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As the popularity and diversity of participatory theatre productions increase, scholarly and artistic attention toward the audience as agentive contributors and interpreters must keep pace. Simultaneously, the COVID-19 pandemic has added urgency to the collective artistic encounter and its value to individual and community...

Reign Cambridge is the baby of the Cambridge cousins and the most famous. Her voice gained her millions of fans and the title America's Princess. However, no one told her how hard it would be to maintain such a perfect image. She has it...

By the 1970s, World War II had all but disappeared from US popular culture. But beginning in the mid-eighties it reemerged with a vengeance, and for nearly fifteen years World War II was ubiquitous across US popular and political culture. In this book, Barbara...

This book fundamentally rewrites the cultural and religious history of North Africa under the Roman Empire, focalized through rituals related to child sacrifice and the carved-stone monuments associated with such offerings. Earlier colonial archaeologies have stressed the failure of the empire to 'Romanize' Indigenous...

A breakout success in its first edition, Religion Matters employs an innovative four-part model for understanding the uniqueness of each religion. It builds religious literacy through storytelling-- incorporating stories that animate beliefs and practices and illuminate the internal diversity within religious traditions. Unparalleled tools...

Remote learning and distance education burst into the national consciousness with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic - yet it remains poorly understood in many ways. Explore a range of debates around this timely topic, including: can remote learning models of educational instruction produce...

Author: Iain D. ThomsonPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/05/2024Pages: 356Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81dISBN: 9781009480086This title is not returnable

Drawing on methods from religious studies, philosophy, and cognitive science, Jack Williams develops a unique and interdisciplinary approach to the study of religious conversion. This is the first major philosophical study of conversion to treat the phenomenon as a long-term process, shaped by the...

In Retracing the Keowee Trail, the author tells the story of the Cherokee Path that connected the low country of colonial Carolina with the mountain homeland of the Cherokee Nation. The Keowee Trail was a busy trading route for a burgeoning deerskin trade. Along...

Drawing on his writing on philosophy, history, religion and politics, this is the first in-depth analysis of R.G. Collingwood's relation to Christian thought.Peter Johnson's original study sheds new and important light on Collingwood's views on emotion, civilisation and key political events such as the...

Rhetorical Economies of Whiteness examines the interplay of rhetoric, whiteness, and economics--attending not only to how economic arrangements that sustain whiteness are rhetorically enacted and legitimated but also to how rhetoric itself operates as an economy to give identities exchange value. Case studies across...

The seventeenth-century Valencian artist Jusepe de Ribera spent most of his career in Spanish Viceregal Naples, where he was known as "Lo Spagnoletto," or "the Little Spaniard." Working under the patronage of Spanish viceroys, Ribera held a special position bridging two worlds. In Ribera's...

Join Luca, an adventurous little girl with a larger than life imagination, on her exciting journey in Ringette Ravens: Luca's First Try! Luca is no stranger to sports, but none of them quite capture her heart until she discovers the world of Ringette in...

Located on the North Anatolian Fault, Constantinople was frequently shaken by earthquakes over the course of its history. This book discusses religious responses to these events between the fourth and the tenth century AD. The church in Constantinople commemorated several earthquakes that struck the...

"Enjoyable entertainment . . . a mystery/suspense novel with links to classic rock history and mythology" featuring recovering detective Mike Travis (Foreword). After twenty years at the LAPD Homicide Bureau, Mike Travis is finally retiring and starting over on Santa Catalina Island. In the...

Discover the Dazzling World of Rocks, Gems, and Minerals! Fascinated by the Earth's Natural Treasures? Dive into the vivid and diverse universe of rocks, crystals, and minerals. Whether you're a budding enthusiast or an aspiring expert, this comprehensive guide is your key to unlocking...

Just over fifty years ago on January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade assured millions of women that abortion was a protected constitutional right due to a woman's right to privacy. In the context of the burgeoning women's...

ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action is a magazine conceived as an agent of community building and transformation. Its innovative and accessible forum brings different perspectives to bear on the complex problems facing us, while inviting greater familiarity with psychoanalysis as an important lens...

In Rooted: An Old Tree's Journey, Dendro and the young tree he mentors face the most frightening experience yet. Now an old tree, Dendro confronts the inevitable changes of old age and hardship with optimism and hope. This endearing tale testifies to the power...

Author: Jeannine WilliamsonPublisher: Hawes & JenkinsPublished: 12/23/2024Pages: 30Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.08dISBN: 9781637849323Audience: Baby-Preschool