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Islam

Critique of Christian Origins A Parallel English-Arabic Text

Abd al-Jabbar

ISBN: HB: 9780842527156, University of Chicago Press, Brigham Young University, May 2010
249 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In the "Critique of Christian Origins" Abd al-Jabbar – the leading Muslim intellectual of the late tenth century – develops what might be considered the first Islamic history of Christianity, analyzing the Bible, church rituals, and miracles. Unlike...

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Christianity

Medieval

Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession Canonists, Civilians, and Courts

Brundage James A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226077604, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
560 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 halftones

In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished. Nonetheless, professional lawyers suddenly reappeared in Western Europe seven hundred years later during the 1...

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Law

Islam

Expert Witness in Islamic Courts Medicine and Crafts in the Service of Law

Shaham Ron

ISBN: HB: 9780226749334, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
304 pp., 23x15 cm

Islam's tense relationship with modernity is one of the most crucial issues of our time. Within Islamic legal systems, with their traditional preference for eyewitness testimony, this struggle has played a significant role in attitudes toward expert...

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Buddhism

Locations of Buddhism Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka

Blackburn Anne M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226055077, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 map, 3 halftones

Modernizing and colonizing forces brought nineteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhists both challenges and opportunities. How did Buddhists deal with social and economic change; new forms of political, religious, and educational discourse; and Christianit...

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Christianity

Idea of the Catholic University Proceedings from the 30th Annual Conference of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars

Whitehead Kenneth

ISBN: PB: 9781589662193, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, April 2010
180 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

For decades, those involved in Catholic higher education – including professors, administrators, theologians, philosophers, and students – have perennially taken on the challenge of defining and clarifying what exactly and uniquely characterizes thei...

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Judaism

Eternally Eve Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry

Lapidus Lerner Anne

ISBN: PB: 9781584655732, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2007
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The biblical accounts of Eve's life are central to Western culture, occupying a privileged place in our literature and art, culture, and society. For both Judaism and Christianity, these stories involving Eve have for centuries been entangled with th...

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Philosophy

Gender Studies

Foucault and the Iranian Revolution Gender and the Seductions of Islamism

Afary Janet, Anderson Kevin B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226007861, ISBN: HB: 9780226007854, University of Chicago Press, June 2005
312 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

In 1978, as the protests against the Shah of Iran reached their zenith, philosopher Michel Foucault was working as a special correspondent for "Corriere della Sera and le Nouvel Observateur". During his little-known stint as a journalist, Foucault tr...

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Christianity

Priests A Calling in Crisis

Greeley Andrew M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226306452, ISBN: HB: 9780226306445, University of Chicago Press, May 2005
156 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 6 line drawings, 10 tables

For several years now, the Roman Catholic Church and the institution of the priesthood itself have been at the center of a firestorm of controversy. While many of the criticisms lodged against the recent actions of the Church – and a small number of...

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Buddhism

Reference

Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism

Lopez Donald S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226493152, ISBN: HB: 9780226493145, University of Chicago Press, May 2005
344 pp., 23x15 cm

Over the past century, Buddhism has come to be seen as a world religion, exceeding Christianity in longevity and, according to many, philosophical wisdom. Buddhism has also increasingly been described as strongly ethical, devoted to nonviolence, and...

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Christianity

Papal Overtures in a Cuban Key The Pope's Visit and Civic Space for Cuban Religion

Stevens-Arroyo Antonio M.

ISBN: PB: 9781589660052, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, April 2005
211 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

This book present a multi-disciplinary study of Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba in 1998. The essays represent several disciplines: sociology, anthropology, political science, religious studies and theology. Authors agree on several major points: on...

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