, as evidenced in particular by the old mud-brick settlement in the north of the palm oasis, a small settlement in the east of the study area, a number of irrigation systems, several cemeteries, petroglyphs and numerous Late Islamic pottery sherds found on the surface…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Un nuevo acueducto en Augusta Emerita: “Las Abadías”: Guadalupe Méndez Grande Ammaia and the making of a Roman town: a contribution to urbanism studies in Lusitania: Cristina Corsi, Frank Vermeulen Waste disposals and soil management in Pax Ivlia, Beja, (Portugal) in the first century a.D: Carolina Brito Ramos Grilo Metallic artifacts from the outside area of Monte Molião (Lagos, Portugal): Teresa Pereira, Catarina Alves, Elisa Sousa La utilización de fustes de granito en la Colonia Augusta Firma Astigi: Ana María Felipe Colodrero La conquista romana en el nordeste de la Hispania Citerior (S.II a.C.). …”

“…It was also true for Buddhist thinkers in South and East Asia. And it remains just as true for humankind in the twenty-first century, as people around the globe continue to grapple with the reality of time and the challenges of living in a world that always seems to be to be speeding up rather than slowing down --…”