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Kafka
A Biography
The definitive biography of the representative writer of our age Although Franz Kafka (1883–1924) completed only a small number of works in his lifetime, perhaps no other author has had a greater...
Indonesia
Peoples and Histories
Indonesia is the fourth largest country in the world. It comprises more than 17,000 islands inhabited by 230 million people who speak over 300 different languages. Now the world’s largest Muslim nation, Indonesia remains...
This Fine Piece of Water
An Environmental History of Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is not only the most heavily used estuary in North America, it is also one of the most beautiful waterways, with picturesque seascapes and landfalls. But centuries of pollution and other abuse have gradually...
A Religious History of the American People
This classic work, winner of the 1973 National Book Award in Philosophy and Religion and Christian Century’s choice as the Religious Book of the Decade (1979), is now issued with a new chapter by noted religious...
The Texture of Memory
Holocaust Memorials and Meaning
In Dachau, Auschwitz, Yad Vashem, and thousands of other locations throughout the world, memorials to the Holocaust are erected to commemorate its victims and its significance. This fascinating work by James E. Young examines...
The Idea of a University
Since its publication almost 150 years ago, The Idea of a University has had an extraordinary influence on the shaping and goals of higher education. The issues that John Henry Newman raised—the place of religion and...
Lamentations
The poetry found in the Book of Lamentations is an eloquent expression of one man’s, and one nation’s, despair. The poet is deep in mourning as a result of the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in the sixth century...
The Birth of the Messiah; A new updated edition
A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke
The truth behind the Gospel accounts of the Nativity, updated to include the latest research--a classic by a renowned scholar, hailed as "masterly" and "definitive" in the original edition.
All Can Be Saved
Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World
It would seem unlikely that one could discover tolerant religious attitudes in Spain, Portugal, and the New World colonies during the era of the Inquisition, when enforcement of Catholic orthodoxy was widespread and brutal...
Mother of God
A History of the Virgin Mary
A sweeping, ambitious study of the Virgin Mary’s emergence and role throughout Western history How did the Virgin Mary, about whom very little is said in the Gospels, become one of the most powerful and...