Philip: 4665 books
The New Faces of Christianity
Believing the Bible in the Global South
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Named one of the top religion books of 2002 by USA Today, Philip Jenkins's phenomenally successful The Next Christendom permanently changed the way people think about the future of Christianity. In that volume, Jenkins called the world's attention to the little noticed fact that Christianity's center...
by Philip Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2007
What does the future hold for European Christianity? Is the Christian church doomed to collapse under the weight of globalization, Western secularism, and a flood of Muslim immigrants? Is Europe, in short, on the brink of becoming "Eurabia"? Though many pundits are loudly predicting just such a scenario,...
Crucible of Faith
The Ancient Revolution That Made Our Modern Religious World
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
One of America's foremost scholars of religion examines the tumultuous era that gave birth to the modern Judeo-Christian tradition
In The Crucible of Faith, Philip Jenkins argues that much of the Judeo-Christian tradition we know today was born between 250-50 BCE, during a turbulent "Crucible...
Beyond Tolerance
Child Pornography on the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
Perhaps nothing evokes more universal disgust as child pornography. The world of its makers and users is so abhorrent that it is rarely discussed much less studied. Child pornographers have taken advantage of this and are successfully using the new electronic media to exchange their wares without...
Dream Catchers
How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
In books such as Mystics and Messiahs, Hidden Gospels, and The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins has established himself as a leading commentator on religion and society. Now, in Dream Catchers, Jenkins offers a brilliant account of the changing mainstream attitudes towards Native American spirituality,...
The Cold War at Home
The Red Scare in Pennsylvania, 1945-1960
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
One of the most significant industrial states in the country, with a powerful radical tradition, Pennsylvania was, by the early 1950s, the scene of some of the fiercest anti-Communist activism in the United States. Philip Jenkins examines the political and social impact of the Cold War across the...
by Philip Warner
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
On 23 April 1918 a force drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines launched one of the most daring raids in history. The aim was to block the Zeebrugge Canal, thereby denying U-boat access, although this meant assaulting a powerfully fortified German naval base. The raid has long been recognised...
by Philip J. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Largely developed by Norwegians, Swedes, and Swedish-speaking Finns who spread in a short time across eight distinct settlements, the isolated community of Hovland, Minnesota, quickly established a reputation for its natural beauty and the lively activity and hospitality of its people. Excerpted and...
by Philip Hubert
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Men of Achievement - INVENTORS (AN ILLUSTRATED NOVEL) Imagine getting a glipse into the minds of the GREATEST AMERICAN INVENTORS of history. This beautifully illustrated novel contains the stories of more then 20 of the Greatest American Inventors over the past century. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ROBERT...
Chatham Dockyard
The Rise and Fall of a Military Industrial Complex
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Founded in 1570, Chatham Dockyard quickly became one of the most important naval yards for the repair and building of warships, maintaining a pre-eminent position for the next 400 years. Located on the River Medway, the yard was responsible for the construction of over 500 warships in all, these ranging...
by Anthony Giddens, Philip W. Sutton
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Social life is in a constant process of change, and sociology can never stand still. As a result, sociology today is a theoretically diverse enterprise, covering a huge range of subjects and drawing on a broad array of research methods. Central to this endeavour is the use of core concepts and ideas...
The Sociological Ambition
Elementary Forms of Social and Moral Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2001
`The Sociological Ambition is a superb book... It is beautifully written, expertly edited and renders complex and original ideas entirely accessible... This is a modern classic' - Journal of Contemporary Religion
`For all social scientists who are fed up with corporate-style textbooks, which...
by Philip Pettit
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
An esteemed philosopher offers a vision for the central role of one of our most cherished—and controversial—ideas.
In this rigorous distillation of his political philosophy, Philip Pettit, author of the landmark work Republicanism, champions a simple standard for our most complex political...
by Philip Wolfe
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The major environmental impact of most businesses derives from energy usage. The upside of this is that using energy more responsibly improves profitability. A business’s cheapest unit of energy is also the one which is least damaging to the planet: the unit you don't use.There are many ways to...