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Going against the false perception that all Latinx views on the Bible are homogeneous, the contributors in this book use different hermeneutic perspectives to interpret the New Testament. Each chapter examines one of the twenty-seven documents thematically instead of following the traditional verse-by-verse commentary format.

Memorialized in art, sculpture, epigraphy, and of course texts, the theme of death and rebirth became a central focus of the Christian religion as it developed in late antiquity. This book provides a deep examination of the theme of death and rebirth from various points of view to see how deeply ensconced it was in religious piety.

With 46 chapters, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East spans the historical, socio-political and contemporary settings of the region and importantly describes the interactions that Christianity has had with other major/minor religions in the region.

This book provides clarinet students and music teachers with a comprehensive overview of the instrument from its origin to its use and important facts not covered in traditional clarinet method books.

This book provides bassoon students and music teachers with a comprehensive overview of the instrument from its origin to its use and important facts not covered in traditional bassoon method books.

This book provides oboe students and music teachers with a comprehensive overview of the instrument from its origin to its use and important facts not covered in traditional oboe method books.

A fascinating look at the history of film and television animation in the United States, from the animated comic strips of the early 1900s to the proliferation of animation companies and hit films of the present.

The profession of intelligence and those delivering intelligence education share a common aim of developing intelligence as a discipline. However, this shared interest must also navigate the existence of an academic-practitioner divide. This bookprovides a range of international approaches to navigate the academic-practitioner divide.

This contributed volume examines ethical ramifications of the development and use of autonomous vehicles. From ethical emergencies akin to the classic trolley problem to more overarching effects on social and economic structures, this volume's discussion appeal to philosophers, social scientists, engineers, urban planners, and policy makers.

This book explores how and why some people and practices are made invisible in science, featuring 25 case studies and commentaries that explore how invisibility can bolster or undermine credibility, how race, gender, class, and nation frame who can see what, how invisibility empowers and marginalizes, and the epistemic ramifications of concealment.

This book proposes the concept of Internet Diplomacy to study international cooperation in the digital domain. It captures the diverse and transnational diplomatic practices that have emerged in this field and includes a wide range of perspectives, actors and processes involved in negotiating global digital politics.

Gadamer's Truth and Method: A Polyphonic Commentary offers a fresh look at Gadamer's magnum opus, Truth and Method, which was first published in German in 1960, translated into English in 1975, and is widely recognized as a ground-breaking text of philosophical hermeneutics. The volume features essays from fourteen scholars-both established and rising stars-each of which cover a portion of Truth and Method following the order of the text itself.The result is a robust, historically and thematically rich polyphonic reading of the text as a whole, valuable both for scholarship and teaching.

Does scientism pose an existential threat to philosophy, as some philosophers think, or is it a way to make philosophy as `successful¿ as science? This book intends is to put forward a fruitful dialogue about scientism and its implications for the future of philosophy as an academic discipline.

Guns 360 takes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and common-sense approach to some of the most difficult issues facing not only the criminal justice system but also society as a whole: firearm possession, regulation, and control.

Survivor Criminology explores how one¿s status as a survivor has informed their journey and commitment to research, teaching, and activism. It provides a both a greater understanding to issues of victimization and gives a voice to those experiences as their foundation for criminological research, advocacy, and policy development.

The contrast between the Marxian emancipatory project and what the progressive left has made of it has never been more glaring than now, a time in which capital no longer seems to confront a political barrier. It is this predicament that The Conformist Rebellion evaluates, for a renewed approach to emancipation from capital.

Assassination is a tactic of contemporary terrorism that is understudied in the terrorism and political violence literatures. This book examines the use of assassination in terror campaigns and the political and societal repercussions of these political killings across target types.

This book provides an introduction to the key arguments in decolonial feminism, particularly, the coloniality of gender, the critique of white and Eurocentric feminisms, the imbrication between gender, race, and colonialism, feminicides, and the coloniality of democracy and public institutions.

This book will explore the moral dimensions of love from the standpoint of political philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience.

Jae Yang develops a Pannenbergian public theology by correlating Pannenberg's theological methods (postfoundational, eschatological, and trinitarian) with the aims and methods of public theology. He argues that Pannenberg's public theology engages not just the academic world, but also the political, economic, familial, religious, and cultural ones.